The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1883-03-07
Disease Of the Kidneys.

THE frequency and fatality of diseases of the
Kidneys give sn especial interest to the study
and investigation Of them, and elevate any dis
covery as To their essential natures, or the means
Of caring them, to a very important place In the
art and science of medicine. Then the fact is re-
called that the Kidneys are the great scavsngers
Of the human ~body-their office Is to remove from
the blood any and all impurities which may ex-
list In 1t; that, II this Office be entirely shut up,
life cannot be long maintained. The products of
used-up and worn out principles OF the human
body, retained in the blood, 50 poisons the nervous
system, that its functions or duties will be arrest
ed, the brain will cease TO take cosnizance OF sur
rounding persons and objects, consciousness viii
be obliteratsd, the vital knot will become longest
ed, the heart and lungs will cease TO perform their
part In the phenomena of lfs-they stop. Ere
this, however, the most terrible form OF all hu-
man suiferings Is apt TO take place, and gives an
additional herror TO the hour OF death. III the
offices of the Kidneys be go essential to life, that
It mus cease soon after they cease TO act, the con
clusion Is unacceptable that any deviation from the
performance of these offices must be attended
with arrangement of health. The urine Is the
depurating secretion eliminated from the blood
by the kidneys-the channel by which morbid
agents are carried out of The general circulation,
and the blood preserved In healthy quantity and
quality. If it fails to do this, disease follows as a
necessary sequence. To preserve health IL Is nee
essary to preserve a healthy condition of the Kid
neys. This,o of course, Is attained by temperance
in all the relations of life, diet, clothing, exercise,
and residedce. But disease and Suffering are in
escapable. They seem to be a part OF the curse
put upon nan as the fruits oil his ClSoDeuiencer
While sin has brought its punishments. man still
has the consolation that God has placed within
his reach n balm for every Ill, and that, by I'M
proving the opportunities thus given, he may be
relieved of his suffering, live in the enjoyment OF
comparative comfort and attain a green old age.
When we recallthe offices OF the kidneys-that
OF removing the worn out tissue elements IRON
the blood-it is easy to understand how they may
become diseased. Acrid and acid conditions of
the blood are very liable to be attended with Kid
ney disorders. These sources OF irritation may
lead to various forms of Kidney maladies, as
Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's Disease, in which al
bumsn, or the element of our food which CORE
spends with the white of an egg, is carried OF in
the urine, causing cancellation and ultimately
death. We all know how intractable these dis
eases are; that heretofore they have, In a large
per cent Of cases, proved fatal. Medical science is
very much at sea as to their management. What
we desire is a remedy that will give tono to the
Kidneys, build up the blood, destroy its acrid
character, and cure the various maladies from
which these organs suffer. Our attention has been
recently called by several physicians to Hunts
Remedy, q Kidney medicine used by them In
their practice. II seems to be one Of the very few
combinations out of the multitude that has any
decided value, or that IL calculated to benefit the
ailments for which it Is designed. 1t Is an active
diuretic, exciting the seeretions of the Kidneys 10
more intense action, and thus cleansing the blood
Of impurities. II seems TO act promptly In those
forms of Dropsy which depend upon Kidney trou-
bles, and will rapidly drain out the water from
the limbs and abdomen. In diabetes 1t is said to
lessen the amount Of sugar, TO increase the ape
tite. and otherwise benefit the patient.-Nev York
Medical and Surgical Journal.