The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1885-03-25
PNEUMONIA"
Why No Call lt by Its Right
Name?

From the Now York Telegram.
Many strong well-built man leaves
home to-day, before night he will have
n chill, and in few hours he will be
dead! This is the way the dreaded
pneumonia takes people oil. The list Of
notable men who are its victims Is
aphllingl
DR.. DamrOsch. the famous musician,
Is seized by chill while conducting re-
benrsal; next day his physicians tell us
he is doing well. Next day he is dead
The Rev. j. +. Iatlmer, u. d.. S. r.
d., dean Of Boston university theologi-
cal school, breaches eloquently one
morning. has slight ohillness there
after, feels unwell for few days, and
unexpectly diesl A gentleman in Al
bany goes to his physicians one morn
ing stating that he feels strangely I'M
comfortable, is examined, advised at
once to settle up his affairs, does so and
dies before night
Everyone breads this prevalent disor-
der. Its coming Is sudden, Its termina-
tion usually speedy.
what causcs the terrible scourge?
II Is not "in the air, '-iniectiOus or
contagious. II results from exposure.
changes of weather. prevails more
among men than women, more among
the apparently healthy than among the
feeble.
Pneumonia. we are told, is invited by
certain condition of tue system, indi-
Gated II one has occasional chills aud
fevers, tendency to colds in the throat
and lungs, rheumatic and neuralgia
pains, extreme tired feelings, short
breath and pleuritio stitches in the side.
loss of appetite, backache, nervous un-
rest. scalding sensations, or scant and
dscOlored fluids, heart flutterings, sour
stomach, distressed look, puffy eye sacs,
hot and dry skin. loss Of strength and
virifity. These indications may not APP
pear together, they may come, disap-
pear and reappear Tor years. the person
not realizing that they are natures
warnings of coming calamity.
In other words, If pneumonia does not
claim as victim the persons having
such symptoms, some less propounced
but more fatal malady certainly will.
A celebrated New York physician told
the Tribune, a year ago, that pneumonia
was a secondary disorder, the exposure
and cold being simply the agent which
develops the disease, already dormant
in the system, because the kidneys
have been but partially doing their duty.
In short, pneumonia Is but an early indi-
cation of bright's diseased condition.
This impaired action may exist for years
without the patient suspecting 1t be-
cause no pain will be felt in the kidneys
or their vicinity and often II can be de-
tected only by chemical and miscroscop-
icnl examinations.
Nearly 100 of the 40 deaths in New
York City the first week in March and
in six weeks ISL deaths were caused by
pneumonia.
The disease is very obstinate, and II
the accompanying kidney disorder is
very far advanced, recovery is impossl-
BILE, for the kidneys give out entirely,
and the patient is literally suflocated by
water.
The only safeguard against pneumo-
mia is to maintain vigorous condition
of the system, and thus prevent its at
tacks, by using whatever will radically
and efleotually restore full vitality to the
kidneys. for If they are not sound, pneu-
muu,a cannot be prevented. For this
purpose, there is nothing equal to War
ner's Safe Cure, a remedy known to mil
lions, used probably by hundreds of
thousands and commended as n stand
ard specific wherever known and used.
1t does not pretend to cure an attack of
pneumonia, but 1t does and can remove
the cause of and prevent that disease If
taken in time. No reasonable man can
doubt this if he regards the personal ex-
perience of thousands of honorable men
worthy his favor.
When physician says his patient has
either Brlght's disease or pneumonia, he
confesses his inability to cure, and in n
measure he considers his responsibility
ended. In many instances, indeed, per-
sons are reported as dying of pneumo-
mia, heart disease, apoplexy and convul-
sions, when the real cause of death and
so known by the physician is this kid
ney consumption. Thousands of peo-
pie have il without knowing 1t and per.
ish of it because their physicians will
not tell them the facts The same fate
awaits every one who will not exercise
his judgment in such matter and be
true TO himself, his family and to society.