Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-11-21
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The Fate that overeame ssLitiIs zEao 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 Dewitt Clinton, Governor Silss
wright, Governor William L. Marcv
Governor and Chief Justice Sanford r.
CHURCH and Governor b is. Fenton, ell of
New York state, dropped dead of heart dis
ease a10 under quite Identical circumstan-
ces-each Of them dying while reading &
letter except Marcy. who was perusing
COWpFr's pOemEi
Hold your hand against the ribs on your
letE SIDE, tr0nG-the regular steady beating
of the great force pump of The system,
run by an unknown and mysterious engi-
neers is awful in its impressiVeness
Few persons like to count their own
pulse beats, and fewer persons still enjoy
heart.
What if it should skip q bea.I'
AS matter OF fact the heart is. the least
susceptible to primary disease Of any of our
vital organs. 1t is, however, very much
injured by certain long continued conges
tiOus Of the vital organs, like the kidneys
liver and stO mach. Moreover, blood filed
with ursc acid produces q rheumatic ten
dency, and IS very injurious TO healthful
heart actlOn,-lt often proves fatal, and, Of
course, the urictacid comes from impaired
kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority, says
that heart disease is chiefly secondary to
some more fatal maIsdy 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
intOsevery part Of the system. II the or
gans are sound, it is an easy task. If they
are az all diseased, It Is a very, very hard
task Take as an illustration: The kidneys
are very subject to congestion, and yet,
beirg deficient in the nerves of sensation,
this cOngested condition is not indicated by
pain. IG may exist for years, unknOW q
even to physicians, and if it does not result
in complete destruction of the kidneys, the
extra work which is forced upon the heart
WeRkens it every year, end-a mysterious
sudden death claims another victim!
This is the true history of heart disease, %
so called, which in reality is chic ay q
secondary effect of Bright's disease OF the
kidneys, and indicates the universal need
of that renowned specific Warmers safe
cure.
B. 2. Larrabee, Esq, of Boston, who was
by it so wonderfully cured of Bright's dis
ease, in 1879, says that with its disappear
ance went the distressing heart disorder
which he then discovered was only second
airy to the renal trouble.
There is a general impression that the
medical profession is not at faultif it frank
~ admits 5H8t n6Eirb disease Is the cause OF
death. In other words, a cure Of heart
disease is notexpected of them!
There may be no help for broken down,
worn out, apOplectio heart, but there is a
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 f an independent inves-
tigatOr, every graduated doCtOrin the world
would eXClsim Of it, as one, nObler and less
prejudiced than his fellows, once eZClaim-
ed: st is q GOd-send to humanity -
What therefore must be the public esti-
mate Of that bigOtTy and want of frankness
which fOrbi0s in such cases because for
sOOth it is prOpriety article), the use of
the one effective remedial agency Of the
age?
"Heart disease, indeedl Why not call
such things by their right names?
Why not?
Dead without a moments warning, -
This likewise is an untTutb Warnings
are given by the tho ussud. Physicians are
mot surprised They expected i !''
They know what the end viii be, but the
victim?-'Oh 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 not a royal and eXClu-
sive One-it threatens every one who fails
to heed the warnings OF nature as set forth
ObOYe.