Omaha daily bee., 1885-05-20
A HEROIC DEED
Surprising Even the Deeds of Prov
ess of Everyday Life.

A few months ago the country was
thrilled with the account of the girl who,
at the risk Of her life, when the whirling
food of the swollen rivers was WIRE sting
jgreat bridges from their foundations,
skipped along the ties of q western rail-
way, lantern in hand, and saved q train
from certain destruction. The state OF
Iowa awarded her q suitable medal for
bravery. In this instance 1t was a child
who saved the lives of many adults, but
as q rule the life of the child Is In the
hands of older persons.
In November, 1883, q little eight.year-
old son of Danish parents was suffering
with diphtherla. The attack was not se-
we're, but he did not seem TO rally after
the throat appeared perfectly we'll.
Nausea, headache and low fever sue
ceeded the sore throat, and two or three
days afterwards his limbs began to swell
mysteriously. The skin became very
dry, vomiting was frequent, nose-bleed
was persistent, and nothing would stay
in his stomach. SIT was evident to our
minds" says Mrs. Thomas Schmidt,
wife of the ~vice-consul of Denmark, resld-
ing at Motherhood, N. j., 'that some
mysterious malady was working ruin in
his system, Our physician said he had
the terrible bright's disease. To our aug
gestion that o certain preparation be tried,
made no objection. We gave him ak
doees q day, two ~tesspoonfuls at a dose,
In sweetened water. 1t remained upon
his stomach, and within q week there was
marked improvement. The bowels be.
came regular without the use of cathartics,
and the nausea diminished; in three
weeks there was q subsistence of the
dropsy, and by the middle of May the
limbs were perfectly normal. He had a
coed appetite, and could take three pints
of milk daily. By the first of May he
was up. and though he had spent Elk
months in bed, he did net feel particu.
larly weak. In June he was out, feeling
perfectly well, and in July he weighed
eight pounds more than he did before he
was taken sick. To-day there is only a
slight ~unfavorable condition In his sys-
tenn, and the physicians say we have
every reason to believe the child will be
perfectly we'll"
Mrs. Schmidt Is certainly to be con-
graduated on the good results which
iOAAoWSu WIG ub0 Va "nEllbk y sdlS CuI6,
and she says: ave feel bound to make
this truly wonderful result Known, and
are perfectly willing to have this letter
published. Gratifying as is the result
wrought, 1t is by no means singular, for
thousands of children, who seemed weak
and puny, have had their entire nature
changed and their future assured by a
prompt useof the same preparation, Such
disorders ara transmitted by inheritance,
or arise from children's epidemic diseases,
the evil effects of which often prove fatal
in later life. The secret of the ill-health
of many children is that their kidneys
and liver are not performing their n ,tural
work.
1t was a brave feat of the brave girl
who crossed the swollen stream on the
bridge to save the lives of the passengers;
but 1t Is a Drawer deed, and one worthy
of wider recognition, which, seeing the
perils awaiting childhood, free from pre-
judIce, with a purpose only to save by
any effective means, preserves to us the
lives Of our children.