Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-03-03
THE GREATDANGER
OF TODAY.
1t is Growing More Common and
il is invading the Home.
EMINENT MEN AMONG IT'S VICTIMS.

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| In the North American Review for
December, DR.. Henry Smith Williams,
medical superintendent of the Ran
dall's Islands, and an authority on
| diseases of the brain, had an article
] on General Paresis of the Insane, -
which attracted wide and deserved
attention. We quote its opening
paragraph:
''Of all the diseases that menace
the race, only few are absolutely
fatal. Indeed, there is but one COM
mon disease that invariably brings its
victim speedily to the grave. This
most ruthless of maladieS is that ter
rible form of insanity, technically
called general paresis or paretic de
menta, and known to the lavmen as
'softening of the brain Its unvary-
ing history entities it to precedence
over consumption, cancer, Bright's
disease, in short, places it peerless in
bad pre-eminsnce. And as if this
were not enough its maladv is en-
phasized by the way in which it Jug
giles with its victim before it exiting
uishes his life. 1t changes his per
sOnality, dethrOneS reason. almost
eliminates the mind, and steadily
| weakening the body, leaves toward
the last a mere skeletal. vcgctative
| being. scarce recognizable as the
vestage of its former self. unknow-
ing. unfeeling, mindless, to his
| friends at once fearful memory and
terrible objective presence. Finally
death comes in form horrible
enough to be the fitting climax Of SO
| awful disease"
Paresis has numbered among its
| victims scores of eminent men. 1t
| does not strike down the clod, hut
the active. alert, nervouslN organ
| lied business 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 once brilliant intellect now
periodically clouded, or perchance
wrought to an incurablc 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 Of escape. When 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,
ii is high time to call halt 1t is
either question of less business. less
self-%ratification, 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 is growing
sallower. weaker, less attractive. it is
time for her to pause and reflect.
But, YOU say. What can doe
How can | cscape?" The answer is
simple. Follow the law 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 counteract-
ing these troubles. You know what
| it Is. You have heard your friends
speak OF it. You know that it is
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blood. Thousands have escaped the
asylum and premature death by pur-
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| Of Il h.
your own sake as well as the happi-
piness of those who are near and dear
TO you. be wisein time and today be-
! gin that course of living. and resort
TO that help which will lead to Wig
orous life with faculties unimpaircd,
and with years of usefulness for
yourself and friends in store.
{. +. Lawrence, banker and
member of the New York Stock En-
change, speaking upon the subject.
| said: Anyone who has ever been in
the New York Stock Exchange. or
has witnessed the amount of mental
pressure that it involves. does not
need to be told that Americans live
too rapidly, and yet many men and
| women live to as green an old age as
Europeans, but in addition to work
ing hard they recreate and use
proper tonics. l think, by expert
ence. that Warmers Safe Cure is an
excellent tonic.
The experience of +. 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 it. |
know this from my own experience.
The pace at which / 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 was un-
bearable What! in perfect health
now? Yes, | am. | save my strength.