St. Landry democrat., 1886-11-06
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of an Important
Organ, of Which the Public Knows Bat
Little-Worthy Careful Consideration.

. To he Editor of the Scientific 4Axae,Iean:
VIII you permit as 10 MAKE k,ovn TO the pssb-
| he the Jdcts sre hare learned during Me past 8
gears concerning disorders Of thc human Kid
| neys' and the organs aohich diseased Kidnegs 50
easily break do,rof You are conducting q Sea-
e"tifc paper, ami are wnprsi,sdiesd exceDt in
Jdror Of Truth. II IS needless 10 say no med
icd2 Jouruai of "Coclr'' Standi,.g ,rould admit
these facts, for rrIg ob,jous ,etsonx.
IT. II. WARNER d CO.,
| IrobrisforS Of " W4rusr'S SAFE Carer
| 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-
tore us, and examine it for the public BEN
! eft.
| Yon will imagine that we have before us
body shaped like 4 bean, smooth and
! glistening, about four inches in length, two
| in width. and in thickness. 1t ordi-
narily weighs in thu adult male, about five
ounces bur is somewhat lighter in the fe
| male small organ? you say. But I'M
derstand, the body of the average size man
contains about ten quarts Of Hood, Of rhich
ea~rg drop passes hromgt these Filters or se,cers,
as they may be called, many times day as
often as through the heart making a COM
plete revolution in three MINUTES. From the
III,
working away steadily night and day,
sleeping or waking. tiretess as the heart it
self, and fully of as much vital Importance;
| removing impurities from sixty five yalloas
o. blood zach tour, or about forty nine bar
rels each day, or 81 25 hogsheads yeari
What a wonder that the kidneys can last
any length of time under this prodigious
strain, treated and neglected as they arei
We slice this delicate organ open length
wise with our knife, and will roughly ds-
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
iN-speaking, a 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 ehere the disease Of tho
kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest If
regularity i'll 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
PoSO VA buC IuEEcut "a bkCOu iU VIC sLuaII
blood vessels surrounding tham, which be-
come blocked; these delicate membranes
are irritated; Inflammation is set up, then
pus is formed, which collects in the pelyis
or sac; the tubes are at first partially and
soon are totally, unable to do their work
The pelvic sac goes on disseuding with this
corruption, pressing upon the blood yes
Se.s All this time, remember, the blood, |
which is entering the kidneys to be FL
tered, is passing through this terrible disgust
f,1 fS,rs ka
Stop and think OF it for q moment. Do |
you realize the importance, nay the vital /,
necessity, of having the kidneys in order! |
Can you expect when they are diseased or |
obstructed, no matter how little that you |
can have pure blood and escape disease? It |
would be just as reasonable to expect, il a |
pest-house were set across Broadway and !
countless thousands were compelled to go |
through its pestiential 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 results Why, that the
blood takes up and deposits ihis poison as
1t 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 the body is weaker than
another, countless train of diseases is es-
tablished, such as consumption in weak
nervousness, insanity PARALYSIS
or heart disease in those who have weak
nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects OF the poi
son. as it requires pure Mood 70 keep it an rIahs
action. 1t increases its stroke in number
and force to compensate for the natural |
wanting, in its endeavor to crowd
the impure blood through this obstruction.
causing pain, Palpitation, or an out-of.
breath feeling. Unnatural as this forced
Ia hnr iS tho heart m fol
ing weaker and weaker until one day it
sMddeniy stops, and death from apparent
6 heart disease is the verdict.
But the medical profession, learned and
ing names, treat them alone, and patients
die, FOR the arteries are carrying sloo death to
the affected part, constantly adding fuel
brought from these snppurating. pus-laden
kidneys which here in our wash-bowi 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
adult takes about seven pounds Of nour-
shment every twentyfonr 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-
matter
But you say: NV kidneys are all right.
have no pain in the back" Mistaken
man! People die Of kidney disease OF so
bad a character that the organs are rotten,
md yet they have asrer there had q pain nor
IN drhei
Why! Because the disease begSs, as we
nave shown, in the interior of the kidney,
where there IRE fs,e ns:7es Of feelisy To convey
he sensation of pain. Why this is SO we
nay never know.
When you consider their great work, the
ielicacy of their structure, the ease with
which they are derauged can you wonder
It the ill-health of our men and womens
Health and long life can not be expected
when SO vital an organ is impaired. No
sonder some writer's say we are degener-
,tinu DON'T Won see the sraat tile az. !