Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1886-11-25
II. n. WARNER 6 CO.,
ProprietorS Of "IVUWet'S Safe Cure

II. II. WARNER ee CO.,
/ ProprietorS Of "IVdWet'S Safe Ciue."
That we may emphasize and clearly ex-
/ plain the relation the kidneys sustain to
the general heath, 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
benefit.
You will imagine that we have before
US a body shaped like bean, smooth and
| glistening, about four inches in length
two in width and one in thickness, 1t or
dinarily weighs in the adult male, about
five ounces, but is somewhat ghter in
the female. A small organ? YOU say.
But understand the body of the average
size man contains ten quarts IF blood, Of
lchich euery drop passes through these filters
or selcers, as they may be called mdHy
times Il day as often as through the heart,
making a complete revolution In three nltR-
ateS. From the blood they separate the
waste material, working away steadily
night and day, sleeping or waking, tire
less as the heart itself, ana fully of as
much vital importance removing impuri-
ties from sixtytive gallons Of blood each
hour, or about forty nine barrels of blood
each day, or 9,125 hogshead a year! What
a wonder that the kidneys can last any
length of time under this prodigious
strain, treated and neglected as they
ares
/ We slice this delicate organ open length
wise with our knife and will roughly de-
scribe its interior.
We find it to be of a reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; filed 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 pur-
pose of holding the water TO further
undergo publication before il passes
down from here into the ureters, and so
on to the outside of the body. These lit
tie tubes are the filters which do their
work automatically, and right here IS chere
the disease Of the kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest
irregularity in our habits, from cold,
from high living, from stimulants or
thousand AID one other causes which oc-
cur every day, they become somewhat
weakened in their nerve force
What is the result? Congestion or
stoppage of the current of blood in the
small blood vessels surrounding them,
which become blocked; these delicate
membranes are irritated inflammation is
set up, then pus is formed, which col
lects in the pelvis or sac; the tubes are
at first partially, and soon are totally TN
able TO do their work. The pelvic sac
goes on distending with this corruption,
pressing upon the blood vessels. All this
time, remember, the blood, which is en-
tering the kidneys to be filtered, is pass
ing through this te1'j diSguStiNg pus, for
it cannot take any cYher route
Stop and think of it for moment Do
You realize the importance, nay the vital
necessity, of having the kidneys in orderg
Can you expect when they are diseased or
obstructed, no matter how little, that you
can have pure blood and escape diSe0sef II
! would be Just as reasonable to expect, If
| a 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 a diseased kidney.
Now, what is the result? Why, that the
blood takes up and deposits that poison
rs 1t sweeps along into every organ, into
every inch of muscle, tissue, flesh and
bone, from your head to your feet. And
whenever, from hereditary influence or
! otherwise, some part of the body is weak
er than another, a countless train of DIS
eases is established, such as consumption
in weak lungs, dyspepsia, where there is
a delicate stomach; nervousness, insani-
| ty, paralysis or heart disease in those who
have weak nerves.
The heart mlt3t soon feet the effects Of the
! poison, as il require, DttTe blood 10 kcep IL
| Ia right action Ii 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, pal pitation, or
an out-of breath feeling. Unnatural as
/ this forced labor is, the heart must soon
! falter, becoming weaker and weaker until
/ one day IT suddenly stops, and death from
! apparent "heart disease" is the verdict
| But the medical profession learned and
! dignihed, call these Diseases by high
sounding names. treat them alone, and
1 patients die, fOrhe arteries cEe carrying
Siot0 deaM 10 The aGected part, constantly
adding fuel brought from their suppurat-
/ ing pGN-ldutu hluHt1S HbAtlt ltlt III our
wash-bowl are very putrefaotion itself,
and which should have been cured at
/ first.
1 But this is not all the kidneys have to
/ do: for you must remember that each
adui, takes about seven pounds of nour-
| ishment every twenty four hours to sup
/ ply the waste of the body which is con
stantly going on, waste equal to the
| quantity taken. This, too, the kidneys
1 have to separate from the blood with all
I other decomposIng matter.
Bat you say, my kidneys are all right
l have no pain in the back Mi7a'Feu
man! People die of kidney disease If 80
/ bad a character that the organs are rotten
/ and yet they have nerer there had pam
nor az ache.
/ Whyg Because the disease begins, as
we have shown, in the interior Of the kid
1 ney, where there are fctc aerres of Jeeling
/ to convey the sensation Of pain. Why
( this is so we may never know.
7 When you consider their great work,
4 the delicacy of their structure. the case
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