The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1889-04-11
Newspaper Criticism:

IL IS privilege every newspaper reserves
toitsef to critlcise, adversely if needs be-,
for the public's benefit, any thing in which
the public is deeply interested.
1t is the custom of II. II. Warner & Co.,
proprietors of the renowned Kidney and
Liver Cure, better known as wv arner's Safe
Cure" to food the country, and especially
the post-ofices, with medical pamphlets
The writer has taken the liberty to examine
one OF these marvellous little books, and
finds food for criticism, but before indulg-
ing IN it, will give our readers some quota
tons therefrom, from the highest medical
authorities, which we believe worthy of con-
sideration. Under the head of mo Dis
tlnctive Symptoms Apparent" we find:
First-More adults are carried off in this
country by chronic kidney disease than by
any other one malady except consumption.
Thompson. 49,:
Second-Death from such diseases are in
creasng at the rate of $50 per cent. a
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
,icinity.--Rober:s.
Fourth-In the fatal cases-nnd most
cases have hitherto been fatal-the symp-
toms Of diseased kidneys will first appear
in extremely different 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 ap-
pear 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 universal
disease in England and America.-Roberts
and Edwards.
Thompson is authority for saying that
more adults are carried of IN this country
ny kidney disease than any other malady
except consumption. Under Warmers
''Safe Cure" article on Consumption we
lind paragraph claiming to be quotation
from a publication issued by Brompton
Hospital for Consumptives, London, En-
gland, which states that SO per cent. Of the
patients Of that institution have unsuspect-
ed kidney disorder. Dr.. Herman Brehmer,
an eminent German authority, also says
that Consumption is always due to deficient
nutrition OF the lungs, because of bad blood
Medical science can no longer dispute 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, 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 in
stances 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 can not, 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 rule, nowadays, 20 to their
newspaper for information, and we believe
such truths as we have instanced could be
proclaimed therein more advantageously to
the public and much more benefcially to the
proprietors.-Er.