The Russellville Democrat., 1885-02-26
WAS IT A TRAGEDY?
Lamentable Death OF Two Young
Ladies ana the Narrow Es-
cape of the Third.

I
! Not long ago mother and daugh-
ter called at the office of a promi-
nent New York physician. The
young lady was fair Of face, graceful
of form, with complexion indlcat-
ing health, and yet her mother said
there was every indication to her
that she was the prey Of some mys-
terious disorder. AT her request,
the physician made searching ex-
animation. Nothing was discovered.
At the opportunities OF the mother,
another physician was called in and
another examination made with the
same result.
In less than three months the
young lady was dead.
In the same city another promi-
nent physician was visited recently
by young lady of attractive adj
dress, refined manners and winsome
appearance.
She had scarcely stated her case
when her lips quivered, her face
paled. her arms dropped to her side,
and she was dead.
She died alone with her physician,
and gossips made high scandal, but
post mortem examination showed
that her death was caused by a con
vrlsion, and the voice Of SANDER was
hushed. These are facts which can
be sustained if need be.
Medical science does not tell us
all we ought to know. 1t is small
satisfaction for us that death must
lay our friends low before We can find
out the nature OF their diseases.
Life is a great mystery; and 1T is a
sad commentary on present human
attainments that death is the only
key which in many cases can unlock
he.depths of this mystery.
There is something more to be
dreaded than cholera, more tC be
feared than consumption, which is
prcyipg upon the health Of our young
people, because, unlike them, its ap
proach is insidious, and we know of
its presence only by the death it
brings. Mr.. Charles +. Stephens,
the well known exporter at 1928
Third ST., Louisville, KY, had an
experience somewhat similar to the
mother whose case is above related.
HIS daughter, when but nine years
OF age, seemed suddenly to droop.
She was exceedingly languid, was
frequently prostrated with head
aches and nervous depression, and
the feeling of extreme fatigue grew
upon her constantly. She could
scarcely breathe; could retain moth
ing on her stomach, she bloated so
that she measured As inches around
the waist, and it seemed that she
would go mad with agony. Every
month she got worse and worse and
finally, as death seemed to be OBJ
tanning the mastery, in alarm her
case and treatment were telegrapned
to a prominent New York specialist,
who, after due deliberation wired
back that everything possible had
been done and that she could not re-
cover. In three months from that
time, however, she began to amend
and in a few weeks was clothed with
health and IN her right mind.
In the first case mentioned, death
was caused 10y what is called bright's
disease of the kidneys, in the second
it was found that uremic blood pois-
sning, caused by the same disease,
produced the fatal convulsion, and
in the third case death was threaten
ed by the same disorder, but was
avcrted, when every other means
failed. by warmers safe cure. This
result was accomplished three years
ago and the lapse of time has shown
that it was not mere temporary
effect.
1t is evident that medical men do
not know everything, and yet how
strange it is that people credit them
with omniscience and die in the
delusion. 81 am not surprised"
said a candid physician, "when l
know the ignorance and incapacity
of the profession concerning such
effective work. If it can accomplish
what we cannot, people are very
foolish if they do not resort to its
use.'
1t seems TO US that these three
cases convey lesson and indicate
course of proceeding which parents
and young people cannot afford to
ignore.