The Central Nevadan. [volume] (Battle Mountain, Nev.) 1885-1907, 1886-12-30

Regarding the Functions oe
an Important Organ. 4


To ass Editor ofths Scientific AmsrJcan,
WsH you permit W 10 make knoWn 10
Tie public he fdcts ~ have learned
during the pdst 3 years, concerning
disordsrs Of TIE kupsan kidneys and
the organs s0hick diseased kidners %
edsily break down. Yo9 are conducting
scientific paper and ore unprejudiced
eacept IN favor Of TRurn. Il i useless
to say no medical Journal Of "Code"
standing would admit Mess 1acts tos
very obvious reasons.
II. II. WARNER d CO.,
hoprietors Of "Warner's Safe Cur" 1"
That We may smphasise and clearly
explain the relation tie kidneys sus-
tain to the general health, and how
much is dependent upon them, we
propose, metsphorically speaking, to
take one from the human body, place
In the wash bowl before Us, and on.
anime 1t for the public benefit.
You will imagine that we have b.
fore a. body shaped like . bean,
smooth and glistsning. about four
inches In length, two In width and
one in thickness. II ordinarily weighs
In the adult male about Ave ounces,
but is somewhat lighter In the female.
A small organ? you say. But under
stand, the body of the average sire
man contains about I'm quarts st
tlood, Of which svery drep passss
through thsx filters or ss,osvs, as they
may be called, many times day,
rs often as the heart, making . com.
plete revolution in three minxses.
From the blood they separate the
waste material, working away steadily
night and day, sleeping or waking,
tirelese ~ the heart itself, and fully
Of ~ much importance; removing
impurities from sixty-fve gallons e1
blood each hour, q about forty nine
barrels each day, or 0,l26 hogs
heads = year! What . wonder that
the kidneys can last any length ol
time under this prodigious strain,
treated and neglected ~ they arsf
We slice this delicate organ open
lengthwise with our knife and viii
roughly describe its interior:
We find II to be of . 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 outside OPEN
ing Of Q cavity OF considerable size,
which is called the pclvis. -, roughly
speaking, Q sac, which 10 for the
purpose OF holding the water 70
further undergo publication before il
passes down from here into the
urcters, and 10 on 70 the outside a
tho body. These little tubes ara
the filters which do their work auto
matically, and right here 4 Where u
diseos< Of the kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amount Of wors
which they are obliged 70, from the
slightest irregulsri&y In 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 OF
stoppage OF the current of blood In
the small blood vessels surrounding
them, which become blocked; these
delicate membranes arc irritated ;
Inflammation u set up, than pus ID
formed, which collects in the pelvis o.
sac; the tubes are Ut first partially,
and soon ase totally, unable 10 do
their work. The pelvic sac GOES on
distending with this corruption, pres-
sing upon the blood vessels. All
this time, remember. the blood.
which is entering the kidneys to Be
filtered. 10 pacing through tbs terrible.
disgusting pus, fW Il cannot take any
other route!
Stsp aad think Of u for . mo
ment. Do you realise the importance,
nay the vital necessity, Of having the
kidneys in orderf Can you expect
when they are diseased or obstructed,
no matter how little, that you can
have pure blood snd escape d(sessst
Il would be just - reasonable to ex'
pect, II Q pest. house were set across
Broadway and countless Thousands
were compelled to 60 through ita
pestilontial doors. and escape from
contagion and disease, as for ono
to expect the blood to escape pollution
when constantly running through Z
diseased kidney.
Now, what is the RESULT Why,
that the blood takes up and deposits
this poison - Il sweeps along into
every organ, into every inch Of muscle,
tissue, flesh and hone. from youl
head: to your teet. And wheneves
from hereditary influence or othewiss!
some part Of the body 10 weake;
than another, q countless train Of dis
cases II established, such - COD
sumption In weak lungs, dyspepsia.
whore there 10 . delicate stomach
nervousness, insanity, paralysis o
heart disease In those Who have veal
nerves.
The heart must soon feel ths efects q
tks poison, a. Il rsquirss pure blood d
Keep Il in right action. It incroases its
stroke In number and force to com
pensate for the natural stimulus want
Ing. in its endeavor to crowd the
impure blood through this obstruc'
ton, causing pain, pAlpitat!on, or On
out-of-brsath feeling. Unnatural a
this forcad labor 10, the heart mus.
-AakAs an1