Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-24
MISCELLANEOUS.
Disease of the Kidneys.

The frequency and fatality of diseases of the Kid
neys give especial interest to the study and in.
vestigaton Of them, and elevate any discovery to
their essential natures, the means Of curing them
medicine. When the fact is recalled that the Kid
neys are the great scayengers OF the human boiy-
their office is TO remove from the blood any and all
impurities which may exist in t-tbat, If 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, so poison
the nervous system that its functions duties VIII
be arrested the brain will TO take cOguzlnce
of surrounding persons aud objects Consciousness
will be obliter7ted the vital kHoa will become con-
gested, the heart and lungs will cease TO perform
their part in the phenomena of lfe-they stop. Ere
this however, the most terrible form Of all human
suffering is apt to take place and gives additional
horror to the hour OF death II the offices of the
Kidneys be so essential to life, that it must cease
after they cease to act, the conclusion Is ines
capable that any deviation from the performance of
these Offices must be attended with derane smC mt of
hei th. The urine is the depuraing secretion elinl
mated from the blood by the hjdneys-the channel
by hich the morbIi agents carried ont of the
general circulation, and the b'ood preserved in
healthy quantity and quality. II it fails to do this
disease follows as necessary sequence. To preserve
health it is necessary to preserve healthy condition
of the Kidneys This, of course s attained by tenn
peance in all the relations life, diet, clothing,
exercise and sidence. But disease and suffering
are nescapable They seem 10 be par5 of the curse
put upon man as the fruits of his disObedience.
has the consolation that God has placed within his
reach balm for every i'll, and that, by improving
the opportunities thus given, he may be relieved of
his suffering, live in the enjoyment of comparative
comfort, and attain green old age.
When we recall the Offices OF the Ridneys-that of
removing the Worn. out tissue elements from the
blood-t is easy to understand how they may become
diseased Acrid and acid conditions of the blood
very liable to be attended with Kidney disorders
These sources of irritation may lead various forms
Of Kidney maladies, az Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's
Disease, in which albumen, of the element of our
food which corresponds with the white Of egg, is
carried off in the urine, causing emaciation and
ultimately death. We all know how intractable
these diseases that heretofore they have, in
large per cent Gf cases. proved fatal Medical science
is very much at sea TO their management. What
desire is a remedy that VIII give tone to the
Kidneys, build up the blood, destroy its acrid
character, and cure the varJ malades from which
these ORGANS suffer Our attention has been re-
Gently called by several physicians to Hunts
practice. 1t Seems to be Of the very few COM
binstions out of the multitude that has any decided
value or that is calculated TO benefit the ailments
for which it is designed. 1t is an active duretic,
exciting the secretons Of the Kidneys TO more
intense Gcton, and thus cleansing the blood of i'm
purities. 1t seems to acs promptly ia those forms
Of Dropsv which depend upon Kidney troubles, and
will rapidly drain out the water from the limbs and
abdomen. In Diabetes it is said to lessen the
amount of sugar, to increase the appetite, and
otherwise benefit the pltient.-[New York Medical
and Surgical Journal. nG1yMWF&01y