The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-01-25
ND RR1GHTs DISEASE.
rse Mysterious Ailment, Its Causes
"N and How to Avoid Them.
lion, The CHICAGO MdH.

;1r,ent as YOU would have II you were
hi9 Va had a fever" said DIR. Ralph N.
b,u 20 reporter who interviewed him
ISL 49, subiect of this disease, which has
VI I'D 70 be the shears of fate which Sc
pro- The life-threat of so many prominent
man of America. 49,. .;.
&c simply a generic term for all kinds
u eeaaiibnminuria caused by any kind OF de-
Oh aration in the tissues of the kidney.
kEbere isn't any greater proportion OF disease
If the kidney than any otner organ. IL
u On has a predisposition to weakness OF
iI la4 nrgan. why, any excess of living, ex-
tnaD ,n -, TO tn severity and hardship, mental
posi-, overwork, or, in short, anything
aiA' ends to attack the general health, Will
bn oI,o Itself known by kidney troubles.
I EirSt functional arrangements are caused
- he increased work put upon that organ,
"a then nature attempts to increase the
'5 i.u nv structural changes, such as cirr
Sou;S and fhe like The organ is sort of
po1i Won understand, of the body and the
SET SET If these structural changes is to clog
1 The kidneys carry off the morbific
IU.oterisl in the blood, and when they are
lux Ionoer able to do that death must en-
s.1t has only been recognized as disease
ef+v or sixty years. DIR. Bright, an emil
nont London physician, published his studies
Is +bis direction about that length of time
70 Of course, there was as much disease
% that nature before, only it wasn't CLASH
ed Later writer's have differentiated the
lo,oraI ti+le of the disease Now, delirium
troroens was not recognized 100 years ago
@sa disease They called it congestion of
a. brain and bled a man to death who had
it ,.,.o,
"What is Bright's disease caused Bye
DWELL. YOU can't really say it is caused by
ANYTHING Niemeyer says that IL man
we're 70 get as drunk as an idiot and lie out
oil nirnt on his back on the frozen ground
that wouldn't give him Bright's disease. Of
coure if he kept that sort of thing up some
tbing would have to give, and if the kidneys
we're the Doint of least resistance he would
he attacked with some form of albuminuria.
Persons of phthiscal tendencies are liable,
and had a patient recently, lady, who
was attacked with parenchymatous nephrltls
asa result of congestion from scarlet fever.
The cold and exposure that Street-car driv
ers or conductors have to endure is provo
ca+fve of the disease. Persons who tipple
freely often occasion it, as for example Ger
man students who drink such enormous
quantities of beer. Any other liquid would
develop the weakness OF the urinary organs,
as this abnormal amount of water must be
drained through the kidneys, and the in
creased heart pressure forces il through. If
there is any weakness there it will betray
itself
"How should person live who is liable to
BrightS disease"
"Whv. let him avoid excuses of drink or
food or overwork or anything that would
deterorate his general health. Fast living
isn't necessarily the prime cause of such
troubles. | have known the most abstemi-
Gus and pure men to die of it, as well as
those who were regular FOUNDERS As to
diet. couldn't presume TO lay down any
hard and fast rule for mans food. That is
purely an individual matter which the pa
tient's own physician must prescribe. Since
the drain of albuminous matter is so great
in this disease il may be said as a general
principle that it should be a prominent fea-
lure in the list of edibles, because of its
supplying a waste and because when di-
gested it leaves very little excrementitious
matter"
''Whydo so many prominent men die of
Bright's diseased" was asked DR.. j. n. Dan
forth by reporter
The causes are about 10, 900 in number, y
he replied. First, overwork, working too
many hours out of the twenty-four, work
ing too intensely at things. too close and in
tense application, too great nervous tension
during working hours. Then high living,
late dinners, excessive use of tobacco, dress
ing carelessly."
docs whisky have anything to do with
the dsease?n
1T does. The use of wine, malt liquors,
and high living, generally all combined, have
a great deal to do with it"
Does ice water ever cause the diseaSeW
If It ever caused case | never heard OF
it. replied the doctor Il do not think that
water straight ever caused a case of Bright's
disease in the worldn
What do you think of the effects OF
other excuses, than those of eating and
drinking"
Il do not think tina they have anything
TO do with it. Bright. S disease, in a very
few Instances, has been known to result from
such excuses as you indicate. The principal
cause Of this disease is found in a PERSONS
mode of life"
What is the mechanical effect of the dis
ease!n
In the first place, it produces indigestion,
disturbance of the circulation, and usually
organic diseases of the heart. In the next
pace, It produces dropSy, and, generally,
changes III the liver. Last of all, it produces
death
Is the kidney wasted or enlargedH
There are three forms of Bright's dis
ease. In one Of them it is wasted. In the
second form it is first enlarged and then
wasted, although death generally occurs be-
loie much waste has been accomplished. In
the next form it is neither enlarged nor
wasted
Where and how does its killing power
come ingo
sometimes it produces death by its effect
upon the heart, brain, lung, or by gradual
exhaustion. Generally it produces death by
deononatlon of these causes"
w hat happens physicallyn
Enlargement of the heart and conges-
toh oil the lungs take place, the cavities of
tue Draln, chest, and abdomen are filled with
water and then the patient spreads his
Wings and floats away out of life"
Dld you ever hear of case arising from
excessive dancingP
Never. | believe that dancing is a
sood exercise and tends to keep the disease
away by having good circulation of
now is the disease to be avoidedg"
IL can only be avoided by adopting a cor
cess - ~ "a
n What is Rights diseased" was asked of
Dr. I. j. Reid.
IL Is group If kidney diseases first
prominently noted by the distinguished med
T 1ea- pioneer DR.. Bright, about the year
me Inc causes are many. Some of them ex-
posuIe 10 cold and moisture, infectious and
a'uIaglouS diseases, as scarlet fever diph-
(nera consumption, syphilis, scrofula, and
nIyenlpefance III the use of tobacco, alco-