Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1885-11-12
DROPPED DEAD"
The Fate that 0vercams "Littls Mac and
five other Governors.

Apropos Of the sudden death OF Gen. Geo.
B. Mcclellan, we note that the New York
Sun, points out the singular fact that Gov
ernor DE Witt Clinton, Governor Silas Wright,
Governor William l.. Marcy, Governor and
Chief Justice Sanford +. Church, and Gov
ernor r. i. Fenton, all Of New York state,
dropped dead of hart disease, and under Qiats
Identical ciretmsfasictS--toch Of them dying
sohis reading a letter e,cept Marcy who was pc
rusing Cowrer,s poems!
Hold your hand against the ribs on your
left side, hont,-the regular, steady beating OF
| the great "iorce pump OF tie system, run by
an unknown and mys terious Engineer, Is awful
| In its mpressiveness
Few persons like to count Il cir own pulse
beats, and fewer peri ons still enjoy marking
| tho "thub-thub" of their own heart.
"Whaf IL Il 81 o,dd SKIP a teatr'
As matter OF TACT the heart Is the least
susceptible TO primary disease OF any Of cur
vital organs II 8, however, very much injured
By certain long-continued congestions OF the
vital organs. like the kidneys, liver and
stomach. Moreover, blood filled with uric
&C produces Il rheumatic tendency, and is
very injurious 10 lealthiul heart actlon,-it
often piovts a.a', and, OF course, the uric
acid comes from impaired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English sutl ority, says
that heart disease is chiefly secondary to some
more fatal malady in the blood or other vital
organ. That is, II Is not the original source
oil the fatal malady.
The work OF the heart Is TO force blood into
s1sry part Of the system Il the thee organ
diseased, II Is very, very hard task. Take as
iect 10 congestion and yet, Icing deficient In
the nerves OF sensation, this congested condi-
ton Is nor inf'co'ed by pam. II may exist for
years, ninown even 10 physicians, and II 1t
does not T, suit In complete destruction of the
kidneys, the extra work which is forced uron
the heart weakens 1t every year, and-a
mysterious sudden death claims another
victim
This is IA true history Of 'heart disease,n--
SO called, VIII oh in reality is chiefly second
airy effect of Brlghts disease of the kidneys,
and indicates the universal need of that
renowned specific Warmers safe cure.
Il. Il. Larrabee, ESQ. OF Boston, who was by
II so wonderfully cured OF Bright's disease in
ls73, says that with its disappearance went
the distressing heart disorder, which he then
discovered was only secondary 10 the renal
trouble
there Is genera impression that the medl-
cal rofesson Is not at iault II L. frankly adj
mits that heart disease Is the cause OF death.
In other words cure Of heart disease is not
exI ected OF them
There NAV I've no help for q broken down,
worn out apoplectic heart, but there Is q help
Tor the kidney disorder which in most cases 10
responsible for the heart trouble, and II its
use put money ami fam. into the treasury o.
the profession ustea Of into the hands OF an
independent investigator, every era luated
doctor in the world would exc aim of it. as
one, nob.er and less prejudced than his fel-
lows, once exclaimed: at Is a GOd-send TO
humanity.
What therefore must lie the ibl!c estimate
OF tha bigotry and want OF irankness which
forbis in SUI cases because forsooth ii is a
proprietor az e. the use OF the one effec-
tive re nedlal agency OF the agel
Heart disease" indeed Why not call such
things by their right names.
Why not!
"Dead without a moments warming"
This Xix wise Is an untruthl Warnings are
given by the thousand. Physicians are mot
surpr sed." The expected y" They know
what tie end will be, but the victim .-"oh no,
he mus nj he told, you know, 1t would only
frgnten Lim for there is no help, you know,
for it!r
The fate that attcn ed II. tile Mae and the
five govern )rs is not oval and exclusive one
1t threatens every one who fails TO heed the
warnings OF nature as set forth above.