The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-03-05
THE ANCIENT GREEKS.
THEIR BELIEF CONCERNING THE
SEAT OF LOVE AND PASSION.
The Liver Regarded as the Favored Organ
How Could it b. 81 2 Rec mt Facts
Partly Confirm This Belief

The ancient Greeks thought the
seat Of love and passion was in the
liver, and in great measure their opin-
ion was not far astray. The lover
whose liver is off, or the husband who
is billions, Is not half man-his slug
gish liver has filed his blood with
bile.
OF all the mean contemplate 'coun-
tertits in the world, red blood full of
bile is the wprst--the very worst
We have about 10 quarts OF this
fluid in the average sized man. IL is
constantly undergoing change and is
manufactured from the food we daily
consume by chemical process nature
has. She selects only that portion
,ohich, after digestion is found to be
proper, and takes it up by tube call
ed the thoracic duct, emptying il into
the large vein near the left collar
bone, from which il is at once carried
to the kidneys 10 be strained Of all
Me deieterious matter which was left
by the bowels.
II The kidneys are in healthy condi-
tion the blood ia in an absolutely pure
state, contains all the elements for re.
pairing waste, returns at once TO the
heart and is thrown by that organ to
every part Of the living body to give
up its nourishment and take up all the
worn-out material.
Contrary to general belief the iiyer
IS not a blood purifying organ; its
20 nulx tnr A
aud it secretes daily many pounds OF
bile, some being used in digestion and
nutrition, and the balance as a cathar
tic.
Now, after being housed up all win
ter, with meat largely composing the
diet for the purpose of producing heat
the liver increases one third of its
supply of bile, and in the spring,
nature not having use for the excess,
it is thrown into the blood, carried to
the skin (for it must be got rid OF in
some way) and causes that condition
kao,on as bilious" when the person is
dull, lethargic, restless, well to-day and
half sick tomorrow; because the blood
IS loaded with this substance, which is
just as foreign to it as SO much dirt or
corruption, and poisons the entire
body, making your blood impure.
You know there Is something out OF
gear and the natural impulse is to take
caihartics,-bu drastic cathartics do
not remove the cause-they make
matters worse
You ak, w'y7 Because, my friend
the liver is sluggish, lelhargic organ
that cannot be relieved of any ailment
except by medicine which acts upon it
10 quiet steady manner, producing
permanent effects, and assisting, not
goading its normal action. THE kid
neys do the purifying. Always rem
ember toa,l No other organ in the
boly can take their place in this re-
spec,, aud they attend to oUer 5000
hogsheads of blood in year! Think
of it and wonder that they are able to
do so large an amount of work!
A healthy kidney to purify, and a
healthy liver, emptyiDg Its poison into
the bo,oels and not into the blood, are
the true and only givers of pure blood.
The interior of the kidneys have fe,o
nerces Of sensation, and stone can
be, and often is present without any
indication until it reaches the first out
let, which is supplied with nerves that
soou sound the alarm.
Do you see the moral of this? A
healthy liver aud kidney is all there is
TO this question of pure blood. Keep
them in order. Don't wait un til you
find they are diseased, for then it may
be to late. Do this and you are bound
to hare pure blood. Warmers safe
cure has direct action upon both the
kidneys and liver, and has become a
recognized agent for its hea.th-preserv-
ing and blood-purifying properties, and
as such is used by many physicians.
A few bottles will positively prevent
disease, and we are certain that dis
ease of either organ is prevented by
its use, if taken in time.
The spring approaches, and nature
needs help. Take it and save sickness
and doctors bills Don't let any sea-
son 60 by without its use, or you may
regret it forever.