The Wheeling intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1903-1961, 1912-09-02
BRIGHTS DISEASE
AND DIABETES
ARE THE TERRORS
Rssaees o. Death Dealing waIsdie.
Usually CO Uneheeked with
Ordinary Treatment
UNITED DOCTORS MODERN
TREATMENT.
WonceTul Percentage o. Cures Are
Accomplished With Ne~ System
Of Medicine.

Kidney diseases are increasing in
prevalence yearly. More people die
OF this insidious disease than the un.
professional readers OF this paper have
The slightest knowledge or realization
OF Why should this be so. Why is
MS so! Why Is IL that the mem bers
OF the medical profession as A rule ara
not able TO cope with this sad condl-
ton OF affairs-this remarkable fatal.
~ Why are they not able TO check
the ravages OF this fearful death deal
Ing malady? Think OF the long list
81 prominent men-shining lights in
The galaxy OF our countrys honored
dead whose lives went out before the
unlmpeded march OF Bright disease
ana It's twin terror Diabetes" then
ask why are medical men 80 helpless
IN the time OF the greatest need.
Ihlnk OF the loved ones. the friends.
the aeQuaintances who have gone
down 70 an untimely death caused by
these diseases. the progress OF which
the family. physician-the regular
Northumberland stay and the still
unanswered question presents itself
why thls vain appeal for help 10 those
who by virtue OF the profession they
make and the title they should honor
and dignity We call TO the bedsides OF
our suffering ones with the erpectant
nope that in their great wisdom and
supposed knowledge OF the healing art
they can do more than look wise. and
with solemn shake OF the head de-
clare that the patient has Brieht's
disease and is doomed. and this With.
out even adding that perhaps some
specialist can save the patient for
though knowing their own inability to
cure such cases they prefer TO treat II
TO the end.
The United Doctors who have their
Wheeling medical institute at AZ
lwelith street near Market street
lhcLaln buildingl have held from the
nrst that the fatalities from kidney
disease might be reduced to a mini.
mum, that Brights' disease and Dia.
Detes should be cured unless in the
last stages
One great trouble has ever been
that those learning that they were
mus aniicted have been prone TO give
up at once under the impression that
they must die. Then, too. the general
practitioner when called in to see such
disease. is content 10 treat symptoms
rather than 10 try TO cure the patient
\ palliative treatment is all that he Is
toid about IN the books and 10 strike
out on his own hook-try to think and
originate for himself-is against all
rules OF patty. and therefore irregular
and consequently not to be INDUCED
~ ~ NsAN Eff- Nf'nRHN Nfh'InF nnGeF
any circumstances. Then. too. il is
impossible that any one physician can
possess range OF knowledge SUI
fhcient TO enable him TO treat success I
iully all diseases both acute and
chronic. well defined and obscure con-
dluons seen and unseen compassed by
circumstances known and unknown.
The ply slcian who tries to do all
this will quickly find he has made a
failure all around. thar owing TO the
scores and scores OF ailments and COM I
piicauons presented he cannot possibly /,
gain the experience with any one dis ]
ease that Is absolutely necessary TO a ?
high degree OF success Neither does he Z
nave time TO devote TO the study of n :
feW diseases as his time must be d. /
Flded among the many. thus the busy 1,
physician IN regular family practice .
Is never enabled 10 apply his talent 10
the diseases which his natural quail !
fcations might warrant him in becom- I
ing grandly successful in treating.
Those with chronic diseases must J
OF necessity look to the specialist ifi
they would secure for themselves the I
highest Of real skill in the treatment /
OF these troubles. This is not at all 1
strange as the regular practitioner Is \
Obliged 10 devote nearly all his time I
IN attending acute Cases-contaCious 4
diseases. ieveTs. etc. while the spe- !
cialist devotes his entire time 10 the /
treatment OF a few diseases. Expert /
ence is what counts