The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1886-11-10
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of AN 1mportan>
Organ. of Which the Public Knows But
Little-Worthy Careful Confederation.


VII yo, permit as to make kmoson to the psb-
lie the facts scc hare learned during the past
gears, concerning disorders Of the human KID
easily break do,cnf You are conducting Sci
entiac paper, and Gre unpreiudieed except in
favor Of TRUTH. 1t is needless to say, no med
zeal Journal Of "Code'' standing could admit
these facts, for Gerry Obvious reasons.
IT. III WARNER d. CO.,
Proprietors Of "ITdrner's Safe Cure"
That we may emphasize and clearly ex.
plain the relation the kidneys sustain to
the general health, and how much is de-
pendent upon them, We propose, meta
phorically speaking, to take one from the
human body, place in the wash-bowl be-
fore us, and examine it for the public BEN
eft.
You will imagine that we have before us
body shaped like q bean, smooth and
glistening about four inches in length, two
in width, and one in thickness. 1t ordl-
narily weighs in the adult male about hve
ounces but is somewhat lighter in the fe-
male. A small organ! you say. But I'M
derstand, the body of the average size man
contains about ten quarts Of blood, Of whtch
as they may be called, many times day, as
often as through the heart, making COM
plete revolution in three minutes. From the
blood they separate the waste material,
working away steadily night and day,
sleeping or waking, tireless as the heart it,
SELF ami fully of as much vital importance;
removing impurities from sixty-tive gallons
Of blood each hour, or about forty-nine bar
rels each day, or 1925 hogsheads year!
What wonder that the kidneys can last
any length of time under this prodisious
strain, treated and neglected as they area
We slice this delicate organ open length
wise with our knife, aud will roughly de-
scribe its interior.
We find it to be of a reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; filled with
hundreds of little tubes. short and thread
like, starting from the arteries, ending in
little tuft about midway from the out
side opening into cavity of considerable
size. which is called the pelvis, or, rough
ly-speaking, a sac, which is for the purpose
of holding the water to further undergo
publication before it passes down from
side Of the body. These little tubes ara
the filters which do their work automat-
ically, and right here is ,o'ere the disease Of the
kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to- from the slightest IT.
regularity in our habits, from cold, from
high living, from stimulants or thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is the RESULT Congestion or stop
page, of the, current OF blood in the small
blood vessels surrounding them, which be-
come blocked; these delicate membranes
are irritated; inflammation is sat up, then
pus is formed which collects in the pelvis
or sac; the tubes ara at first partially, and
soon are totally, unable to do their work.
The pelvic sac goes on distending with this
corruption, pressing upon the blood YES
which is entering the kidneys to be fl
tered is passing through this terrible disgust
ing pas, for it can not take any other route !
Stop and think of it for moment. Do
you realize the Importance, nay the vital
necessity, of having the kidneys in orderl
Can you expect when they are diseased or
INSTRUCTED, no matter how little, that you
| can have pure blood and escape disedscf 1t
would be just as reasonable to expect, If q
pest-house were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to go
through its pestilential doors, an escape
from contagion and disease, as for one to
expect the blood to escape pollution when
constantly running through diseased
kidney.
Now, what is the resuIts Why, that the
hood takes up and deposits this poison as
it sweeps along into every organ, into ev-
cry inch of muscle, tissue. flesh and bone,
| from your head to your feet. And when
ever from hereditary influence or other
| wise, some part of tho body is weaker than
another, countless train of diseases is es-
| tablished, such as consumption in weak
lungs dyspepsia, where there is delicate
stomach: nervousness, insanity, paralysis
| or heart disease in those who have weak
| nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects of the poi
son. as ii requires pure blood to keep it in right
action. 1t increases its stroke in number
| and force to compensate for the natural
stimulus wanting, in its endeavor to crowd
the impure blood through this obstruction,
! causing pain, palpitation, or an out-of.
| labor is, the heart must soon falter, becom-
| ing weaker and weaker until one day it
| suddenly stops, and death from apparent
"heart disease" is the verdict.
! But the medical profession, learned and
dignitied, call these diseases by high-sound-
ing names, treat them alone, and patients
| die. for the arteries are carrying sloD death to
the affected part constantly adding fuel
| brought from these suppurating, pus-laden
kidneys which here in our wash-bowl are
very putrefaction itself, and which should
have been cured first.
But this is not all the kidneys have to
| do; for you must remember that each
duulL taheS apOub seVou pOunuS OIL nOuT-
| 1Shment every twenty-four hours to supply
the waste of the body which is constantly
going 'on, a waste equal to the quantity
taken in. This, too, the kidneys have to
| separate from the blood, with all other de-
composing matter.
But you say: MY kidneys are all right.
| have no pain in the back" Mistaken
man! People die of kidney disease of SO
bad character that the organs are rotten,
and yet they have neeer there had a pain nor
an ache!
Whya Because the disease begins, as we
have shown in the interior of the kidney,
where there are .tew ntrves Of feeling to convey
the sensation Of pain. Why this is SO we
| may never know.
When you consider their great work, the
| delicacy of their structure the ease with
which they are deranged, can you wonder
at the ill-health of our mon and women!
Health and long life can not be expected
when so vital an organ is impaired No
| wonder some writer's say we are degener-
ating. Don't you see the great tile ex.
IRENE Importance Of keeping this machin-
cry in working ordera Could the finest
| engine do even q fractional part of this
work, without attention from the engi-
neera Don't you see how dangerous this
hidden disease iss It is lurking about us
constantly, without giving any indication
| of it's presence.
The most skillful physicians can not de-
tect it at times for the kidneys Themselves caa,
not be examined by any means which we
have at our command. Even an analysis
of the water, chemically and microscopic.
| ally, reveals nothing definite in many
eases, even when the kidneys are fairly
| broken down.
| Then look out for them, as disease no
matter where situated, to 93 per cent, as
| cbCun hyy oftar-6oath tiouc h,
its origin in the breaking down of these
secreting tubes in the interior of the kid
| ney.
| As you value health, as you desire LONG