Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1883-06-11

THE frequency and fatality OF diseases G
Che Nidneys give AN especial interest
the study and Investigation of them, and elt
vate irny discovery AS to their esseiitia
natures, or the means OF curing them 10
very important place in the art and scienc
of medicine. When the fact Ia recalled tina
the kidneys are the great schSengers OF tn
human body, Il their Ottc. Is 10 remove fror
the blood any and all impurities which ma
exist in it that II this Office be- eniirel
shut up life cannot be long maintained
The products Of usei-up and worn-out priI
ilvlcS of the human body retained in tn
blood, so poison thu nervous system, that il
functions or duties will be arrested, the brail
Will c"as" to take cognizance of surroundin
persons and objects, consciousness will b
Obliterated, the vital knot will become cOi
gestrd, the heart and lungs will cease to pei
form their part III the phenomena of life
they stop. Ere this, however, the most terrihl
form of all human suffering is apt to tax
place. and gives an additional horror to til
hour of death. If the offices of the Kidney
he 50 essertlni 20 life, that it must ceas
soon after they cease TO act. the conclusion
is unavoidable that any deviation from tn
performance OF these offices must be al
tended with arrangement of health. TIN
urin is the dep.srating secretion eliminates
from the bs~,d ~ the Kidneys, - the channe
by which morbtiic agents are carried out o
the general circu alton, and the blood pre-
served in healthy quantity and quality. |
it fails to do this, disease follows as a neces
srry sequence. 10 preserve health IT is neces
'ary to preserve healthy condition of tn
kidneys. This, of course is attained by ten
perancc in all the relations of life diet
'lclhing exercise, and residence. But dis
'ase and suffering are inevitable. They seei
20 be part of the curse put upon man a
The fruits OF his disobedicnce. While sil
has brought its punishments, man still Ia
the consolation that God has placed within
his reach a balm for every i'll, and that, b.
improving the opportunities thus given, h
may be relieved Of his suffering, live in TIN
enjoyment of comparative comfort, and at
ain a green old age.
When we recall the Offices of the Kidneys
hat Of removing the worn-out tissue-ela
ments from the blood, it is easy to undei
stand how they may becOme diseased. Acri,
and acid conditions OF the blood are YER
liable to be attended with kidney disorders
These sources of irritation may lead u
various forms Of kidney maladies, as dropsy
diabetes. Bright's Disease, in which albu
men, or the element of our food which CORE
'ponls with the white of an egg, is carrie,
If in the urine, causing Vmaciation am
Ultimately death. We all know how in
trictabe these diseases are; that hc-ntofOr
they have, in large per cent. Of cases, prove,
fatal. Medical science is very much at set
Is t" their management. What We desire
I remedy that will give tone to the kidneys
OGiIl up the blood, destroy its acrid char
tcter, and cure the various maladies from
which these organs suffer. our attention
ms been recently called by several physi
'ians to Hunts Remedy. a kidney medicin,
used by them in their practice. 1t seems t.
he one of the very few combinations out o
tn multitude tina has any decided value, OF
that is calculated to benefit the ailments foi
which it is designed. 1t is an active diuretic
"Aci,ihg the secrctoIs of the kidneys t
more intense action. md thus cleansing tn,
'lo"! of impurities. 1t seems to act promptly
n those forms of dropsy which depend
Aprn kidney troubles, and will rapidly drain
rut the water from the limbs and abdomen
IN diabetes ii is said to lessen the amount
If sugar. to increase tn, appetite, and ,ther
wise benefit The patient. - New Y0' Medi
~ rad 'SurgjcR Joarnut