The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1885-11-05
"pRoppED DEAD"
The Fate that oysEcame "Llttls Mao" and
Five Other Governors.

| FNb OthBE SuNoEuot"
Apropos OF the sudden death Of Gen
Geo. B. Mcclellan, we note that the New
York Sun, points ont the singular fact tina
Governor Dewitt Clinton, Governor silal
Wright, Governor William L. Marcy, Gov
ernor and Chief Justice SanfordE Church
and Governor K. +. Fenton, all Of New
York State, dropped dead Of heart diseGSe
and under quite identical ircunstGnceS-edcl
Of them dying iUhiie reading letter creep
Marcy who was perusing Cowper's poems
Hold your hand sgainst the ribs on YOU
left side, front,-the regular, steady beat
ing OF the great force iump' OF the sys
ten, run by Rn unknown and mysterious
Engineer, is awful In its impressiveness
Few persons like 10 count their owl
pulse-beats, and fewe persons still enjoy
marking the "tbu5-thub' oil their OWE
heart.
"Hhat il il should skip beat"
As a matter OF fact the Heart is the least
susceptible to primary disease Of any O.
our vital organs. 1t is, however, very much
injured by certain long contii ueti corges
tons OF the vital organs, like the kidGeys
liver and stomach. Moreover, blood filled
with uric acid produces rheumatic ten.
dency, and is very injurious to healthful
heart actiou-it often proves fatal, and, Of
course, the urid acid comes from impaired
kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
says that heart disease is chiefly secondary
to GONE more fatal mslRdy in the blood or
other vital organs. That is, it is not the
original source OF the fAtsl malady.
The work OF the heart Is TO force blood
into every part Of the 81 stem. II the or
gsns are sound it Is an easy task. II they
are At all Diseased, il is very, very hard
task. Take as an illustration; The kid
neys are very ubjectto congestion and yet,
being deficient in the nerves Of sensation,
this cougested condition is no! indicated
BY pain. 1t may exist for years upknown
even to physicians, aud lift does not re-
suit in complete destruction. the kidneys,
the extra work which Is forced upon the
heart weakens 1t every year, and-a
"nysterious' sudden death claims another
victiml
This is the trus history OF "heart dis.
cases. called, which in re Ility is
chiefly a secondary etr-ct of Brights dis
ease Of the kidneys, and indicates the
universal need OF that renowned epecifc
Warmers safe cure.
B. F. Larrabee, Esq, Of Boston, who
was by it go wonderfully cured OF Bight's
disease in 1879, says that with its disap.
pearance went the distressing heart dis
order, which be then discovered was only
secondary to the renal trouble.
Z, kLnk N6aI
medical profession is not at fault il 1t
frankly admits that heart disease is the
cause OF death. In other words cure OF
heart disease is not expected OF them
There may be no help for broken
down, worn out, apoplectic heart, but
there Is no help for the kidney disorder
which in most cases is responsible for the
heart trouble, and il its use put money
and fame into the treasury OF the PROBES
sion instead OF into the hands Of an in
dependent investigator, every graduated
doctor in the word would exclAim OF it,
as enc, uobler and less prsjudiced than
his fellows, once exclaimed: at is God
send to humanityw
What therefore must be the public esti-
mate oil that higOtry and want Of frank
ness which iorbiis in such cases because
torSooth it il proprietary artic'e), the
use of the one effective remedial agency Il
the age?
"Heart disease" indeed! Why not call
such things by their right names?
Why not7
"D2ad without moments warming"
This likewise is an untruth! Warnings
are given by the thousand. Physicians
are mot surprised" They expected i'll"
They know what the end will be-, bnt the
victim?-''oh no, he mustn't he told, you
know, it would only frghten him, for
there is no help, you know, for it!'
The fate that attended "Little Mac" and
the five governors is not = royal and ex-
elusive one--it threatens every one who
fails to heed the warnings OF nature as eel
forth above.