The Washington critic. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1885-1888, 1885-11-28
WORM In THE BUD.
Million People Die Annually
iglnnd Before their Time
ourth OF Consumption.
COD.LIyER OIL.

THE PHILADELPHIA RECORD.
useful series OF little works Is now
lblished by Messrs. Appleton e Co.,
York, entitled "IIcalth Pnmers.n
full of facts, which, although not
y known or studied, have direct
on the good Of every community,
n suggestions ought TO be carefully
The last writer treats of Prema-
aths and gives a number of startling
! connection with the subject. Al
his figures are gained from NOR
ports In England aud Wales they
undoubtedly correspond with the
deaths in certain sections Of this
:, and we can, therefore, safely dis
iem with that understanding The
lion Of the two countries mentioned
O,OOO and of that number half mil
Try year die prematurely; los, 900 die
icy; Isl 800, including those who die
ncy, die by the time their fifth year
while the deaths Of the remaining
are distributed very equally between
lod and old age.
chief cause Of these premature deaths
lses Of the lungs, all OF these being
d under the common name of Con-
On. MOIt lllhn Ollt-lOlIlU OF Ille
number of premature deaths are due
disease From youth to manhood
years consumption is the foremost
If death. In early manhood-9j TO 30
1t still maintains the front rank, and
hood and maturity--35 to 50 years
20 predominant cause. Damp soil,
We drainage, want Of active bodily
e, poor ventilation aud sedcntary
,tions-all these are factors TO be con
In discussing the cause OF cOnsump-
But the chief thing to be considered
nat is the cureg On this there are, of
. variety of opinions. One common
is cod-liver oil. That IL ever effected
is doubtful. IL will make the patient
but simply abnOrmally. II strength
muscles, 1t builds up no waste, 1t
check decay, aud the apparent flesh
..-- its use bestows is as deceptive as the
cite flush on the cheek OF the cousump-
@, which Is so often mistaken for the hue
health. What is really needed In con
mption is something that while stimu
ing will repair the constant drain on the
sues and put all of the physical organs in
eli harmonious condition, that they will be
le to resist successfully all attacks, how
err insidious, that may .be made against
y Of them. The advance of medical sci
&c recognizes this fact, and many of the
1st eminent physicians base their treat
INT OF consumption upon this theory. 1t
S often been said that when a sick person
lves for any particular article of food or
ink IL should be given, the demand for It
owing that Nature Is asserting herself.
DIV often do we find people who are either
incipient or advanced stages of consump-
N, express n longing for spirituous liquors
d speak of the benefit which they derive
ON them. Physicians have not been slow
notice this, and the result is that alcohol
some form or other enters largely into
cir method Of treatment, and, even with
G difficulty experienced In getting pure
luor, some benefit results. If, however
pure whiskey could be found, It is self
ident proposition that the benefits to be
rived would increase. A distillation of
C finest malt aud the extraction from
C product that deleterious substance
sci oil, would give to humanity
netting the healing and strengthening
,wer Of which cannot be exaggerated
nat there is such whiskey manufactured
this country may not be generally known,
1t thousands Of invalids have been cured
: its use, and Professor Mott, one of the
ost distinguished chemists and scientists
America, who analysed 1t, declares its
lrity and its life giving properties. We
fer to the Duffy pure malt whiskey, the
lie of which Is spreading all over the coun-
Y. 1t has successfully stood the most ex-
lustive tests, the testimonials as to its elf
ICY are ilowingin spontaneously from all
iarters, its merits have been treated of in
edical journals, and learned reasons as
gned for its peculiar power. 1t is safe to
y that its use will cause the quaint spectre
consumption, which haunts so many
,mes, to disappear, and put in its place
C angel Of life and of health.