The morning call., 1893-07-19
CLEVELAND'S HEALTH.

When man tips the scale at seventy
five pounds above his normal weight his
condition naturally inspires uneasiness,
and every little ailment with which he
may be afflicted becomes subject of COM
Ient. 1t has chaneed that of the twenty
citizens who have been elected to the
Presidency since the esorganiZation of the
Government four have died in office. The
recollection naturally imparts seriousness
to Presidential ailment, especially as
Vlce-Presidents have had way, when
they attained the chief magstracy, of re-
versing the policy OF their predecessor
Undue attention was drawn to the Presi-
dents condition at Gray Gables by the
self-importance of his doctor. Surgeon
General Bryant was so mysterious in his
communications to reporters that his words
implied that he had something to conceal.
Mr.. Cleveland had toothache; DR.. Bryant
alluded to it with shake of his head as
though he was not quite certain that it was
not cancer. The President had rheumatism
in his left leg; Sangrado's disciple spoke
of 1t as though it might be gangrene.
Thus while the dispatches stated positively
that there was no ground for alarm they
were ambiguous, and the announcement
that the President had gone a-6shing did
not quite dispel the uneasy feeling
OF course, when man of Mr.. Cleve-
lands height atrains weight of 800 pounds
he is 50 bject for treatment Such obesity
is inconsistent with perfect health, and
where the patient works eighteen hours
of the twenty-four, as the President often
does. it tends to shorten life. But the laws
of obesity are much better understood now
than they were in the days of Banting.
Excessive development of flesh is not an
original disease any more than dropsy.
1t is the consequence of some other dis
ease-generally a lesion of the kidney,
liver or heart. And the way to treat it is
not to try specifics for the reduction of
adipOse, but to cure the lesion in the organ
which is sick. Modern medical science is
capable of accomplishing that task in a
majority of cases where the term of life
has not been reached. In the case of a
man of Sc years of age. whose life has
been healthy. maladies of the kidney,
liver or heart are perfectly durable If taken
in time. though they may have developed
sufficiently to cause an abnormal develop
mentof flesh.
The cure ia easier In the case Of patien Is
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walls of rest than in those who condemn
themselves to unremitting and exhausting
toll.
Most men at Mr.. Cleveland's age have
learned the lesson that they must not try
to do everything with their own brains or
their own hands. and that they will often
accomplish better results by dividing their
work with others. People who try to
cover all the ground In sight cannot help
going over some of it specifically. After
trying this plan for while, those who are
IN charge of large undertake ings generally
ABANDON details TO others ana concentrate
their own attention on few controlling
points OF administration. Mr.. Cleveland
mas not reached this stage OF evolution,
Dut he probably will. Men do not often
ole OF fatness. Emaciation is far more
dangerous. But both are grave and ought
to be attended to. 1t is fortunate for the
PRESIDENT that he lives in an age when
medical service has emerged from the era
OF empiricism and is able to conduct the
cure OF disease from the standpoint of its
cauSe