The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-07-28
AN OPEN LETTER.

Some outspoken Statements of Great Value
from Parties Of the Highest Standing.
When the people of America be-
come so thoroughly aroused, and on
a subject of such serious importance
as the preservation of their lives and
health, it is but natural that the ones
who have been largely instrumental
iii the origin of this movement should
speak frankly and directly to the
people most interested. 1t is fer
this reason that we thus come be-
fore the public and make the follow
ing revelations.
Every careful observer who has
sought to keep pace with the march
of events has noted the alarming in
crease of certain peculiar physical
troubles within the past few years.
These troubles have come at unex-
pected moments and in a most
treacherous way. They have mari
tested themselves in innumerable
forms, but they have always 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 treachefous and deceptive ma
ture has often prevented careful
analysis of what causes them, and, as
a result, intense suffering and final
disaster have usually ensued. The
real cause, however has been a de.
rangement 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 the
land and is increasing wonderfully
and continually. 1t is now conceded
by the ab!est physicians in every
land and by eminent scientists the
world over, that this disease is the
result of blood poisoning. This pois-
oning is brought about by wasted
and unhealthy kidneys that permit
the poison to remain in the blood,
instead of throwing it from the sys-
tenn. But it is equally evident to all
who have studied into the effects and
have become conversant with the
facts, that a disordered state of the
kidneys and liver produces most of
the common complaints and pains
which aff1ict the human race, and
they can be traced to this source just
as certainly as can Bright's disease.
To purify stream we must go to its
source, and TO cure a disease we
must renaOve the cause. 1t being
true, therefore, that nine-tenths of
all human ailments 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 600 ounces of blood pass
through them every hour, being more
than 200 gallons, or nearly one ton
in the course of twenty-four hours.
This vast mass of living fluid is sent
to every part of the body, and if the
kidneys are diseased the impurities
that are in the blood arenot removed
and hence pass through the veins,
carrying disease in some one .of its
many terrible forms. The horrors
which accompany most Of the dis
eases caused by disordered kidneys
and liver cannot be described in
print, while the dangers surrounding
them are even greater than the
agony. And yet person may be
troubled for months withou: know
ing the cause of the diseases that
have attacked him. Some of the
symptoms of the first stages, any one