The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-01-18
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS.

The frequency and fatality Of diseases Of the
Kidneys give especial interest to the study and
investigation Of them, and elevate any discovery
a. TO their essential natures or the means of curing
them. to q very important place In the art and
science Of medicine. When the fact Is recalled
that the Kidneys are the great scayengers OF The
human bOdy-their Office Is 10 remove from the
blood any and all impurities which may exist In
II that IL this Office be entirely shut up life cannot
be long maintained. The products OF used-up and
WORKOUT principles Of the human body retained In
the Hood poison The nervous system that us
functions duties will be arrested, the brain will
cease TO take cOgnizance of surrounding persons
and objects consciousness VIII be obiterated, the
vital knot viii become cOngcsted. the heart and
lungs will cease 10 perform their part an the phe-
most terrible form OF all human suffering Is apt To
take place. and gives an additional horror to the
hour Of death. If the Offices Of The Kidneys be 50
essential 20 life that II must cease soon after they
cease TO act, the conclusion is unacceptable that any
deviation from the performance OF these Offices
must be attended with arrangement Of health:
The urine Is the depuratng secretion eliminated
from the blood by he kidneys-the channel by
which mOrbi1c agents are carried out Of the gene
raj circulation aud the blood preserved IN healthy
quantity and quality. If II calls 20 do this, disease
follows as a necessary sequence. To preserve
health IL IS necessary 10 preserve healthy cOndl-
ton of The Kidneys. This. Of course, Is attained
clothing, exercise. and residence. BuI disease and
suffering are unacceptable. They seem To be IA part
of the curse put upon man as the fruits OF his dis
obedience While sin has brought Its punish
ments, man still has the consolation that God has
ulaCcd within his rcdcn palm Tor every III, ana
That by improving the opportunities thus gwen he
NAV ne relieved Of his suffering, live in the enjoy
ment of comparative comfort, ana attain green
old age. 49, ,
When we recall the offices Of the Kidneys-that
Of removing the WORKOUT tissue-cements from
the blOOd-it Is easy u understand how they may
be.Owe diseased. Acrid and acid conditions OF
the blood very liable TO Toe attended with Nd
nov disorders. These sources OF irritation may
lead 10 various forms of Kidney mfladics, as
DrOpsy. Diabetes. Brights Disease, I'm which albu-
men. or the element OF our food which c0rre-
spends with the white of an egg, Is carried OIL In
the urlpe, causing emaciatiOn and ultimately
death. We all FuOw how intractablc these dis
eases are: that heretofore they have in large per
cent. of cases proved fatal Medical science Is
very much at sea as 10 their management. what
we desire l. a remedy that Will give 10 G 10 the
Kidneys, build up the blood, destroy it, acr.d
character, and cure the various maladieS from
which these organs suffer. Our attention has been
recently called by several physicians TO Hunts
Remedy. Kidney medicine used by them In their
practice. 1t seems 10 be one Of the very few COM
binations out Of the multitude that has any DE-
cded value or that Is calculated 10 benefit the all
ments for which IL IS designed. IL L. an active
diuTetic exciting the secretions of The Kidneys t.
more intense action, and thus cleansing the blood
of impurities. IL seems TO act promptly in those
form Of Dropsy which depend upon Kidney
troubles and win rapidly drain out the water from
the limbs and abdomen. I'm Diabetes IL Is said 10
lessen the amount Of sugar, TO Increase the appe-
lite and otherwise benef' the palient.-NeD York
ia Is-Th(w)SaSTu