Sharp County record., 1888-05-03
I" PNEUMONlA."
Why not Call this Terrible ScourGe by
its Rightful Name.
TNosO York Telegram.

NGU YORK Iete9FdW.I
Many a strong, wel-built man leaves
home to-day; before night he will have
chill and in few hours will be dead!
This is the way the dreaded pneumonia
takes people off.
The list of notable men who are its VIC
tins is appalling.
1t sweeps over the land like a scourge
and destroys poor and rich alike.
Every one breads it Its coming is sud
den, its termination usually speedy
What causes it!
Pneumonia, we are told, is invited by q
certain condition of the system indicated II
one has occasional chills and fevers, a ten
dency to cold in the throat and lungs, rheu
matte and neuralgia pains, extreme tlrec
feelings, short breath and pleuritic stitches
in the side, loss of appetite, back-ache,
nervous unrest, scalding sensations, OF
scant and discolored fluids, heart tiutter
ings, sour stomach, distressed look, pu1fy
eve sacs, hot and dry skin, loss OF strength
and vitality
These indications may not appear to
gether, they may come, disappear ana re
appear for years, the person not realizing
tnat they are natures warning of coming
calamity. In other words, if pneumonlf
does not claim as victim the persons hav
ing such symptoms some less sudden but
quite as fatal malady certainly will.
A celebrated New York physician told the
Tribune that pneumonia was secondary
disorder. the exposure and cold being slmp
lv the agent which develops the disease, al
ready dormant in the system, because the
kidneys have been but partially doing thell
duty. In short, pneumonia is but an early
indication of bright's diseased condition
This impaired action may exist Tor years
without the patient suspecting it because
no pain will be felt in the kidneys or thell
vicinity and often it can be detected only
bv chemical and microscopical observa
tions.
Nearly $50 of the 740 deaths in New Yorl
city the first week in April (and IN sIS
weeks 7S1 deaths) were caused by pneu
monial
The disease is very obstinate, and If the
accompanying kidney disorder is very far
advanced, recovery is impossible, for the
kidneys give out entirely, and the patlentl
literally suffocated by water.
The only safeguard against pneumonia is
to maintain vigorous condition of the sys-
TEN, and thus preoemt its attacks, by using
whatever will radically and effectually re-
store full vitality to the kidneys, for, II they
are not sound, pneumonia cannot De pre0ented'
For this purpose there is nothing to equal
Warmers safe cure, remedy known to
millions, used probably by hundreds OF
thousands and commended as standard
specific wherever known and used. 1t does
not pretend to cure an attack OF pneu-
monia, but it does renaove the cause Of and pre-
vent that disease if taken IN time. No reasona-
BILE man can doubt this if he regards the
personal experience of thousands of honor
able men.
When physician says his patient has
either bright's disease or pneumonia he con
fesses his inability to cure, and in ameasure
he considers his responsibility ended In
many instances, indeed, persons are report
ed as dying of pneumonia, heart disease,
apopexy and convulsions, when the real
cause of death and so known by the physl-
clan is the kidney consumption. Thousands
of people have it without knowing it and
perish Of it because their physicians will
not tell them the facts! The same fate
awaits every one who will not eNeccise his
Judgment in such a matter.