Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-01-27
Remarkable Success Gloria Tonic Record Shows Astonishing Men
70 80 Years Old Have Been Completely
After Suffering For Many Years

judge the severity of the disease by
what we know is going on within. The
cartilage of the joints is worn away
in patches and the hard ends of the
joints are grinding directly on each
other. The synovial membrane makes
no secretion and is bloated with a
poison laden fluid. There are fungus
growths on the bones where they are
not worn out of shape by their own
action. They present unsightly knobs
or else are twisted out of their right
direction, some of them showing both
deformities together In this way the
fingers and elbows are usually the first
to suffer. The larger joints are only
seized in the course of time. Often
the hips and shoulders escape the
trouble entirely.
A Typical Case.
To show to what terrible extent this
complication in rheumatism may go, a
doctor of Vermont writes: During my
summer vacation in New Hampshire,
my attention was called to a peculiar
case in an adjoining town, and for the
purpose of gratifying curiosity and re-
j porting to the profession / drove seven
miles to see it. 1t is what 1 believe
| was mentioned in Practical Medicine as
an extreme case of Rheumatoid Arthri-
J tbs.
b A.. aged A, white, married, liv-
ing in and a native of New Hampshire,
parents both living; mother IS, slight
rheumatic tendencies but never dis
abled; father 70, no rheumatism;
grandparents free from disease. Previ-
Gus to 1887, and subsequent to his
/ twenty-first year, patient had suffered
repeated attacks of rheumatism, par
TALLY disabling him, and thirteen years
ago he was obliged to take to his bed,
when ankylosis set in, beginning in his
arms, accompanied by great pain.
Il saw patient in August, 1900, after
thirteen years of helplessness, finding
right arm and hands across chest, left
arm on abdomen, legs semifixed on
knees, hips fiexed at pelyis, vertical
verterbrae in normal position. jaw set:
all of the above points fmmovable, ex-
cept very slight motion of right hip
and phalanges, but not enough to en-
able him to turn in bed or to help him
self in the least Some of his teeth had
been removed for the introduction OF
food"
Gout-Its Ravages and Complications
or Importance in the origin of govt
is heredity, says a prominent doctor
1t has been known to exist for CEN
tturies in some families. Altho the
symptoms appear most frequently il
middle life, younger persons have beer
known to become affected. Men are
more subject than women, especial,
wealthy persons of sedentary habits
r living in luxury, altho those suffering
from poverty and hardships are no
exempt. The disease affects rather
2 the fat than the lean. The free use o
e alcoholic drinks and rich wines ant
mats will cause gout.l 1t has Away:
t been thought that much eating of RET
. meat would cause it, but Pfeiffer il
his recent Investigations dtsproves thi
!. view Garrod calls attention to the re
8 lation between govt and lead poison
ing to which mechanics and laborer
are subject. An attack may be induced
by mental excitement or depression
exposure to cold, or injury.
Where the Disease Centers.
Govt actually centers in the grea
toe, and this is attributed to tn
fact that the large toe is most FIRE
quently exposed to injury and that tn
blood circulation therein is compare
lively feeble. Garrod observed that Il
persons who had previously suffere
from rheumatism the rheumatic joint
were the first to be attacked with govt
inflammation and Charcot found tina
in a equity paralytic the joints first af
fected were those of the paralyZed stdt
From tho Doctors Standpoint.
The scientific cause of govt is sti
in dispute. Garrod observed that i
excess of uric acid, the same as in tn
more common forms of rheumatism
and this is the generally accepted view
Roberts believes it is a watery sub
stance that gets in the blood and wi
not dissolve and leave. Pfeiffer hold
1.-The very opposite view. Whatever tn
scientific cause, the material causes al
~ as above given.
Some of the Symptoms.
"A leading specialist, who himself SUI
III fered from govt, gives his experiene
< as follows: "The first symptoms al
/ that the sufferer is usually in SON
re way out OF sorts, irritable. owspirite
~ sleepless, nervous, and constipatet
~ there may be a feeling Of WEAKNESS
10 the limbs, fever of chilly sensation
le and perhaps twinge or two at the ba
i of the toe, where govt usually center
III All these Introductory warnings ms
~ be absent, and exhilaration may be e.
10 perienced, and yet govt may be pre-
ss emf.
ey 1.-The pains and twitching general
IL commence soon after midnight, or du
es ing the earlier hour of the evening. A
n. intense pain commences at the ball
~ the great toe which is burning, crusl
e.
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