Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-09
Newspaper Criticism.

1t is privilege every newspaper
reserves to itself to crilicise, adverse
ly if needs be, for the public's benefit,
anything in which the public is deep
ly interested.
1t is the custom of ii. III. Warner
& Co., proprietors of the renowned
Kidney and Liver Cure, better known
as "Warner's Safe Cure" to flood the
country, and especially the post Off
ces, with medical pamphlets. The
writer has taken the liberty to exam
inc one of these marvellous little
books, and finds food for criticism,
but before INDUCING in it, will give
our readers some quotations there
from, from the highest medical
authorities, which we believe worthy
of consideration. Under the head of
No Distinctive symptoms Appar-
ent," we find:
First-More adults are carried Off
in this country by chronic kidney
disease than by any other one NAL
aGy except consumption.-Thompson.
Second-Deaths from such diseases
are increasing at the rate of $50 per
cent. Observation-Disclosures.
Third-Bright's Disease has no
symptoms of its own, and may long
exist without the knowledge of the
patient or practitioner, as no pain
will be felt in the kidneys or their
yicinity.-Roberts.
Four;h-Iu the fatal cases-and
most cases have hitherto been fatal
the symptoms of diseased kidneys
will first appear in extremely differ
ent organs of the body as stated
above.-Thompson.
Fifth-Only when the disease has
reached its final and fatal stages may
the usual symptoms of albumen and
tube casts appear in The water, and
will great pain rack the diseased
organs.-Thompson.
Sixth-Brighfs Disease, which MS.
ually has three stages Of development.
il a universal disease in England and
America. - Roberts and Edwards.
Thompson is authority for saying
that more adults are carried of in
this country by kidney disease than
any other ma.ady except consump-
ton. Under Warmers "Safe Cure"
article on Consumption, we find
paragraph claiming TO be quotation
from a publication issued by Bromp-
ton Hospital for Consumptives, Lon
don, England, which states that so |
per cent. of the patients of that instl-
tuition have unsupported kidney dis
order. DR.. Herman Brehmer, an
eminent German authority also says |
that Consumption is always due to
deficient nutrition of the lungs, be-
cause of bad blood.
Medical science can no longer dis.
pute the tact that the kidneys are the
principal blood purifying organs of
The human system, and if they are
diseased and thus fail TO expel the
uric acid poison or the waste matter
of the blood, Of the blood passes
through these two great organs, the
safe Cure" claim is correct, and the
reasoning ofits proprietor holds good
There is no doubt but that in too
many instances the medical fraternity
doctor for symptoms, instead of
striking at the root of the disease,
and that under this form of treatment
many patients die.
We cannot, however, see the neces-
sity Of continually flooding the coun.
try with these advertising medical
books, when their story once well
told is enough for the time being.
People as a rule, ow-a-dsys, go TO
their newspaper for information,
aud we believe such truths as we
have inslanced could be proclaimed
therein more advantsgeously TO the
public and much more beneiicislly to
the proprietors.