The National tribune., 1885-11-12
"DROPPED DEAD"
The Fate that 0vercanR .s.Little Mac" and FL
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Otnef b0yefn0rS.
| Apropos of the sudden death of Gen. Geo. B.
| Mcclellan, we note that the New York Sun
points out the singular fact that Gov. Dewitt
| Clinton, Gov. Silas Wright, GOV. William L.
| Marcy, Gov. and Chief Justice Sanford E.
Church, and Gov. T. e. Fenton, all of New
York State, dropped deHd of heart disease, ana
ander4'ite identical ciyca,Mstaaces-each Of them
dying ackle reading letter czcept Marcy, who was
perusing Cowper's poems 3
| 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 impresSveneSs!
Few persons like to count their own pulse.
beats, and fewer persons still enjoy marking
the "thub-thub" " of their own heart.
What # it should skip a beat"
As matter of fact the heart is the least sus-
ceptibe to primary disease of any of our vital
organs. 1t is, however, very much injured by
| certain long continued congestons of the vital
organs, like the kidneys, liver and stomach
Moreover, blood filled with uric acid produces
| a rheumatic tendency, and is very injurious to
healthful heart action,-it often proves fatal
and of course, the uric acid comes from i'm
paired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority, says
that heart disease is chiefly secondary to some
more fatal malady in the blood or other vital
organs. That is, 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. If they are at all dis
eaSed, it is very, very hard task. Take as an
Illustration: The kidneys are very sub bject 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 1T every year, and-a mysterious" -"
sudden death claims another victim!
This is the true history of heart disease
SO called, which in reality is chiefly a secondary
effect of Bril- shtS disease of the kidneys, and in
dicatcs the universal need of that renowned
specific Warmers safe cure
Is. 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 dis
tressing heart disorder, which he then discov-
cred was only secondary to the renal trouble
There is a general impression that the med
ica 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 broken down worn
out, apoplectic heart, but there is a help for the
kidney disorder, which in most cases is respon-
sible for the heart trouble, and if its use put
sion instead of into the hands of an independ-
ent investigator, every graduated doctor in the
world would exclaim of it, as one, nobler and
less prejudiced than his fellows once exclaimed ::
at is God-send to humanity!"
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 article) the use of the one effective
remedial agency of the age?
Heart disease" indeedi Why not call such
things by their right names?
Why not?
"Dead without moments warning" This
likewise is an untruth Warnings are given by
the thousand. Physicians are " not 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 one who fails to heed the
warnings of nature as set forth above.