Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1886-05-14
A SCIENTISTS WARNING.
A Remarkable Lecture Delivered by DIR.
X. Il. Hammond Before the National
scieutisps Convention.

IL. Il. Hammond Before the National
scieHtisrs Convention.
II am glad l was born in the nineteenth
sentUry,' was the remark Of an enthusiastic
admirer Of modern progress, i'm a tone of
sympathy for his ancestors and satisfaction
Tor himself His experience is a common
one, and, indeed, when we think of the blind
path along which humanity has wandered
during the past ages our sympathy is in
stinctively aroused. The worlds wants were
once meagre; nov they are great People
formerly lived in manner approaching
crudeness; now we are surrounded by
modern improvements Men and women
then endured torture Of the worst kind,
simply because they did not know how to
avoid IT, They submitted to suffering which
impaired their health, ruined their constitu-
tons and highted their pooterity, because
no one knew from whence it arose. They
norance. And yet unfortunately, we are to
day far too often IN 10 better condition.
WE ARE STAaTLED
constantly by the sudden death OF some man
who seemed the picture of health. He thought
he was well. Occasionally his appetite was
poor, but then in few days aftei'ward It
was ravenous He felt strange paius shoot
ing through his body, but, as they did not
remain. he forgot them. His head lainei
ne WIS SbllltWildJ IldlcI ludU
common, aud unaccountably tired, but he
telt comparatively we'll and vigorous And
yet he died suddenly. denomination would
have shown that certain great internal organs
were nearly all decayed. 1t would reveal
Residue Of shattered, nuGSeatiug tissue. And
still he scanned to he the picture of health.
And this leads me to assert that i'll my iudg-
ment more than four tifths of all serious
nodsru diseases Glise from the arrangement
OF the most important organs of the hImin
hodY-the kidneys. Please follow me closely
and see if do not prove this.
Why is 1t that so many little children are
to-day pnny, stuuted and apparently blight
Ell for 1fef Because those early and jnevita-
bile diseases, measles, scarletina, etc, have 50
veal ened their kidneys that nature cannot
do her work, aud the child languiSheS, per-
hapS dies Look at the list of women who
die in childbirth, and why is it! Simply BE-
cause their maternal organs have been so
weakened 10y kidney disease that they cannot
witt stand the terrible sudden strain that Is
brought to bear upon them How many
women escape monthly agoniesi And yet
nature never intended that pain or in"onveni-
ence should sttelid the operation of her natur-
al laws. DoeSit stand to reason that constant
pressure Of stays over the kNdeYs, combined
With
| INNUMRRABLF PRACTICES
which society, fashion and mankind demand
should not affect those delicate organs and
| hing about decliue and deathl If the kid
neys were one half as sensitive as the heaIt
lungs, liver, stomach or bowels, many men
aid women would endure the most exc1uca.
ting agonies And here is just where the
great danger Of Brights disease lies. 1t does
not manifest itself i'll pains. 1t does not sS-
sumo any settled symptoms. 1t arises frCm
slight causes, sudden jar being sometimes
sufficient to start it. 1t is seldom twice alike
Men and women drag along, die and ars
buried, and their friends and the doctors say
heart disease, apoplexy, pneumonia, CoEges-
ton, convusions Doubtless, both doctors
and friends are sincere in this, but the cause
lay far back Of these things and was Brights
disease. That was the inward cause; these
are the outward manifestations. Every dis
ease must have root, just as certainly IS
every plant. Kidney disease is the great
root from which most modern diseases, nc
matter what their name may be, actually
spring.
But because these organs are so impor.
tant SO delicate and SO powerful, they require
the greatest care i'll treatment. Ever since
the day when DR.. Bright discovered the con
necLlon between morbid outward symptom,
and internal decay, physicians, scientists an1
chemists have sought for a pure and power
full relief 1t has been a difficult, often {
| fruitle'S search and it may tie that no infal
llble remedy will ever be found Many a4e
now before the public, but, so far as l hay,
been able to learn by chemical analysis aud
ACTUAL TEST,
only one Possesses absolute merit and power
| have seen n number of cases and learned
from unquestionable sources of many Others
where the preparation known eS H mt
Remedy has been almost remarkable in it.
results. One case in particular was that Ct
prominent banker residing in New York
whose family physicians, assisted by III LIS
c-uusel that city could produce, declared hi
case to be hopeless, and who was after wal
restored to apparent perfect health by tn
means have named | have not hesitatcd I,
use it freely among my patients, and from
the results have secured, | shall continue T.
do So But no remedy can perform nIiraclc
ii the man, woman or child does not obserN
ordinary care in the diet and habits of life
These things ale exceedingly essential an
cannot be too strongly impressed Upon til
mind"
The do tor explained how men aud wome
should live in order TO meet this terrible ma
ady, and instanced several additional cure
which had followed the use of the remedy be
fore referred to. In concluding, he said:
'lf men and women could only be arou5r
to a realization OF their actual danger: to
sense of what is before them unless they tax
prompt and proper action, and then by Cgl
rect course OF life, and the use of the prope
means seek TO prolong their lives most OF tn
present suffering and urlCimey deaths Nigh
and would be avoided
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