New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1891-07-12
DISEASES OF THE RICH.
\ FRENCH PHYSICIANS BOOK-THE TYRAN-
NY OF DIGESTION.

Paris, June &c.
It is an old axiom that health is the greatest
OF all riches, and it is n thing that money viii
often not buy. indeed, the possession Of great
wealth is a predsposing cause of a number Of
complaints. This is the opinion of DR.. AIonin
who has defended it in a book Just published, en-
tilted, Rich Mems Evils" The list of diseases
which escort the rich man is not long one, but
it. is, if ore may call it so, a substantial one. The
possessor Of several hundred thousand dollars
has the choice between stomach complaints of
various sorts, CONCESSIONS, apopeNies, rheumatisms
acute and sub-acutn, gout headaches of every
dc1ree affections of the heart, plcurisy and asthma
liver complaints, jaundicc, roseole from which
Queen Victoria suffers, sleepliress, nervous ex-
haustion bIsdes number of artificial distempers
which are within the reach Of all who can purchase
morphine, cocaine and ether.
Whatever your choice may be You may con-
sole yourself by the thought that. You suffer in
good company Rheumatic peopN Will remcm-
ber that Nine de Sevianc, who was a sufferer
from it, wore q cheerful countcnance and de-
lighted her friends with her sparkling wit. The
equity celebrities form brilliant host; Horace,
Leibntz Erasmus, Kant Franklin, Milton II
give the names as they occur, not in chronological
ORDER Darwin, Sydenham. AS you see, doctors
are not exempt from it. Literary people are
placed by DR.. Monin in company with million
aires, an association no doubt tattering TO both,
but none the less unlocked for. The weight
Of their purses however, has nothing TO do with
this But, like plutocrat5, they lead n scdentary
life dissipatc a quantity Of vital energy, and
obliged, on that account, 10 have substantial
diet. Literary men and women are therefore
subject to dyspepsia and govt.
The manufacturer of a refreshing beverage whose
advertisements are known wherever the English
language is spoken says: Stomach'S O master all
should dread" This is Dr. Monin'S opinion. II
INDUCED it becomes n suIy and ill-willed com.
panion, and it does so, too, when placed short
commons. An cdifying list is that of the diseases
affecting the wealthy classes at different ages
H. viii be some consolation to those who have not
received the riches of this world and this will be
my excuse for giving it First year, letters, erysip
elias; second year, Group, iUiarl!e Chol IA: third
year, whOoping cough, measles, gastric fever;
fourth year. Scarlatna, meningitis-Only half the
number of babies born live to this age: seventh
year. mumpS, angina, laryngits tenth year, st.
Nitus' dance typhoid fever; fifteenth year debil-
ity: eighteenth year. headache; twenty-ffth to
thirteth year, marriage: thirtieth to thirtyfifth
year. dyspepsia, nervous disorders; thirty-ftth to
hfty-ftth year, inflammation of the lungs, pleu-
risy; fGrtV-iifth tO nitY-ith year. lumbag0, weak
ness of sight, paralysis; iftyiiftb to sXticth year.
general paralysis siNticth to SEVENTEEN year. loss
III teeth, hair, memory, apopeNy; SEVENTEEN year,
deafness, rheumatism OF the joints final break
down,