The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-04-29
A PUBLIC
CALAMITY
(By Editor Wood OF wine and Spirit
Review.)

Editor Bohannon OF the Town and
Country Magazine" In a recent edito-
rial on the discovery in this city OF a
specific for chronic Bright's disease
declares from personal knowledge that
the durability OF this hitherto deadly
disease is now an established fact He
closes strong article thus.
Many broad physicians are using
the new diuretic, but in view OF the
terrible annual death list from this
disease the fact that medical ethics
prevent them from proclaiming the
discovery to the wcrld because the
formula is the personal property Of In
dividuals. in this instance practically
amounts to a public calamity"
Well said. 1t is a public calamity,
Here is q disease that is supposed to
be fatal that is carrying off 10000 to
10000 people annually. according TO the
census, and yet actual tests in this
city show that nearly nlne-tenths OF
the cases can and do recover under
the new treatment And If the ques-
ton OF the durability Of chronic
Bright's disease was on trial before
the Superior Court, hundreds Of citi-
zens of this city, including capitalists,
professional and business men, could
go into the witness box to swear to
their recoverieS. and among them
would be the editor of this publica-
ton. Five years ago l was believed to
be beyond further help-a clear case
of Brlght's disease in the chronic
stage. l was sent South to prolong
life. Recovery seemed as impossible
as a bolt of lightning from q cloudless
sky. The new diuretic was brought
into the case. In six months 1 was as
we'll as l ever was In my life. l told
several others. They got the same re-
suits
1t Is greatly to be regretted that un-
scrupulous medical advertisers have
brought almost universal discredit
upon their announcements. for with
the usual channels OF publicity dis
trusted and the hands OF the medical
profession tied by ethics, there appears
to be no open channel through which
the people of the whole country can be
at once apprlsed In a convincing way
of the profound results of Fulton s
memorable struggle with this disease,
There Is one way, and that would be
for Congress to make an appropria
tion and procure the formula and give
1t to the Associated Press TO be tele-
graphed all over the United States 1t
would In this way be at once univer-
sally available and would save tens
of thousands of lives that would other
wise be sacrificed before it is general
ly known. With over so 900 deaths
year from Bright's disease in the
United States alone, is 1t possible that
the saving OF a majority Of this vast
army can be measured by any reason
able consideration
L understand that a relative of Sena-
tor Perkins by marriage, a 32-degree
Mason and a prominent citizen OF
Philadelphia was saved by the new
diuretiC. and am also advised that
relative of one of Senator Flints val
ued friends has likewise recovered
In both cases after the finest profess
sional services to be had had been eX-
hausted, This should carry 1T directly
home to them. AS one OF the survi-
vors of chronic Bright's disease and
representing many moro whom
know personally. respectfully present
the matter to United States Senators
Perkins and Flint for their serious
consideration. - San Francisco Wine
and Spirit Review.
II any one having knowledge of a
case of Bright's Disease or Diabetes
VIII send us the name and address, we
will see that they are sent full litera
ture concerning this remarkable dis
coyery F. j, hn Drug Co, Second
South and West Temple.