The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1906-01-03
A PUBLIC
CALAMITY
(By Editor Wood of wine and Spiri,
Revlew.")

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Editor Bohannon of The Town and
Country Magazine" In recent editorial
on the discovery in this city Of specific
for chrome B.shtS disease declares from
personal knowledge that the durability OF
tins hitherto deadly disease Is now an
established fact. He closes strong
article: thus:
new diuretic, but In view of the terribly
annual death list from this disease tie
fact that medical ethics prevent them
from prociaiming the discovery to the
sonal properly Of individuals in THIS M
stance practically amounts to public
calamity"
Well said. 1t Is public calamity. Here
that is carrying off 6o.16J to 10000 people
annually. according to the census, and
yet actual tests In this city show that
nearly nine-tenths of the cases can and
And II the question of the durability q,
chronic Brights disease was on trial
before the Superior Court. hundreds Of
this city,, including capitalists. profess
the witness box to swear to their re-
coveries, and among them would be the
editor Of this publication. Five years
ago l was believed to be beyond further
the. chronic stage. I was sent South to
prolong life. Recovery seemed as i'm
possible as a bolt of lightning from a
cloudess sky. The new diuretic was
vas as well as | ever was in my lite L
told several others They got the same
results.
It is. greatly to be regretted that I'M
brought almost universal discredit upon
their announcements, for with the usual
channels, OF pnbiieity sdlstrueted and the
hands of the medical profession tied by
pt fhGr NJ rG tn, pe,t,r. ,,.,I,n
mel through which the peoplesof the whole
country can be at once appraised In u
convincing way OF the profound results
~ F'nlton's memorable struggle with this
disease.
r..ere Is one way, and that would be
for Congress to make an appropriation
and procure tho formula and give 1t to
tho Associated Press to be photographed
all over the United States. II would in
this way he at once universally available
and would cave tens Of thousands Of
lives that would totherwise-,be sacrificed
: before 1t issgeneraily known: With over
1900 deaths atyear from Bright's diSease
in the United States salone.y isjtGpossible
that the saving Of asma1ority of this vast
army can be measured by any reasonable
consideration,
understand that a relative of Senator
Perkins by marriage. 32-desree Mason
and prominent citizen OF PHILADELPHIA,
was saved by, the new, diurot'c, and nm
also advised that Il relative Of one OF SEN
alto" Flint's valued friends has lisewice re-
tovered-in both cases after the finest pro-
fesslonal services 70 be had had been cX-
hnnstcd. THIS should carry 1t directly
home0to them AS one Of the survivors
OF shronic Brie,its disease and REPRESENT
ing lnarv more whom know personally,
respectfully present$the matter tos United
states Senators IerlSins ana Flint for
/ their serious cnnsderation.-Su Francisco
l Wine and Spirit Review.
II any one having Knowledge of n case
OF BrFght's nseRse or Diabetes will send
us the name and address, we will sec
that they are sent full literature CONCERN
Ing this remarkable disc Nvery. OWI,Ns
& g. MINOR DRUG Co. RICHMOND.