Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-08-10
AN OPEN LETTER.
Some 0utspoken Statements Of Graet
Value from Parties of the
Highest Standing.

When the people OF America become
So thoroughly aroused, and on a sub
ject of such serious importance as the
preservation of their lives and health,
IL Is but natural that the ones who have
been largely instrumental in the origin
of this movement should speak frank
ly and directly TO the people most in
terested. 1t is for this reason that we
thus come before the public and make
the following revelations.
Every careful observer who has
sought to keep pace with the march of
events has noted the alarming increase
of certain peculiar physical troubles
within the past few years. These
troubles have come at unexpected mo-
ments and in most treacherous way.
They have manifested themselves in
inIumberable forms, but they have al
ways had the same cause. They have
not afflicted the minor parts of the
body, but have gone direct to the
strongholds of the system and their
work has usually been as prompt as it
is fatal. Their treacherous and decep-
tive nature has often prevented care
full analysis of what causes them, and,
as a result, intense suffering and final
disaster have usually. ensued. The
real cause however, has been deraIge-
ment of the kidneys and all of these
troubles are, in fact, the first symptoms
of the terrible Bright's disease, Which
has cast its dark shadow over so many
homes in thu and and % increasing. " on
derfully ana continually. 1t is new
conceded by the ablest physicians in
every land and by eminent scientists
the world over. that this disease is the
result Of blood poisoning. This poison
ing brought about by wasted and I'M
healthy kidneys that permit the poison
to rema n in the blood, instead of throw
ing it from the system. But it is equal
ly evident to all who have studied in
to the effects and have been conversant
with the facts, that a dfsordered
state of the kidneys and liver produces
most of the common complaints and
pains which afflict the human race,
and they can be traced to this source
just as certainly as can Bright's dis
ease. To purify stream we must go TO
its source, and to cure disease we must
remooe the cause 1t being true, there
fore, that nine.tenths of all human all
ments are caused by diseased kidneys
or liver, the only certain way to cure
these troubles is by treating the organs
which cause them. How intimately the
kidneys are associated with the entire
system may be understood from the
fact that over 1000 ounces OF blood
pass through them every hour, being
more than 200 gallons, or nearly one
ton in the course of twenty-hOurs.
This vast mass of living fluid is sent to
every part of the body, and il the kid
neys are diseased the impurities that
are in the blood are not removed, and
hence pass through the veins carrying
disease in some one of its many ter
rible forms. The horrors which accom-
pany most of the diseases caused by
disOrdered kidneys and liver cannot be
described in print, while the dangers
surrounding them are even greater
than the agony. And yet a person may
be troubled for months without know
ing the cause of the diseases that have
attacked him. Some Of the symptoms
of the first stages, any one of which in
dicates disordered kidneys or liver are
these: Plains in the back and around
the loins, severe headaches, dizziness
infamed eyes, coated tongue and a
dry mouth, loss of appetite. chilly
sensations, indigestion (the stomach
never is in order when the kidneys or
liver are deranged). dryness of
skin, nervousness, nightsweats, mu
cular debility, dependency, tired
feeling especially at night, putting or
bleating under the eyes, etc. II any
of the following things are noticed
about the fluids passed from the sys-
tenn, it shows that the kidneys and
liver are out of order: A red deposit,
a scum upon the surface, an unusual
thickness or thinness, very dark or
a very light color, burning sensa-
ton in passing, an unusual odor, a
retention, or frequent desire to void
and inability to do so.
The above are few of the hundreds
of symptoms which indicate the be-
ginning of aggravated cases of kidney
or liver difficulties, and they require
instant attention. If these symptoms
are not checked at once, they are al
most certain to result in some one of
the many terrible diseases of the kid
neys. But unpleasant as all the symp-
toms and even these diseases may be,
they are as nothing compared to the
last stages of the complaints. The
kidneys waste away 10y degrees, ac-
companied by intense pains: the heart
becomes uncomfortable; the lungs are
oppressed; the eyeballs CLASSY, and
the entire system is reduced and de-
bilitated. For weeks before death
comes the sufferer looks forward to 1t
as blessed relief, and anything that
can furnish even temporary help is
gladly hailed. Then it is that bloat-
ing begins; the face becomes puffy
and pallid; the breath can only be
caught in gasps. speech is impossible
and muscular action suspended. The
patient finally sinks into state OF un-
Consciousness to everything except the
pains which are racking him, and death
comes by certain but slow degrees
There can be but one conclusion which
all readers of care and judgment will
draw from these facts, which is the
necessity of treating the disease IN
time and by that means which has
been proven the hest and most eff