Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1883 — CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION. [ARTICLE]

CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION.

Few things giro more pain than dread or apprehension. Mott people are able to toco apparent danger heroically, but the sodden and unexpected coining of aoine lndefinite calamity very naturally strikes terror to even the bravest For this reason lightning and tornadoes are considered terrible; their coming and going are so sudden, unan-nounc-d and unknown. For thia same reason an unknown disease, some poison In the blood, some malady that is gradually undermining the life,-is specially dreaded by all' thinking people. And, indeed, there are good reasons for such dread, for modern science discovers that seme virulent disorders show the least signs in their beginnings, while they have the worst possible symptoms. We know of many persons who nave doll and uncertain pains in various portions of the body; who are unnaturally tired one day and apparently well the next; who have an enormous appetite at times and a loathing of food soon thereafter. Such persons are really lit a dangerous condition,'Oven though they may not realize it The following statement of a most prominent physician, who has had nnuspal opportunities for investigation, is of so striking and important a nature that it will be read with interest by ail: . -> ASSOCIATED CHARITIES OF CINCINNATI BOABD OF DIRECTORS. ' " Joseph Aub. M. J). Julius Reis. Julius Balks. Jr. H. A. Smith, M. DC Mrs. M. F. Force. H. Miller Mrs. George 1/imert Rev. Ohas. W. Wendts. Fred’kLukenheimer. Daniel Wolf* » ... J.B. Wilton. * ' Office: No. 27?$ West Eighth Street, 1 O. Andes on, M. D., superintendent, V f*. r Cincinnati, Ohio, Dea 2, 18«2. ) Messrs. Editors: . ‘ » 1 have, during my professional career of many years’ practioe, treated a large number of various disorders, of which, perhaps, none have given me more trouble than the mysterious disease known as acute nephritis; and while it may seem strange, it is, nevertheless, true, that the physician is generally greatly annoyed by this mysterious T trouble, especially when the case is of hereditary origin. It is, doubtlesa the first stage of te® well-known, but terrible Bright’s disease, as the kidneys contain large quantities of albumen; and, while children and young people are especially liable to its attieka, it u prevalent with all classes, and usually continues until late in lifa One obstinate case which came under my observation was that of a fireman of this city who applied to me for treatment The case was diagnosed parenchymatous nephritis. The man was twenty-four years of age* " plethoric and light complected Me stated that he had suffered from urinary troubles from childhood, and that he had “ doctored" a hundred times, each time improving eomej, after which, in a short while, ne wodld relapse into his former state of misery. I prescribed the usual therapeutics known, to the Sssion with the same result that tny coles had obtained. He got better for a and then worse again; in fact, so bad that he had to lav off for some time. He suffered - intense pain; so much so that I confess I had to resort to hypodermic injections of morphia. My druggist, who knew how disgusted I waa with the cose, although not willing to desert the man, advised me to try- a remedy from which he (the druggist) himself had derived great benefit As a drowning man oatchea at a straw, I prescribed this remedy, not letting my patient,, however, know what I was giving him; and, although hot a believer In nor a patron of “patent, medicines,” I must confess that after my fireman had taken one bottle he grew much better. I made him continue its use for a period of two months, with the most gratifying results; It really worked wonders, and he owes his cure ana, present perfect health solely to the remarkable power of Warner’s Safe Kidney a*d Liver Cure, the remedy which I prescribed, ants he" teed; ' v -. Since the recovery of the man above mentioned, I have giveh considerable thought to the subject ofacute nephritis, or kidney difficulty,- and I find that its manifestations are most remarkable. It often appears without any special symptoms of its own, or possibly as a sequel to some other disease. Ip mag be a sequel to. scarlatina, diphtheria ana other illnesses, and even - arise fronft-' pJOgd nancy. The first symptoms frequently show themselves in the form-of high, fierce ana * intense pains in the lumbar. regions,*, i smalTof the back,” troublesome micturitions and frequent change's iff the coidr’of the urine, which at times diminishes perceptibly. If the Urine is entirely suppressed, the case, probably, will terminate fatally in a? very? few days, , Dropsy is . a consequence of the suppression, of urine, and the b - vereness of it is governed by the propqrthW of retention. The<nervous system becomes S rostrated with subsequent convulsions and regular circulation of the blood, wjiich, in; my estimation, eyentually might cause a diseased heart to give out As I have remarked, in many kidney diseases—yes, even in Bright’s disease ite^f—there is no perceptible pain in the back, and these troubles often assert themselves in various symptoms—for instance, in* troublesome diarrhoea, blood poison, impaired eyesight nausea, loss of appetite, disordered digestion, loss of consciousness, husky voice and many other complaints, too numerous to mention, Indeed, thousands of people are suffering from the first stages of Bright’s disease to-day, and.they do not know it. ■ln conclusion, I would like to state that I have, since my sucoess w*ith the fireman, repfeatedlv prescribed Warner’s,, Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, and if • niy-’ professional brethren could only be bro.ught-^far, as to overcome their prejudice against proprietary medicines they would, undoubtedly, find themselves recompensed for their supposed sacrifice of liberty, as well as by the great benefi ts that would accrue to the world. Most Sincerely, O. Andebson, M. D., Superintendent