Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1886-12-04
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.
REGARDING THE FUNCTIONS OF
AN IMPORTANT ORGAN.

REGARDING THE FUNCTIONS OF
AN IMPORTANT ORGAN.
Of Which the Public Knows But Little,
Worthy Careful Consideration
TO the EditorQfthe Scientific Ameriaan:
WWyou permit as to make k1aO,Cn to
The public the facts aCe haze learned dtsr-
ing the past s gears, concerning diSord-
erS ofthe human Kidneys and the or
CANS qOhich diseased Kidneys so easily
break doom? You are conducting a
Scientific paper, and are appropriated
Except inf aUor ofTRUTH. Ris needless
to sag, no medical journal of "Code"
standing acould admit these facts, for
very ObuionS reasons.
III. III. WARMER g. CO.,
Proprietors Of" Warmers Safe Cure"
That we may emphasize and clear
ly explain the relation the kidneys
sustain to the general health, and
much is dependent upon them, we
propose, metaphorically speaking, to
take one from the human body, place
in the wash-bowl before us, and ex-
anime it for the public benefit.
! You will imagine that we have be-
fore us a body shaped like bean,
smooth and glistening, about four
inches in length, two in width, and
one in thickness. 1t ordinarily weighs
in the adult male, about five ounces,
but is somewhat lighter in the female.
A small organ? you say. But under
stand, the body of the average man
contains about ten quarts Of blood, o.
ohich every drop passes through these
filters or Se,cers, as they may be called,
many times a day, as often as through
the heart, making complete revolu-
ton in three minutes. From the blood
they separate the waste material
working away steadily night and
day, sleeping or waking, tireless as
the heart itself, and fully of as much
vital Importance removing impuri'
ties from sixty-five gallons of blood
each hour, or about forty-nine barrels
each day, or 9,l25 hogshead a year
What wonder that the kidneys car
last any length of time under thi:
prodigious strain, treated and neglect
ed as they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
lengthwise with our knife, and viii
roughly describe its interior.
We find it to be of reddish-browr
color, soft and easily torn; filled with
hundreds of little tubes, short ant
thread-like, starting from the arterie'
ending in little tuft about midway
from the outside opening into cavity
of considerable size, which is called
the pelvis, roughly speaking, sac
which is for the purpose of holding
the water to further underg6puritica
ton before it passes down from here
into the ureters, and so on to the out
side of the body. These little tube
are filters which do their work auto
matically, and right hereis phere tn
disease ofMe kidney.fra begins.
Doing the vast amount of worl
which they are obliged to, from thu
slightest irregularity in our habits
from cold, from high living, from
stimulants or "a thousand and on,
other causes which occur every day
they become somewhat weakened il
their nerve force.
What is the result? Congestion o
: stoppage of the current of blood il
the small blood vessels surrounding
them, which become blocked; thes
: delicate membranes are irritated {; in
J fiamation is set up, then pus is form
ed, which collects in the pelvis orsac
: the tubes are at first partially, ant
| soon are totally, unable to do thei
} work. The pelvic sad goes on dis
) tending with this corruption, pressing
upon the blood vessels. All this tim
| remember, the blood, which is enter
J ing the kidneys to be filtered, is pas
r ing through this terrible, disgusting puS
5 for it cannot take any other route!
Stop and think of it for a moment
A DO you realize the importance, ma.
= the vital necessity, ofhaving the kid
< neys in order? Can you expect whe
they are diseased or INSTRUCTED, n
. matter how little, that you can hav
, pure blood and escape disease?