Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 January 1888 — "WHAT’S KILLING US!” [ARTICLE]

"WHAT’S KILLING US!”

The Wonders Which the Microscope Reveals. One ol the leading scientific publications st«les that many people are now using the microscope to discover the real cause of disease in the system, and to detect adulterationscf food and medicines. (. This wonderful instrument has saved many a life. A microscopical test shows, for instance, the presence of albumen, or the life of the blood, in certain derangements of the kidneys, but* medicine does not tells us how far advanced the' derangement is, or whether it shall prove fatal. The microscope, however, gives us this knowledge: Bright’s disease, which so many peo pie dread, was not fully known unti the microscope revealed its characteris tics. It greatly aids the physician, skilled in its use, in determining how far disease has advanced, and gives a fuller idea of the true structure of the kidney. A noted Germtm scholar recently discovered that by the aid of the microscope, the physician can tell if there is I stumor forming in the system, and if | certain appearances are seen in the fluids passed, it is proof positive that the tumor is to be a malignant one If any derangement of the kidnevs is detected by the microscope, the physician looks for the development of almost any disease the system is heir to, and any indication of Bright’s disease, which has no symptoms of its own, and cannot be fully recognized except by the ’microscope, he looks upon with alarm. This disease has existed for more than 2,000 years. It is only until recently that the miscroscope has revealed to us its universal prevalence and fatal character. Persons who formerly died of what was called general debility, nervous breakdown, dropsy, paralysis, heartdisease, rheumatism, apoplexy, etc., are now known to have really died of kidney disease, because, had there been no disorder of the kidneys, the chances are.that the effects from which they died would never have existed. ■ As the world has become better acquainted with the importance of the kidneys in the human economy by the aid of the microscope, there is greater alarm spread through the communities concerning it, and this accounts for the erroneous belief that it is on the increase. As yet neither hom eopathist nor allopathist is prepared with a eure for deranged kidneys, but the world has long since recognized, and many medical gentlemen also recognize and prescribe Warner’s safe cure for these derangements, and admit that it is the Only specific for the common and advanced forms Of kidney disorders, .. Formerly the true cause of death was discovered only after death. To-day the microscope shows us, in the water we pass, the dangerous condition of any organ in the body, thus enabling us to treat it promptly and escape premature death. As the microscope in the hands of laymen has revealed many diseases that thie medical men were not aware of, so that preparation, like many other discoveries in medicine and science, was found out by laymen, outside the medical code; consequently it comes very hard for medical men to indorse and prescribe it. Nevertheless, Warner’s safe cure continues to grow in popularity and the evidences of its effectiveness are seen on every hand. Some persons claim that the proprietors should give the medical profession the formula of this remedy, if it is such a “God-send to humanity,” and let the physicians and public judge whether or not it be so recognized. We, however, do not blame them for not publishing the formula, even to get the recognition of the medical profession. The standing of the men who manufacture this great remedy is equal to that of the majority of physicians, and the reason that some doctors give for not adopiing and prescribing it — viz.: that they do not know what its ingredients are-is absurd. Mr. Warner’s statement—that manv of the ingredients are expensive, and that the desire of the unscrupulous dealef“6r“prescriber to realize a large profit from its manufacture by using -.cheap and injurious substances for tthoee ingredients would jeopardize its qualitjcand reputation; and that. Warner’s safe cure cannot he made in small quantities on account of the expensive apparatus necessary in compounding these ingredients—seems to us to be a reasonable and sufficient one. The universal testimony of our friends and neighbors, and the indisputable evidence that it, and it alone, has complete mastery over all diseases r f the kidneys, is sufficient explanation of its extraordinary reputation, and conclusive proof that it is, perhaps, the most beneficient discovery known to scientific medicine since the microscope revealed to us the all-important nature of tjbe organs it is designed to reach and benefit.