The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-11-13
Dropped Dead"
TIE FATE THAT ovERCAsE "IITTLE MAC
AND FIVE OTHER GOVERNORS.

TIE FATE THAT OVERCAME LITTLE MAC
AND FIVE OTHER GOVERNORS.
Apropros of the sudden death Of
Gen. Geo. B. Mcclellan, we note that
the New York .Sun, points out the
singular fact that Governor Dewitt
Clinton, Governor Silas Wright, Cover
nor William L. Marcy, Governor and
Chief Justice Sanford T.. Church, and
Governor r. f. Fenton, all of New
York State, dropped dead Of heart
disease and under quite identical cir
cunastances-edch Of them dying
,ohiie reoding a letter ercept Marcy
who was perusing Cowpers poems
Hold your hand against the ribs on
your left side, front,--the regular,
steady beating of the great "force
pump" of the system, run by an un-
known and mysterious Engineer, is
awful in its impressiveness
Few persons like to count their own
pulse beats, and fewer persons still en-
joy marking the "thub--thub' of their
own heart.
"Vhdt If IL Should skip a beat l'
AS matter of fact the heart is the
least susceptible to primary disease of
any of our vital organs. 1t is, how
ever very much injured by certain long
continued congestions of the vital
organs, like the kidneys, liver and
stomach. Moreover blood filed with
uric acid produces arheuma,ic tendency,
and is very injurious to healthIul
heart action,--it often proves fatal, and
of course, the uric acid comes from
impaired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
says that heart disease is chiefly sec
ondary to some more fatal malady in
the blood or other vital organs. That
is, it is not the original source of the
fatal malady.
The work of the heart is to force
blood into every part of the system. If
the organs are sound it is an easy task
If they are at all diseased, it is a very,
very hard task. Take as an illustra
ton The kidneys are very subject
to CONGESTION and yet, being deficient in
the nerves of sensation, this contested
condition is not indicated by pain. 1t
may exist for years, unknown even to
physicians, and if it does not result in
complete destruction of the kidneys,
the extra work which is forced upon
the heart weakens it every year, and
"a emysterious' sudden death claims
another victim
This is the true history of "heart dis
ease."-so called which in reality is
chiefly secondary effect of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, and indicates
the universal need of that renowned
specific Warmers safe cure.
b. F. Larra5ee, Esq, of Boston. who
was by it so wonderfully cured of
Brights disease, in 1879, says that
with its disappearance went the dis
tressing heart disorder, which he then
discovered was only secondary to the
renal trouble.
There is a general impression that
the medical profession is not at fault if
it frankly admits that heart disease is
the cause of death. In other words, a
cure of heart disease is not expected of
them
There may be no help for a broken
down, worn out, apopIectic heart, but
there is help for the kidney disorder
which in most cases is responsible for
the heart trouble, and if its use put
money and fame into the treasury of
the profession instead of into the hands
of an independent Investigator, every
graduated doctor in the world would
exclaim of it, as one, nobler and less
prejudiced than his fellows, once ex-
claimed sit is a God-send to hum
anity y
What therefore must be the public
estimate of that bigotry and want of
frankness which forbids in such cases
(because foresootE it is a proprietary
article), the use of the one effective
remedial agency of the age
"Heart disease, "indeed Why not
call such things by their right names :?
Why not
'Dead without moments warning"
This likewise is an untruth Warn
ings are gwen by the thousand. Ply
sicians are "not surprised" They sex
pected it! They know what the end
will be, but the victim ?-"on no, he
mustn't be told, you know, it would
only frighten him, for there is no help
you know, for it !"
The fate that attended "Little Mac"
and the five governors is no, a royal
and exclusive one-it threatens every
one who fails to heed the warnings of
nature as set forth above.