The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-20
TEE GREAT DANGER OF TODAY
It Is Growing Mora Common, and 1t is
Invading the Home.
EMINENT MEN AMONG IT'S VICTIMS.


What DIR. Williams of Randa1t's Island
Says. and the Terrible Picture
He Draws.
In the North AmericGn ReoieW for
December, DR.. Henry Smith Williams.
Medical Supt. of the Randalls Islands,
and an authority on diseases OF the
brain, had an article on "Generai
Paresis of the Insane" which attracted
wide and deserved attention. we
quote it's opening paragraph:
''Of all the diseases that menace.
the race, only a few are absolutely
fatal. Indeed, there is but n com-
mon disease that invariably brings its
victims speedily to the grave. This
most ruthless of maladies is tina ter
ribIe form of insanity technicallycalled
general paresis or paretic dementia,
and known to the laymen as 'sottenlng
of the brain Its unvarying history
entities it to precedence over consump-
ton, cancer, Bright's disease, in short,
places it peerless in bad pre-emlnence.
And as if this were not enough It's
malignity is emphasized by the way
in which it juggles with its victim be-
fore it extinguishes his life. 1t
changes his personality, dethrones
reason, almost eliminates the mind,
and steadily weakening the body,
leaves toward the last a mere skeietal,
vegetative being, scarce recognizable
as the vestige of his former sell, un-
knowing, ~unfeeling. mindless, to his
friends at once a fearful memory and
a terrible objective presence. Finally
death comes in form horrible enough
to be the fitting climax of SO awful a
disease"
Paresis has numbered among its
victims scores of eminent men. 1t
does not strike down the clod, but the
active, alert, nervously organized bus
mess man, author, actor, statesman,
physician, journalist, etc.
What is its cause?
In a word, abuse of function, over
activity. Who among us does not
know of a once brilliant intellect now
periodically clouded, or perchance
brought to an incurable condition by
overwork or abuse of certain func-
tions.
We do not wish to unnecessarily
harrow up the feelings of the reader.
What we desire is to point out the
way to escape. When q man feels
that he is losing his grip on business,
that his memory is failing him, that
he tires easily, that his head aches,
and that he cannot eat and sleep well,
it is high time to call a halt. 1t Is
either a question of less business, less
disqualification, Or softening OF the
brain and death. When a woman
feels that she is less brilliant, less able
to perform her social duties; when
she realizes that she growing sallower,
weaker, less attractive, it is time for
her to pause and reflect.
But. YOU say, What can | do?
How can / escape?n The answer is
simple. Follow the laws of life, the
dictates of common sense. Do as SO
many others have done, take the
greatest scientific preparation OF the
| age for preventing and counteracting
these troubles. You know what it is.
You have heard your friends speak OF
it. You know that it is Warmers
| Safe Cure. Further particulars OF
which will be furnished free on appli-
| cation to the Medical Department OF
| Fl. H. Warner s. Co., Rochester. NY.
Warmers Safe Cure will relieve the
engorged kidneys. aid digestion, and
| assist in making healthy blood. Thou
| sands have escaped the asylum and
premature death by pursuing the
| course we have outlined, and we beg
of you, reader. that for your own sake
as we'll as the happiness Of those who
are near and dear to you, to be wise
| in time and today begin that course OF
\ living, and resort to that help which
will lead to a vigorous life with facul-
ties unimpaired, and with years OF
! usefulness for yourself and friends in
| store.
Mr.. G. E. Lawrence. a banker and
member of the New York Stock Elk
change, speaking upon this subject,
said:-''Any one who has ever been in
the New York Stock Exchange, or has
witnessed the amount of mental pres
sure that 1t involves, does not need to
be told that Americans live too rapid
ly, and yet many men and women live
to as green an ola age as Europeans,
but in addition to working hard, they
recreate and use proper tonics. !
think, by experience, that Warmers
Safe Cure is an excellent tonic"
The experience of MI. E. w. Whit
ing, who is interested in telephones,
has been, in many respects, remarka'
BILE. This is what he says
''Yes, we do live too rapidly, we
succeed and accumulate wealth, but
we exhaust ourselves in doing 1t. ]
know this from my own experience
The pace at which l did business
nearly killed me. A few years ago ]
was nervous, irritable, run down. ]
longed for life, yet did not care for it.
| dreaded death, but living vas un'
bearable. What! in perfect health
now? Yes, / am. I save my strength,
use good judgment, and take War
ner's Safe Cure regularly. | am moi
ashamed of this but rather proud O
it. I have found it to be indispensa-
BILE to my health and happiness. Dc