Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1886-10-28
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH

Regarding the Functions OF IN Important
! Organ. Of Which the Public Knows But
Little-Worthy Careful Consideration.
10 TIE Editor Of the Scientific american:
VIII yox PER- rs to make knoen to the pub
lie the facts srs re learned during tie past
years, concerning disorders Of The human Kid.
neys and the organs xhieh diseased Kidneys 80
/ easily break dosnf You are conducting Sci
/ entiac paper, aud are uapyeadiced Except in
| (auor Of TRUTH. II Is aeedless to say, no med
icdl Journal Of "Code' standing eoxid admit
these faets, for very obrio,ss reasons.
H. H. WARNER d CO.,
Proprietors Of" Warner's Safe Cure"
That We may emphasize and clearly OK
plain the relation the kidneys sustain to
the general health and how much is de-
pendent upon them, we propose, meta
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 . bean, smooth and
glistentng, about four inches in length, two
in width, and one in thickness. 1t ordi-
narily weighs in the adult male, about five
ounces, but il somewhat lighter in the fe-
male. A small organs you say. But un-
derstand, the body of the average size man
contains about ten quarts Of Mood, Of which
eerv drop passes through these filters or seDers,
often as through the heart making q 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, and fully off much vital Importance;
removing impurities from sixty five gallons
Of blood each hour, or about forty-nine bar
rels each day, or 9, 125 hogsheads year!
What . wonder that the kidneys can last
any length Of time under this prodigious
strain, treated and neglected as they arel
We slice this delicate organ open length
scribe its interior.
We find it to be of Q reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; flied with
hundreds of little tubes, short and thread
like, starting from the arteries, ending in
a little tuft about midway from the out
size which is called the pelvis, or, rough
ly-speaking, sac which is for the purpose
of holding the water to further undergo
publication before it passes down from
here into the ureters. and SO on to the out
side Of the body. These little, tubes are
the filters, which do their work automat-
ically, and right here is cltere the disease Of tho
kidney first begins
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest If
regularity in our habits, from cold, from
high living, from stimulants or q thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is the resultl Congestion or stop
page Of the current Of blood in the small
blood vessels surrounding than, which be-
como blocked; these delicate membranes
are irritated; Inflammation is set up, then
pus is formed, which collects in the pelvis
or sac; the tubes are at first partially, and
soon are totally, unable to do their work.
The pelvic sac goes on distending with this
corruption, pressing upon tho blood YES
sells. All this time, remember, the blood.
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 a moment. Do
you realize the importance, nay the vital
necessity, of having the kidneys in orderi
Can you expect when they are diseased or
obstructed, no matter how little, that you
can have pure blood and escape diseased It
would be just as reasonable to expect, if q
pesthouse were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to 10
through its pestilential doors, an escape
from contagiOn and disease, as for one to
expect the blood to escape pollution when
kidney.
Now, what is the RESULT Why, that the
blood takes up and deposits this poison as
it sweeps along into every organ, into ev-
cry inch OF muscle, tissue. desh and bono,
from your head to your feet. And whom
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 q delicate
stomach; nervousness, insanity. paralysis
or heart disease in those who have weak
nerves.
The heart must soon feel tie effects of the poi-
son, as it requires pure blood 10 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,
breath feeling Unnatural as this forced
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.
dignified, call these diseases by high-sound.
ing names, treat them alone, and patients
die, for the arteries are carrying slo,0 death to
the affected part, constantly adding fuel
brought from these suppurating. pus-!aden
kidneys which here in our wash-bowl are
have been cured first.
But this is not all the Kidneys have to
do; for you must remember that each
adult takes about seven pounds Of nour-
ishment every twenty-four hours to supply
the waste of the body which is constantly
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
I have no pain in the back" Mistaken
mani People die of kidney disease Of SO
and yet they have serer there had a pain nor
an dchI
Why! Because tho disease begins, as We
have shown, in fhs interior of the kidney,
where there are te0 nerves 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 the structure, the ease with
which they arc deranged, can you wonder
1T the ilEhealth Of our men and women!
Health and long life can not be expected
when 50 vital an organ is impaired. No
ating. Don't you SEQ the great the ex-
treme importance Of keeping this machin-
cry In working orderl Could the finest
engine do even . fractional part of this
work, without attention from the engi-
nserf Don't you see how dangerous this
hidden disease isl It is lurking about rs
constantly, without giving any indication
Of Its presence.
The most skillful physicians can not de-
tect it at times for The kidneys asemsoycs can
nst 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 |
cases, even when the kidneys are fairly |
broken down.
Then look out for them, a. disease, no
matter where situated, to 90 per cent, a.
shown by after-death examinations has
its origin in the breaking down Of these |
secreting tubes in the interior Of the kid |
ney.
life free from sickness and suffering, give |
these organs some attention. Keep them |
In good condition and thus prevent (as il |
Easily done) all disease
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