The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1885-03-25
PNEUMONIA"
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New York Telegram. !

Many strong, we'll built man leaves home
to day, before night he will have a chill, ard
in few houIs be will be dead This is the
wsy the dreaded pneumonia takes people Of
The list of notable men Who are It's victims is
sppslling
DR.. Damrosch, the famous musician, il
seized by a chill while conducting rehsreal;
next dsy his physicians tell us he is doing
well. Next Cay he is dead
The Rev. J. E. Lstimer, D. D., STD,
Dean of Boston University Theological
School. breaches elcqusntIy one mcruibg
has slight chilliness thereafter, feels ungell
fer few days, and Unexpectedly dies. A
gentleman ia Albany goes to his physician
one morning stating that he feels strangely
uncomfortable, is examined, advised st once
TO settle up his affairs, does Sd and dies %
fore night.
Everyone breads this prevalent diserd ar
liz coming his Sudden, It's termination 1sa
ally speedy.
Whas ca uses the terrible scourge?
1t is not 'in the ait'i-in fictitious or con-
tsgious. 1t results from exposure, changes
of weather. prevails nore among men than
women, more among ths apparently hsalshy
Than among the fse0ie.
Pneumonia sc are told. is invited By a
certain cor ition Of his system. iad;cl Il if
oas has occasional chiljs ard tevefs, 9 ten
oency 10 Gods in the throat and lungs, rAeu.
nlatic and nt u.algic pains sxsrs~e tired
ieeii' 6 short DIes'h aud pleITitic c5ss
IN lie side, loss Cf specific becsscle, nerv
Gus UnIsst, sc$ldlDg fei sAtions. or sca1t sad
discoloItd fai6s, heart filtteungs SUR
ston.ath, distressed look, p13y eye sscs, u
and 6Iy tkip. loss of Strength and virilitv
These indications Dsy not appesr together;
they msy come, disappear and reappsa- for
years. the person not realizing that they are
natures warnings of coming calamity.
In other words, ii pneumonia does not
claim as victim the person having such
symptoms some less pronounced bat more
fatal malsdy certainly will.
a celebrated New York physician told the
Tribune, a year ago. that pneumonia was a
stccDdsry disorder, the exposure and cold
being simply the agent which develops the
die ase. already dormant in the system. be-
cause the kidneys nave been bus partially
doing their duty. In short, pneumonia is
but an esIly indication OF Brights diseased
cor diiion. This impaired action may exis;
fer years without the patient sUspecsiOg i.
becsuse no pain will be felt in the kidneys
or their vicinity, AID often it can be ds
tected only by chemical and mierosoo Gical
examinations.
Nearly $50 OF the 740 deaths in New York
City the first week in March aad in ak
weeks 7S1 deaths were caused by pneu 1aonial
The distase is very obstinate and if the &C.
compspyirg kidney disorder is very far ad
vanced, recovery is impossible, for the
Kidneys give out entirely, and the patient is
literally suffocatsd by water.
TIE only safeguard against pneumonia Is
10 maintain vigorous condition OF tbs sys
tenn. and thus prevent its attacks. by using
vhsfever will Tsdicsliy and effectuaiy re
store full vitality to the kidneys, and if They
are not sound, pneumonia can Lot be pre-
vented. For this puIpJsa there is nothing
equal to WaIBer'ssafe cure, aremedy known
20 millions, used probably by hundreds oil
thousands AID commended as q standard
specific wherever known aud used. Ii does
not pretend 20 cure an attack Of pneumonia
but il ores aud eau remove the cause of aud
prevent that disease if taken in time. 10
reason able L an oaa coubt this if he regards
the personal experience of thousands Of
honorable men worthy his favor.
either BrighIs disease or pneumonia he con-
iesses his Inability to care, and in measure
he considers his responsibility ended. In
IS dying of pneumonia, heart disease, apo
plexy and commissions when the real caus:
OF death, ard 50 known By the physicis1, is
this kidney consumption. Thousands oil
reorle have it without knowing it and per
ish of it because their physicians will moi
tell them the facts! The same fate await:
every one who will not exercise his j2d (
meht in such matter and be true to him
self, his family and to soc'ety.