The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-04-25

II - privilege every newspaper reserves to it,
-t "'rtlci-e, adversely If meets be- for the pub
ne benefit anything i'll Which the public is deep
ly int rested.
II is thc custom of II. II. Warner x co., proprie-
tors "i Ia" renowned Kidney and Liver Cure, bet
Ter koWn its tWarncr's safe Curc'' to Hood the
country, and especially the post Offices with medi-
cal pamphlets. lhe writer has taken the liberty to
examine one of these mary ellous little books and
hni~ food for criticism, but before ndulgng in it.
VII -iNe cur readers some quotations thelefrom,
from the highest medical authorities which we be-
htNe worthy 81 consideration Under the head of
40 Distinctive symptoms Apparent" we find
tlret-Morc adults are carried oil in this country
by chronic kidney disease than by any other one
maia'y except consumption. Thompson.
SecOnd-!)eaths from such diseases are increas-
lhS At the rate Of 30 per cent. dccade.-kdwars.
Third brights Disease has symptoms ot its
W. and may long eAi~t without the knowledge of
me patient or practitioner as no pain viii be felt
IN the kidneys or their vicinity.-Iiobens.
tpurta In he fatal cases and most cases have
hitherto been iatal-the symptoms of diseased kid
neg VIII first appear in extremely different organs
4" the body rs stated aboye.-Thonpson.
titth-ohiy when the disease has reached its
hnai and fatal stages may the usual symptoms of
aIhuineh and tube casts appear in the water, and
VIII great pam rack the diseased organs.-T -Thomp-
son.
SiNth-Bright's Disease, which usually has three
stages of development, is a universal disease in
England and Amerca.-l{Oberts and Edwards.
slhompepn Is authority for saying that more
adults are carried of i'll this country by kidney
disease than any other malaty except consump
ton. Under Warmers "Safe Cure article on Con
Sumption We lind paragraph claiming to be a
quotation from a publication issued by Bromptor
Hospital for Consumptives, London, England
which states that y per cent. of the patients OF
llitt institution have unsuspected kidney disorder
l'r Herman Brchmer, an emident German author
lty, also says that Consumption is always due tt
deficient nutrition of the lungs because of baC
blood.
Medical science can no longer dispute the fact
that the kidneys the principal blood purifying
organs Of the human system, and if they ar,
diseased and thus fail to cXpel the uric acid posor
or the waste matter of the blood, as the BLOOD
passes through these two great organs, the "Saft
Cure" claim is correct, and the reasoning of it,
proprietor holds good.
There is no doubt but that in too many instance.
| the medical fraternity doctor for symptoms, in
stead of striking at the root of the disease, an,
| that under this form of treatment many patient.
| die.
| We cannot, however, see the necessity of con
tinuaily flooding the country with these advertis
ing medical books, when their story well t0l,
| is enough for the time being. People, as a rule
nowadays, 90 to their newspaper for nforna
| ton, and believe such truths as we have in
| stanced could be proclaimed therein more advan
| tageously to the public and much more beneficial,
| to the proprietors.