The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1885-11-12
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The Fate that ov.re... ..1lttl. llss.
sad ave Other Gover.ors.
Aptopos of the sudden death of Gen.
Geo. B. Mcclellan, we note that the
New York Sun, points out the singular
fact that Governor Dewitt Clinton,
Governor Silas Wright, Governor Will
liam L. Marcy, Governor and Chief JUS
tice Sanford E. Church. and Governor
r. E. Fenton, all of New York State,
dropped dead Of heart disease, and ~''der
quite identical circ~nsstances-eoch Of
them dying sc1ale rcadiug letter except
Marcy, who was perusing Cowper's
poems!
Hold your hand against the ribs on
your left side, front,--the regular, steady
beating of the great ':force pump of
The system, run by an unknown and
mysterious Engineer, is awful in its inn
pressiveness!
Few persons like to count their own
pulse-beats, ard fewer persons still en-
joy marking the ''thub-thub" of their
own heart.
''What if It should skip q beat''
As q matter of fact tho heart is tho
least susceptible to primary disease of
any of our vital organE. 1t is, however,
very much injured by certain long-con-
tinued congestions of the vital organs,
like the kidneys, liver and stomach.
Moreover, blood filled with uric acid
produces q rheumatic tendency, and is
very injurious to healthful heart action,
it often proves fatal, and, of course,
the uric acid comes from impaired kid
ney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
saws that heart diseaee is chiefly second
ary to some more fatal malady in the
blood or other vital organs That's, it
is not the original source of the fatal
malady.
The work of the heart is to force
blood into every part of the system. If
the organs are sound it is an easy task.
1t they are at all diseased, it is very,
very hard task. Take as an illustra-
ton: The kidneys are very subject to
congestion and yet, being deficient in
the nerves of sensation, this congested
condition is not indicated by pain. 1t
may exist for years, unknown even to
physicians, and if it does not result in
complete destruction of the kidneys,
the extra work which is forced upon
the heart weakens it every year, and
a ''mysterious" sudden death claims
another victim!
This is the true history of ''hcart dis
ease, so called, which in reality is
chiefly secondary effect of Bright's
disease of the kidneys, and indicates
the universal need of that renowned
specific Warner safe cure.
b. F. Larrabee, Esq, of Boston, who
was by it so wonderfully cured of
Bright's disease, in 1879, says that with
its disappearance went the distressing
heart disorder, which he then discover
ed was only secondary to the renal
trouble.
There is a general impression that
the medical profession is not at fault If
it 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 a broken
down, worn out, apoplectic heart, but
there is 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
of an independent Investigator, every
graduated doctor in the world would
exclaim of it, as one, nobler and less
prejudiced than his fellows, once cx-
claimed: 1T is God-Send to human
ity!''
What therefore must be the public
estimate of that bigotry and want of
frankness which forbids in such cases
(because forsooth it is a proprietary ar
ticle), the use of the one effective re-
medal agency of the age?
Heart disease indeed! Why not
call such things by their right names?
Why not?
'Dead without moment warming"
This likewise is an untruth! Warnings
are given by the thousand. Physicians
are mot surprised" They expected
it!' They know what the end will 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 royal and
exclusive one-it threatens every ono
who fails to heed the warnings of ma
ture as set forth above.