Waterbury evening Democrat. [volume] (Waterbury, Conn.) 1887-1895, 1891-08-18
DISEASES OF THE RICH.

A French Physician's BOok-Th0 TyraAAY
of the Human Stomach.
II is an old maxim that health In the
greatest Of all riches, and 1t Is thing
that money will often not buy. says .
Paris correspondent of the New York
Tribune. Indeed, the possession Of great
wealth Is apredisposing cause of a num-
Der Of complaints. This Is the opinion
of DR.. Monin, who has defended it iii q
book just published, entitled erich
Mems Evils" The list Of diseases which
escort the rich man is not q long one,
but it is, If one may call 1t 50, q sub
stantia1 one. The possessor of several
hundred Thousand dollars has the choice
between stomach complaints Of various
sorts, COMPOSITIONS, apoplex1es, rheuma-
tisims, acute and sub-acute govt, head
aches of every degree, affections Of the
heart, pleurisy, and asthma, liver COM
plants, jaundice, roseole (from which
Queen Victoria suffers), sleeplessness,
nervous exhaustion, besides q number
of artificial distempers which are with
in the reach of all who can purchase
morphine, cocaine and ether.
Whatever your choice may be yo&may
console yourself by the thought that you
suffer In good company. Rheumatic
people will remember that Nine. de
Sevinge, who was a sufferer from II,
wore cheerful conntenance and de-
lighted her friends with her sparkling
wit The equity celebrities form a bril-
liant host: Horace, Leibnitz, Erasmus,
Kant, Franklin, Milton Il give the
names as they occur, not IN chrome
logical order), Darwin, Sydenham. AS
you see, doctors are not exempt from It.
Literary people are placed by DR.. Monin
in company with millionaires-an asso-
citation no doubt flattering to both, but
none the less unlocked for. The weight
of their purses, however, has nothing to
do with this. But, like plutocrats, they
| lead a sedentary life, dissipate guam
| tity of vital energy, and are obliged. on
! that account, to have a substantial diet.
Literary men and women are, therefore.
subject to dyspepsia and govt.
The manufacturers Of refreshing
| beverage whose advertisements are
i known wherever the English lanuage Is
spoken says: s'Stomach's master all
! should dread" This is DIR. Monin'B
opinion If indulged 1t becomes sully
and nl-willed companion, and It does so.
too, when placed on short commons.
An edifying list is that Of the diseases
affecting the wealthy classes at DIFF
ferent ages. 1t will be some consola-
ton to those who have not received the
riches of this world and this will be my
excuse for giving it: First year, letters,
erysipelas; second year. Group, infan-
tile cholera; third year. whooping
| cough, measles, gastric feveri fourth
year, scarlatina, meningitis half
the number Of babies born live to this
age; seventh year. mumps, angina.
laryngitis, tenth year, St. Vitus' dance,
typhoid fever; fifteenth year, debilityi
eighteenth year. headaches twenty
fifth to thirtieth year, marriage; thir-
tieth to thirty-Afth year. dyspepsia,
nervous disorders; thirty-dfth to forty
fifth year, Inflammation Of the lungs,
pleurisyi forty-ffth to hfty-Afth year,
lumbago, weakness Of sight, paralysis;
ffty-ffth to sixtietk year, general par
alysis; sixtieth to seventeen year, loss
of teeth, hair, memory, apoplexyI sew
entieth year, deafness, rheumatism OF
the joints, final breakdown