The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-04-26
Newspaper Criticism,

II is privilege every newspaper reserves
to itself to criticise, adversely if needs be,
the public's benefit, anything in which the
public is deeply interested.
1t is the custom of II. Fl. Warner & Co.,
proprietors of the renowned Kidney and
Liver Cure, better known as "Warner's
Safe Cure" to flood the country, and es.
pecially the post-ofices. with medical pam.
phlets. The writer has taken the liberty
to examine one of these marvellous little
books, and finds food for criticism, but be-
fore indulging in it, will give our readers
some quotations therefrom, from the highest
medical authorities. which we believe wor-
thy of consideration. Under the head of
"No Distinctive 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.
Second-Deaths from such diseases are in
creasing at the rate of 25O per cent decade.
Edwards.
Third-Brighfs 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
vicinity.
Fourth-In the fatal cases-and 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 reach
ed its final and fatal stages may the usual
symptoms of albumen and Tube casts appear
in the water, and will greet pain rack the
diseased organs.-Thompson.
Sixth-Brisht's Disease, which usually
has three stages of development, is univer.
sal disease in England aud America-Reb-
erts 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 paragraph claiming to be quotation
from publication issued by Bromp ton
Hospital for Consumptives, London, Eng
land, which states that So per cent of the
patients of that institution have unsupported
kidney disorder. DR.. Herman Brehmer, an
eminent German authority also says that
Consumption is always due to deficient nu-
triton 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 diseased and thus fail to exrel
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 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 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, 60 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 beneficially to
the proprietors.