Democratic Sentinel, Volume 7, Number 4, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 February 1883 — STARTLING STATISTICS. [ARTICLE]

STARTLING STATISTICS.

City and tbe KnUwCountry-A Tribune The nation has been horrified'at the burning of a Milwaukee hotel, whereby over seventy lives were lost This event carried terror because it was sadden and appalling; but had the same disastrous results to life and limb come silently they would have been unnoticed, not only by the people of the land but also by the very community to which they occurred Fatal events of a far worse nature have taken place to this very city, but they have attracted no attention, nor would they now did not the Bureau of Vital Statistics bring them to our notice. “ Figures do not lie,” whatever else may be uncertain, and the report on the death* of this city is a startling comment on its life. During the past year the enormous increase of certain maladies is simply appalling. While the total number of deaths has diminished and the death rate on most diseases has decreased still it is far greater in one or two serious disorders than was ever known before More people died in the oity of New York in 1682 from Bright’s disease of the kidneys than from diphtheria, small-pox and typhoid fever all combined! This scarcely seems possible but it is true, and when it is remembered that less than onethird the actual deaths from Bright’s disease are really reported as such, the ravages of the malady can be partially understood The immediate query which every reader will make upon such a revelation of facts, is: What causes this increase? This is a difficult question to answer. The nature of the climate, the habits of life, the adulteration of foods and liquors, all undoubtedly contribute; but no immediate cause can be certainly assigned Often before the victim knows it the disease has begun. Its approaches are so stealthy and its symptoms so obscure that they cannot be definitely foreseen and are only known by their effects. Any kidney disorder, hbwever slight, is the first stage of Bright’s disease. But it Is seldom that kidney disorders can be detected They do not have any certain symptoms Mysterious weariness; an unusual appetite; periodical headaches; occasional nausea; uncertain pains; loss of vigor; lack of nerve power; irregularity of the heart; disordered daily habits; imperfect digestion—all these ana many other symptoms are the indications of kidney disorder, even though there may be no pain in the region of the kidneys or- to that portion of the body. The' serious nature of these troubles may be understood from the fact that Bright’s disease is as certain to follow diseased kidneys as decomposition follows death. It is high time the doctors to this land, who have been unable to control kidney troubles, should be aroused and compelled to find some remedy, or acknowledge one already found The suffering public needs help and cannot await the tardy action of any hair-splitting code or incorrectly formulated theories. If the medical world has no certain remedy for this terrible disease let them acknowledge it and seek for one outside -the pale of their profession. For tbe discovery of this remedy and for its application disease, the people of this city; the people of the whole land; not only those who are suffering, but those who have friends In danger, are earnestly and longingly looking. The above quotation from the New York Tribune is causing considerable commotion, os it seems to lift the cover from a subject that has become of national importance. The alarming increase of kidney diseases; their insidious beginnings and frightful endings and the acknowledged inability of physicians to successfully cope with them may well awaken the greatest dread of every one who has the slightest symptoms. It is fortunate, however, that the surest relief is often found where, possibly, least expected, and that there is a specific for the evils above described we have came to fully believe Within the past two years we have frequently seen statements of parties claiming to have been cured of serious kidney troubles even after hope had been abandoned; but to common with most people we have discredited them. Quite recently, however, a number of prominent and well-known men have come out voluntarily and stated over their signatures that they were completely cured by the use of Warner’s Safe Kidney and Liver Cure Most people have been aware that this medicine has an unusual standing and one entitling it to b classed above proprietary articles generally; but that it had accomplished so much to checking the ravages of kidney disease is not so generally known. Its great worth has been shown, not only by the cures it has effected, but also because a number of base imitations have appeared in the market, fraudulently claiming the valuable qualities of the original Safe Cura If it were not valuable it would not be imitated

The above may seem like an ultra indorsement of a popular remedy, but it is not one whit stronger than the facts admit Whatever assists the world toward health and consequent happiness should receive the hearty indorsement of the press and all friends of humanity. It is on precisely this principle that the foregoing statement is made and it merits the careful consideration of every thinking reader.