The Opelousas courier., 1889-06-15
Newspaper Criticism.

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It is a privilege every newspaper re.
serves to itself to criticise, adversely il
needs be, for the public's benefit, anything
in which the public is deeply interested.
It is the custom of Il. II. Warner & Co.,
proprietors of the renowned Kidney and
Liver Cure, better known as "Warner's
Safe Cure, to food the country, and espe-
cially the ~post-oflces, with medical pam
phlets. The writer has taken the liberty to
examine n of these marvellous little
books, and finds food for criticism, but be-
fore indulgiug in it, will give our readers
some quotations therefrom, from the high
est medical authorities, which we believe
worthy of consideration. Under the head
of 'No Distinctive Symptoms Apparent
we find:
First-More adults are carried of in this
country by chronic kidney disease than by
any other one malady except consumption
Thompson.
S~econd-Deaths from such diseases are
increasing at the rate of $50 per cent. "a
decade Edwards.
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
viclnity.-Roberts.
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 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.
S.n1 -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 that
more adults are carried of 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 q quotation
from a publication issued by Brompton Hos
pital for Consumptives, London, England,
which states that SO per cent. of the patients
Of that institution v unsupported kidney
disorder. DR.. Herman Brehmer, ar emf
nent German authority also says that Con-
sumption is always due to def Gent nutri.
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
if they are diseased and thus failt0 expel
the uric acid poison or the waste matter OF
The blood, as the blood passes through these
sVo 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 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
newspaper for information, and we believe
such truths as we have instanced could be
proclaimed therein more advantageously to
the public and nauch more benefcially to the
proprietors.