The Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1885-1886, 1885-11-11
DROPPED DEAD
TIE FATE THAT OvERCAME LITTLE
MAC" AND FIVE GOVERNORS.

Apropos of the sudden death of Gen.
Geo. 3. Mcclellan, we note that the New
York Sun, points out the singular fact
that Governor De Witt Clinton, Governor
Silas Wright, Governor William L. Marcy,
Governor and Chief Justice Sanford Il
Church, and Governor r. f. Fenton all
of New York State, dropped dead %
Heart disease, and under quite identical
crcumslances-each of them dying wliIle
readings Litter except Marcy, who was
perusing Cowper's poemsl
Hold your hand against the ribs on
yonr left side, the regular steady beat
ing of the great force pump OF the
system run by an unknown aud myster>
ious Engineer is awful in its impress
sivcuessl
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 bcati'
AS matter of fact the heart is the
least susceptible to primary diseases OF
our vital organs. 1t is however, very
much injured by certain long continued
COMPOSITIONS of the vital organs, like the
kidneys, liver and stomach. Moreover,
blood filed with uric acid produces a
rheumatic tendency, and isvery injurious
to hcathful heart action, it often proves
fatal, and, of course, the uric acid comes
from impaired kidney action.
Roberts, the great English authority,
SAYS that heart disease is chiefly second
AIRY to some more fatal malady i'll the
blood or other vital organs, That is, 1t Is
not TIE original scource of the fatal mails
ady.
The work of the heart is to force blood
into every part OF the system. II the
organs are sound it IS an easy task II
they are Mt all diseased, it is II very. very
hard task. Take as an illustrations The
kidneys are very subject to congestion
and yet, being deficient in the nerves OF
sensation, this congestcd condition IS not
indicated by pain. 1t may exist Tor
years, unknown even to physicians, and
if it does not result in complete destruc~
ton of the kidney, the extra work which
is forced upon the heart weakness it every
year, and-a mysterious sudden death
claims another victim!
This is the true history of ''hcart dis"
case, so called, which in reality is
chiefly secondary effect of Brighrs
disease Of the kidneys, and indicates the
universal need of that renowned specific
Warmers safe cure.
Il. f. Larrabce Esq, of Boston. who
was by so wonderfully cured of Brights
disease, in 1879, says that with its dis
appearance went the distressing heart
disorder which he then discovered was
only secondary to the renal trouble.
There is q 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, n cure
of heart disease Is not expected of them!
There may be no help for a broken
down, worn out, apopletic heart, but
there is a help for the kidney disorder
which in most cases is responsible for the
heart trouble, and if it's use put money
and fame into the treasury of the profess
sion instead of into the hands of an in
dependent investigator, every graduated
doctor in the world would exclam of it,
as one, nobler and less pref udiced than
his fellows, once exclaimed: at is a God
send to humanity"
What therefore must be the public es
innate of that bigotry and want of frank
ness which forbds in such cases (because
forsooth it is a propriety ARTICLE, the use
of the one effective rcmedical agency of
the age?
Heart disease indeed Why not call
things by their right name?
Why not?
dead without moments waning
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 itp
The fate that attended Little Mac"
and the five governors is not royal and
exclusive onc-it threatens every one who
fails to heed the warnings of natuae as
set forth above.