Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-07-23
THE LIVER.
The Unusual Attention which this Organ
is now Attracting from the
American People.
ITS DELICATE STRUCTURE AND SUSCEPTIBLE
ITr TO INJURY FROM WOUNDS Or DISEASE.

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Modern research, however. has shown this
to be an error. and hence less attention and
care have been bestowed on this organ than
in the early DAYS when it was supposed to play
so important part in making war and cajoll-
ing love. Undoubtedly the discovery of the
fact that the liver is not the seat of the affec-
tions. and of the passions. has led the people,
as is NATURAL to neglect what formerly was an
object of great solicitude. but the truth still
remains that though it may not be the special
seat of love and passion. il is after all of the
greatest Importance in physical health.
During the past few weeks. owing TO an
event of national interest. much has been
said and written about the injurious effects of
wounds in this organ. and according TO the
Surgical History of the War of the Rebellion.
of the thousands of cases of wounds in the
liver, not above sixty survived and they were
not violent ones. The record is filed with
recoveries from gunshot wounds in the head,
the lungs and the pelvic region, but il is a
miracle" when one outlives even an ordinary
wound in the liver. No other proof is needed
of the delicacy of its structure nor of its ex-
treme susceptibility to injuries, whether vio-
lent. like a gunshot wound, or as the result
of disease. OF course injury from wound
produces speedy results, and though organic
diseases may effect the patient for years, and
render his life long-contnued burden, the
same end is eventually reached.
The structure of the liver is delicate and
yet simple 1t is composed of two lobes.
which lie directly under the right lung, and
is of a spongy character. When the venous
blood is circulating from the various parts of
the body to the lungs, it passes through this
organ, ami is there relieved of its rank poi
sons, part of which are used for digestion and
part for cathartc Of the waste materials of
the food we eat. If the organ is at all dis
eased these pois0nS remain IN ii, instead of
being used nature designed, and with
every coursing of the blood through the lobes
of the liver, the nature of the disease is in
tensified, and hence neglect of any disorder
in this organ is almost certain to bring on
chronic liver disease, so terrible to contem-
plate. In curing liver troubles, not only
must the organ be rid of its old complaint
but, at the same time it must be prevented
from contracting other diseases. and the
agency used must have such power with the
kidneys and lungs (the other two purifiers Of
the blood) that it will, while restoring the
impaired liver. give to them strength suffi
cient to do part of the purifying work of the
disabled organ. There is a peculiar Deepen
dency between the kidneys and liver, and no
remedy can be of benefit which does not act
upon both at the same time. The reason
why so little success has hitherto been
reached in the treatment of liver disease is
because the philosophy of treatment mas been
lame and the remedies employed have been
inadequate. 1t is a conceded fact that until
within the past few years there has been no
known remedy for chronic kidney diseases.
and it is certain that the liver cannot be re-
stored to its right action if the kidneys are
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diseased the kidneys are also troubled; hence
it follows that liver diseases are hard to cure
chiefly because the doctors know of no agen-
cy which will at one and the same time Oper-
ate on both the kidneys and the liver.
Admitting, then, that no form of treatment
can be effective which does not seek to reach
both the liver and the kidneys at the same
time, it would be strange. indeed, If in all the
researches of this wonderful age of scientific
invention no such remedy had been found
The doctors admit they have nothing to offer,
but Independent scientists have honored their
learning and patience by discovering a pure
vegetable remedy whose success in the past
few wears in the treatment of kidney difficult
les shows conclusively that it can cure every
form of known kidney disease, and what it
has done for the kidneys it is equally able to
do and does do for the liver. Warmers Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure was the discovery Of
a practitioner. who proved its worth in his
own case, and then gave it to the world. 1t
acts both as a food and a restorer on the kid
news and liver. so that when disease is cured
in one of these organs it cannot go to the
other but is entirely removed from the sys-
tenn.
The symptoms of kidney and liver difficult
les are great and unnatural WEAKNESS. head
ache belching of wind and food from the
stomach, constipation, piles, displacements
and inflammation ofthe sexual organs ofwomen.
sallow countenance. skin eruptions and the
especially fatal complaints of the hot season.
These troubles are caused principally by ma
laria which is. at the present time becoming
so great an evil in this land-so much so that
President Paul A. Chadbourne of Williams
College has just published long and interest
ing article on its wide-spreading prevalence.
He states that malarial poisons appear in all
localities, the high and dry, the low and damp.
in the crowded city and the roomy country,
and there are no differences to the effects
produced. Malaria Is In the water we drink.
in the air we breathe, in the food we eat, and
while constantly and naturally increasing
with the growth of the country. it is Just at
present affecting us. as the epizooty did a few
wears ago, as a widespread and dangerous
epidemic. Prof Chadbourne is not an alarm
st and what he saws is confirmed by other
distinguished medical authorities.
What, therefore. can be the cause for this
terrible increase of malaria in all parts Of the
States and Territories? PROFESSIONALLY the
drinking water used in every portion of the
land is the most active agency for carrying
malaria into the system. This water may
be clear, but it has become poisoned by filtra-
ton through the vaults, cesspools and barn
wards in the country, and other impure
agencies in the city. Heretofore the Western
States and Territories and almost the entire
South have been considered the field of ma
lara. owing doubtless, TO the poor drainage
in many localities and the consequent ac-
cumulation of green poisonous matter. This
theory is however, now exploded. because
malarial poisoning is becoming just as com
non in other regions. and those which have
been settled for hundreds of years. Nor are
low lands alone subject to malaria. for it is
found up in the Berkshire Hills of New Eng
land and up among the SHOWS of the Rocky
Mountains.
Whatever may be the cause of malaria, its
existence is a terrible established fact. and
so much so that it is attracting the attention
of the leading physicions. scientists and
scholars in every portion of America. By
means of its blighting powers the blood be-
comes poisoned and the most terrible dis
eases follow. The special field for the