St. Landry democrat., 1888-04-28
nPNEUMON IA"

why not Call this Terrible Scourge by
its Rightful Name.
lNew York 1elegraml
| Many strong, well-built man leaves
home to-day; before night he will have a
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.
It 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 ito
Pneumonia, we are told, is invited by a
certain condition of the system, indicated ii
one has occasional chills and fevers, ten
dency to cold in the throat and lungs, rheu-
matte and neuralgia pains, extreme tired
feelings, short breath and pleuritic stitches
in the side, loss Of appetite, back-ache,
nervous unrest, scalding sensations, or
scant and discolored fluids, heart futter-
ings, sour stomach, distressed look, puffy
eye sacs, hot and dry skin, loss of strength
and vitality.
These indications may not appear to-
gether, they may come, disappear and re-
appear for years, the person not realizing
calamity. In other words, if pneumonia
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 simp-
~ the agent which develops the disease, al
ready dormant in the system, because the
kidneys have been but partially doing their
duty. In short, pneumonia is but an early
indication of a bright's diseased condition.
This impaired action may exist for years
without the patient suspecting it because
no pain will be felt in the kidneys or their
vicinity and often it can be detected only
by chemical and microscopical observa-
tons.
Nearly $50 of the 74O deaths in New York
city the first week in April land in six
weeks 781 deaths) We're caused by pneu-
monia!
The disease is very obstinate, and if the
accompanying kidne ley disorder is very far
advanced, recovery is impossible, for the
kidneys give out entirely, and the patient is
literally suffocated by water.
The only safeguard against pneumonia is
to maintain vigorous condition Of the sys-
tenn, and thus preyent its attacks, by using
whatever will radically and effectually re-
store full vitality to the kidneys, for, If they
are not sound, pneumonia cannot be prevented.
For this purpose there is nothing to equal
Warmers safe cure, a remedy known to
millions, used probably by hundreds Of
thousands and commended as a standard
specific wherever known and used It does
not pretend to cure an attack of pneu-
monia, but it does rensooe the cause Of and pre-
cent 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 a measure
he considers his responsibility ended. In
many instances, indeed, persons are report
ed as dying of pneumonia, heart disease,
apoplexy and commissions, when the real
cause of death and so known by the physi-
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 exercise his
Judgment in such matter.
THE pickpocket is no respecter OF purse
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