Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-23
Disease of the Kidneys.

The frequency and fatality of diseases
of the Kidneys give an especial interest to
the study and investigation of them, and
elevate any discovery as to their essential
natures or the means of curing them to a
very important place in the art and sci
ence of medicine. When the fact is re-
called that the Kidneys are the great
ScaYengers of the human bOdy-their office
is to remove from the blood any and all
impurities which may exist in it, if
this office be entirely shut up, life cannot
be long maintained. The products of
used-up and wOrnOut principles of the hui
man body, retained in the blood, so poison
the nervous system that it's functions or
duties will be arrested. the brain will
cease to take cOgniZance of surrounding
persons and objects, consciousness
will be Obliterated, the vital knot will be-
come cOngested, the heart and lungs will
cease to perform their part in the phe-
nOmena of life-they stop. Ere this, how
ever, the most terrible form of all human
suffering is apt to take place, and gives All
additional horror to the hour of death. II
the offices of the Kidneys be so essential to
life, that it 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 de
rangement of health. The urine is the
depurating secretion eliminated from the
blood by the Kidneys-the channel by
which mOrbific 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 it is necessary to pre-
serve a healthy condition of the kidneys.
This, of course, is attained by temperance
i'm all the relations of life. diet, clothing
exercise, and residence. But disease and
suffering are inescapabie. They seem to
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 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 COM
fort, and attain green old age.
When we recall the offices of the Kid
neys-that of removing the WOrn-Out It's
sue elements from the bloOd-it is easy to
understand how they may become dis
eased, Acrid and acid conditions of the
blood are very liable to be attended with
Kidney disorders. These sources of irri-
tatiOn may lead tOYariOus forms of Kidney
maladies, as DrOpsy, Diabetes, Bright's
Disease, in which albumen, or the element
of our food which corresponds with the
white of an egg, is carried off i'm the urine,
We all know how intraetable 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 tone to the Kid
neys. build UP the blood, destroy its acrid
character, and cure the various maladies
from which these organs suffer. Our at
tentiOn has been recently called by several
physicians to Hunts Remedy, a Kidney
medicine used by them in their practice.
1t seems to be one Of the very few combi-
nations out of the multitude that has any
decided value, or that is calculated to
benefit the ailments for which it is de-
signed. 1t is an active diuretic. exciting
the secretiOns of the Kidneys to more In
tense action, and thus cleansing the blood
of impurities. 1t seems to act promptly
in those forms of drOpsy which depend
upon Kidney troubles, and viii rapidly
drain out the water from the limbs and
abdomen. In Diabetes it is said to lessen
the amount of sugar, to increase the APP
petite. and otherwise benefit the patient.
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