The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1891-07-28
MIR. Blaine and MIR. Pulitzer.

The New York World persists in its at
tempt to fssten Bright's disease OF the kid
neys upon the Hon. JAMES G. BLAINE. The
circumstance that Mr.. BLAINE's own physi-
clan, bis intimate personal friends, and
those generally who are familiar with his
physical condition. know nothing OF the
symptoms alleged by this most brutal OF
liars, does not interfere in the slightest de-
greo With its characteristic enterprise.
The disgusting Bright's disease campaign
began In the World on Tuesday last. That
newspaper printed as coming from "a friend
Of President HARRISON" in Washington the
statement that to his personal knowledge
"Mr. BLA1NEs ailment is Bright's disease
In the second stage and passing into the
third" According to the same friend OF
President HARRISON" the disease "is firmly
established and Is incurable" The World
even went 80 far as to print in ful-faced
type what 1t presented as the results OF
chemical and microscopical test made in the
case Of Mr.. BLAINE, showing him to be
doomed man.
On the next day the World took its alleged
"results OF analysis" to about twenty ply
sicians Of this town. procuring wherever it
could, and publishing. the doctors remarks
on the prospects OF death Indicated by such
an exhibit. Needless to say, the prognosis
was almost uniformly uniavorable. "The
case Is iucurable." said ono physician. "lho
patient is liable to u convulsion at any mo-
ment from ur@mic poisoning" said another
II should think that the mans chances
OF recovery are small indeed" was
tho opinion Of third. If tho
analysis you show me Is true and reliable
statement, the condition Of this man must
be very bad indeed" said DR.. McCRACKEN
OF Eighteenth street. Tho test that You
have shown me-" remarked DR.. CUMMINGS OF
Nineteenth street. suggests that Mr..
BLAINE Is very sick man." DR.. HANLoN
OF Twentieth street shook his head and
said 1T was bad case" ut indicates u
very serious condition Of things" said Dr..
AscHE OF Thirtieth street. DR.. ROUNDS Of
1hirty-sxth street said: IAN advanced and
serious stage Of BrigAts disease. 1t Is Il
shame tho analysis should have been pub
llshed." "Chronic Bright's disease In an nd
vanced STAGE" said DR.. BIGGs of Twenty
nth street. Thero Is no question OF what
the fate OF the patient will be-" ut seems
like an impossibility that a man could be In
tho state indicated and live" remarked DR..
VALENTINE MOTT OF Madison avenue.
III tho analysis DO true. and why
doubt iti" remarked DR.. EMERSON of
Thirticth street. "Mr. BLAINE naturally
cannot DO long for this earth" And
% on. several physicians expressing
doubt ss to the accuracy OF the alleged
analysis because its showing was SO bad.
But the World did not drop Its fraudulent
"test' until a Washington physician who
has actually mado repeated examinations in
Mr. BLAISE's case fatty declared that lie
had found not the slightest evidence Of kid
ney disease. His last analysis WAS made
only eighteen months ago.
In no wise disconnected by this reverse,
the Now York World next consulted ply
sicians and professors OF medicine In Lon
don. Paris, Lyons. Rome, Berlin. and Vienna
upon the general subject OF Brlght's dis
ease. its durability, proper treatment, and
probable duration before . fatal termina-
ton III the case. The opinions Of the
European doctors wero telegraphed to New
York. and they filed nearly a page of
the Sunday edition OF that newspaper
Tho bogus analysis was not exhibited
around Europe. as 1t had been around New
York, but the general statements Of the
foreign physicians were connected with Mr..
BLAISE's case by these headlines: III Mr..
BLAINE ID Indeed a Sufferer, Their Opinions
VIII be OF Great Value In Behalf OF the
Famous Statesman; Circumstances Under
Which Patients Have Been Cured; A Mans
Life whom he Is Afflicted with the Malady. Is
Often In His Own Hands; All Medical Men
Agree In Recommending Q Milk Diet, an