Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1889-05-22
NEWSPAPER Criticism.

1t is a privilege every newspaper reserves
to itself to %critcise, adversely j fneeds be, for
the publlc,s benefit, anything in which the
public is deeply interested.
1t is the custom of1. H. Warner & Co..
proprietors Of the renowned Kidney and
Liver Cure, better known as warmers Safe
Cure, to flood the country, and especially
the post-offices, with medical pamphlets.
The writer has takeIi the liberty to examine
II of these marvellous little books, and
iinds food for criticism. but before indulging
in it will give our readers some quotations
therefrom, from the highest medical author
tiles, which we believe worthy of considera-
tion. Under the head of mo Distinctive
Symptoms Apparent we ind
First-More adults are carried off in this
country by. chronic kidney disease than by
any other one malady except consumption.
Thompson.
Second-Deaths from such diseases are
increasing at the rate of $50 per cent. a de-
cade.-Edwards. y 8
Ihird.-Bright's disease4has 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
vicinity.-Roberts.
Fourth-In the fatal cases-and most cases
ave hitherto been fatal-the symptoms of
diseased kidneys will first appear in ex-
trenlely different organs of the body as
StdUtu dOON0.-1 lOulD SOu. "..
Fifth-Only when the disease has reached
its final and fatal stages may the usua
symptoms of albumen.and tube casts appear
in the water, and will great pain rack the
diseased organs.-Thompson.
Sixth.-Bright's Disease, which usually
has three stages of development, is a uni
versal disease in England and America
Roberts and Edwards.
Thompson is authority for saying tina
49, 49, = i 49, 49, --.1I -T -, 41,c no,1ptrxr
by kidney disease Than any other malady
except consumption. Under Warmers
"Safe Cure" article on Consumption, wefind
a paragraph claiming to be a quotation
from a publication issued by Brompton
Hospital for Consumptives, London, Eng
land, which states that 50 per cent. OF the
patients of that institution have unsupported
kidney disorder. DR.. Herman Brehmer,
an eminent German authority, also says that
Consumption is also due to deficient nutrl-
ton of the lungs, because of bad blood.
Medical science can no longer dispute the
fact that. the. kidneys are the principal blood
purifying organs of the human system, and
ii they are diseased and thus fail to expel
the uric acid poison or the waste matter OF
the blood, as the blood passes through these
two great organs, the "Safe Cure" claim is
correct, and the reasoning of its proprietor
holds good.
There is no doubt but that in too many
instances the medical fraternity doctor fo1
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 necessity OF
continually flooding the country with these
advertising medical books, when their story
once well told is enough for the time being
People as a rule, nowadays, go to their
newspapers tor information, and we believe
such truths as we have instanced could be
proclaimed therein more advantageously &c
the public, and much more beneficially tc
the prOprietors.