Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1889-05-23
Newspaper Criticism.


II Is privilege every newspaper re-
serves 10 itself To eriticise, adversely II
needs be, for the pubIic's benefit, any
thing In which the public Is deeply in
terested.
It Is the custom Of II. H. Warner d
Co., proprietOrs Of the renowned kid
new and liver cure, better known as
"Warnefs Safe Cure,h To flood the
country, and especially the post-offices,
with medical phamphlets. The writer
has taken the liberty to examine one OF
these marvellous little books, and finds
food for criticism, but before indulging
in 1t, will give our readers some QUOTA
tions therefrom, from the highest med
ical authorities, which we believe
worthy Of consideration. Under the
head of"nO distinctive symptoms ap-
parent" we find:
First-MOre adults are carried off In
this country by chronic kidney disease
than by any other one malady except
Observation-Disclosures.
Second-Deaths from such diseases
are increasing at q rate Of $50 per cent q
Observation-Disclosures.
Third-Bright's Disease has no symp-
toms 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.-Rob-
erts.
Fourth-In the fatal cases-and most
cases have hereto been fatal-the symp-
toms of diseased kidneys will first ap-
pear in extremely different organs of
the body as stated abOve.-Thompso
Fifth-Only when the disease has
reached its final and fatal stages may
the symptoms of albumen and tube
casts appear in the water, and will great
pain reach the diseased organs !Thomp-
son.
Sixth--Bright's disease, which usually
has three stages of development. is a
universal disease in England and Ameri-
ca.-ROberts and Edwards.
Thompson Is authority for saying
that more adults are carried off in this
country by kidney disease than any
other malady except consumption,
Under Warmers "Safe Cure" article on
Consumption, we find a paragraph
claiming to be quotation from a pub.
licatlon issued by Brompton Hospital
for consumptives, London, England,
which states that 50 per cent. of the
patients of that institution have unsus-
pected kidney disorder. DR.. Herman
Brehmer, an eminent German authori-
ty also, says that consumption is always
due to deficient nutrition 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 if they are dis
eased and thus fail to expel the uric
acid poison of 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 pro
prietor holds good.
There is no doubt but that in toe
many instances the medical fraternity
doctor for symptoms, instead of strik
ing at the root of the disease, and tha
under this form of treatment many
patients die.
We cannot, however, see the neces
sity of continual 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 news
paper for information, and we believe
such truths as we have instanced coulG
be proclaimed therein more advantage
ously to the public and much more
| benefiCially to the prOprietOrS