Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-01-22
MISCELLANEOUS.
Disease of the Kidneys.

The frequency and fatality of diseases Of the Kid
neys give an especial interest to the study and in.
vestgaton Of them and elevate any discovery as to
their essential natures or the means OF curing them
to very important place in the art and science of
medicine. When the fact is recalled that the Kid
neys are the great scavengers OF the human body
their office is to remove from the blood any and all
Impurities which may exist in it-that, 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, poison
the system that its functions duties VIII
be arrested, the brain will cease to take cognizance
of surrounding persons and objects, consciousness
will be obliterated, the vital knot will become con-
gested, the heart and lungs will cease to perform
their part in the phenomena OF life-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 essential to life that it must cease
after they cease to act the conclusion ines
capable that any deviation from the performance of
these offices must be attended with derang ement of
health. The urine is the depurating secretion elm.
mated from the bloodby the Kidneys-the channel
by " hch the morblfc agents carried out of the
general circulation, and the bood preserved in
healthy quantity aud 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 is attained by tenn
pe-ance in all the relations OF life, diet, clothing,
exercise and residence But disease and suffering
are inescapshle. They 10 be part of the curse
put upon man as the fruits of his disobedience.
While sin has brought its punishments man still
has the consolation that God has placed within his
reach a balm for every ill., 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-itis 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, as Dropsy, Diabetes, Bright's
Disease, in which albumen, of the element of our
food which corresponds with the white of egg, is
carried of in the urine, causing emacietion and
ultimately death. We all know how intractable
these diseases are that heretofore they have in
large per cent Of cases. proved fatal Medical science
IS very much at sea as TO their management. What
we desire is remedy that Will give tone to the
Kidneys, build up the blood, destroy its acrid
character, and the various maladies from which
these organs suffer Our attention has been re-
Gently called by several physicians to Hunts
Remedy, Kidney medicine used by them in their
practice 1t seems to be one of the very few CON-
bnatons 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 diuretic
exciting the secretlons OF the Kidneys to more
intense action and thus cleansing the blood of i'm
purities. 1t seems to act promptly il those forms
of -Dropsy 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 patient York Medical
and Surgical Journal. n6-1yMWF&w1y