Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1881-07-22
THE LIVER.
The Unusual Attention which this
Organ is now Attracting from
the American People.
Its Delicate Structure and Suscepti-
bility to Injury from Wounds or
Disease.

In the opinion Of the ancients, the liver was the
seat Of the affections aud Of the passions. Modern
research however, has shown this to be an error and
hence less attention and have been bestowed on
this organ than in the early days when it was supposed
to play so important part in making war and cajo-
lug love. Undoubtedly the discovery Of the fact that
the liver is not the seat Of tho affections and Of the
passions has led the people, as is natural to neglect
what formerly was object Of great solietude but
the truth still remains, that though IT may not be the
special seat Of love and passion 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
the liver not sixty survived, and they were not
violent ones. The record is filled with recoverles
from gunshot wounds in the head, the lungs and the
pelvic region, but IT is miracle when outliyes
even ordinary wound in the liver No other proof
is needed Of the deoacy Of its structure nor Of It's
extreme susceptibility to injuries, whether violent,
like gunshot wound, as the result OF disease or
injury from wound produces speedy results,
years. and render his life ong-contiuued 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 spopgy character. when
the blood Is circulating from the parts
Of the body to the lungs passes through this organ
and there relieved of its rank poisons part OF which
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waste materials Of the food We eat II the organ is
at all diseased, these Ioisons IN IL, instead Of
being used nature designed, and with every
ing Of the blood through the obes Of the liver the
ture Of the disease il intensified; hence neglect Of
any disease in this organ is almost certain bring
chronic liver disease terrible to contemplate In
curing liver troubles only must the organ be rid
Of its old complaint but at the time 1t must be
prevented from contracting other diseases aHd the
agency used must have such power with the kidneys
aud lungs the other two purifiers Of the bloody that
it will, while restoring the impaired LIVER give them
sufficient strength to do part Of the purifying work Of
the disabled organ. There is peculiar dependency
between the kidneys and liver, and no remedy can be
Of beneht which doea not act upon both at the same
time. The why so little success has hitherto
been reached in the treatment Of liver disease s be-
cause the philosophy Of treatment has been lame and
the remedies employed inadequate 1t is a conceded
fact that until within the past few years there has
no known remedy for chronic kidney diseases, and it
ia certain that the liver cannot be restored to its right
action II the kidneys affected. 1t 10 fact that
when the liver M diseased the kidney also troubled
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eneehVe Nheh does not seek TO reach both the liver
and the Kidneys at the same time 1t would be strange
indeed H. in all the researches Of this wonderful age
oil seienuhe invention, no such remedy had been
found The doctors admit they have nothing to otter
but independent scientists have honored their learn
ing and patience by discovering pure vegetable rem
cay whose success in the past fe" years in the treat
ment Of Kidney dneuiies' shows eonelusiVey that 1t
can cure every known form OF kidney disease; and
what 1t has done for the kidneys is equally able to
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The symptoms OF kidney and liver difficulties are
great and unnatural WEAKNESS headache beehins Of
WIND and iood from the stomach constipation piles
dispaeements and Inflammation OF the sexual organs
OF women sallow countenanee, skin sruptions, and
the especially fatal complaints OF the hot season.
These troubles are caused principally by malaria,
which is at the present time becoming so great an evil
in this lAnd-so great that President Paul A. Chad
bourne Of Williams College, has just published long
and interesting article on its wide-spreading preva
lenee He states that malarial poison appears in all
locates-the high and dry, the low and damp in the
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What therefore, can be the cause Of this terrible In
crease of malaria in all parts Of the states and terri
tories ? 'unquestonaby 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 filtration thro
vaults cesspoos and barnyards 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 malaria, ow-
Ing doubtless TO the moor drainage in many localities