St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-01-07
PNEUMONIA"
WHAT IT REALLY is.
A Newspaper Investigation
Reveals Its Cause and
Describes Its
Dangers.
New York Telegram.

New ! Ork IeleRtam,
Many strong, we'll built man leaves home
oday, before night he will have a chill. and
in a few hours he will be dead This is the
way the dreaded pneumonia takes people
off, The list of notable men who are It's vic
tins is appalling!
William j. Florence, the popular actor who
was supporting Joseph jefferson. is taken
with q chill while acting. Next day his
physicians tell us he is doing well. In two
days he is dead.
Gen. Meigs, able, loyal, brave, while taking
a bath feels sudden tremor, weakness, and
Is hurried 10 his death.
Every one breads this prevalent disorder.
Its coming is sudden, its termination usually
speedy.
What causes the terrible scourge?
tbs not sin the air'-infectious or contagi-
GUS. 1t results from exposure changes of
weather, and prevails more among the appar-
emily healthy than among the feeble.
Pneumonia, we are told, is invited by a GER
tain condition of the system, indicated if one
has occasional chllls and teverS. tendency
to colds in the throat and lungs. rheumatic
and neuralgia pains, extreme tired feelings,
short breath and pleuritic stitches in the
side, hot and dry skin. loss Of strength and
virilitv. These indications may not appear
together: they may come disappear and re-
appear, the person not realizing that they are
II
\ celebrated New York physician recently
told the Tribune that pneumonia was a sec
ondary disorder the exposure and cold being
simply the agent which develops the disease,
already dormant i'll the system. because the
kidneys have been but partially dong their
duty. In short, pneumonia is an early indi
cation of Bright'S diseased condition. This
impaired action may exist for years without
the patient suspecting 1t, because no pain IS
felt in the kidneys or their vicinity. and often
it can be detected only by chemical and mi
croScopal examination.
The only safeguard against pneumonia is
to maintain q vigorous condition of the sys-
tenn, and thus prevent its attacks, by using
whatever Will radically and effectually re-
store full vitality to the kidneys for pneu-
monia can never be prevented when they are
disordered. There are scores of men. and
women too, who are only too willing TO pre-
serve these great organs and prevent pneu-
monia who do not know how to do So 1t is no
easy task. 1t requires care and the careful
use of just the proper thing. Many persons
have questioned what is the best thing to
use, but physicians are quite generally agreed
that nothing so safely and SO certainly does
this as Warmers Safe Cure. 1t is remedy
known to millions and commended as
standard specific wherever known. 1t does
not pretend to cure all attack of pneumonia,
but ii does and can remove the cause of and
prevent that disease if taken in time. No
reasonable man can doubt this if he regards
the personal experience of thousands of
honorable men worthy his favor.
When physician says his patient has
either Bright's disease or pneumonia, he con-
fesses his inability to cure, and in a measure
he considers his responsibility ended In
many cases. indeed, persons are reported as
dying of pneumonia. heart disease. apoplexy
and commissions when the real cause of
death. and so known by the physicians, is
this kidney consumption. Thousands of
people have 1t without knowing it, and per-
1sh of it because their physicians will not tell
them the factsl The same fate awaits every
who Will not exercise his Indictment in
such matter ana be true TO himself, his
family and 70 society.