Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-02-20

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 science of medicine. When the fact
is recalled that the Kidneys 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. ii
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 its functions or
duties VIII be arrested, the brain Will
cease to take cognixance 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
over, the most terrible form of all human
suffering is apt to take place, and gives an
addltiohaI hoyror to the hour of death. If
tne oHlces OF the h1dnays be so essential to
life, that il must cease soon after thevs
cease to act, the conclusion is inescapabie
that any deviation from the performance
of these offices must be attended with de-
rangement of health. The urine is the de-
purating secretion eliminated from the
blood by the Kidneys-the channel by
which mOrblfic agents are carried cut of
the general circulation. and ttn
blood preserved in healthy quan1ftv
and quality. If it fails to do this.
disease follows as necessary seouence
To preserve health it is necessary to pre-
serve healthy condition of the kidners
This, of course, is attained hy temperance
i'll all the relations of life, diet, clothing.
exercise, and residence. But disease and
suffering are inesCapable. They seem fo
De a part OF the curse put upon man as the
fruits of his disObedience. While sin has
brought it's punishments. man still has
the consolation that God has placed with
in his reach balm for every III. and that.
Dy improving the opportunities thus given
he may be relieved of his suffering. i've ip,
the enjoyment of comparative Comfort.
and attain a green old age.
When we recall the offices of the Kid~
neys-that Of removing the WORKOUT tia
sue elements from the blood-it is easy 10
understand how they may become dis
eased, Acrid and acid conditions Of the
DIoOa are very liable TO be attended with
Kidney disorders, These sources of irri.
tatlon may lead to various forms of Kid-,hv-
maladles, as Dropsy, Diabetes, B,iphtss
Disease, In which albumen, or the element
OF our FOOD which corresponds with the
WElte Ofan egg, is carried off In the urine
causing emaciatiOn and Ultimately death.
we all know how intraetable these dis
eases are; that heretofore they have. in q
large per cent. of' cases, proved fatal
Medical science is very much at sea as
70 thelr management. What we desire
Is Is. remedy that will give tone to the
Kidneys, build up the blood, destroy its
acfId character, and cure the various
tnaiadles from which these organs suffer
our attention has been recently called by
seVeral physicians to Hunts Remedy. a
hlaney medicine used by them in their
practice. 1t seems to be one of the very
few combinations out Of the multitude
that has any decided value, or that is CAL
culated to benefit the ailments for which
IT is designed. 1t is an active dfuretic.
exciting the secretisns of the Kidneys to
more intense action, and thus cleansing
the blood of impurities. Is seems to act
promptly iR those forms of dropsy which
depend apon kidney troubles, and will
raplddy drain out the water from the limbs.
ana abdomen. In Diabetes it Is said to
lessen the amount of sugar, to increase
the appetite, and otherwise benefit the
York Medical and Surgical
Journal.