The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1886-10-28
SCIENTIFIC U

SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions Of an Important
Organ. Of Which h Public Knows But
Little-Worthy Careful Consideration.
To the Editor of the Scientific american:
VIII you permit W TO make knorn TO the pub
lie the facts zoe hare learned during the past 8
years, concerning disorders of the human KID
aeys and the organs schich disedsed Kidneys 20
easily break doscnf You are conducting a Sci
entUfe paper, and are usprJudfced except in
favor Of TRUTH. 1t Is needless to soy, no med
teal Journal Of "Code'' standing you'd admit
these facts, for very obrious reasons.
H. H. WARNER d CO.,
Proprietors Of "Warner's Safe Cure.n
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
f 1a%a US, I sna e1 DaIoi ii It for for n. ns' public benz
eft.
You will imagine that we nave before us
q body shaped like . bean, smooth and
in width, and one in thickness. 1t ordi-
narily weighs in the adult male, aboutfve
ounces, but is somewhat lighter in the fe-
male. A small organl you say. But UNI
derstand, the body of the average size man
COutdlno OOu tot XH0Vto VI OtOO&Y VI OfssS
ererp drop posses through these filters or se,Oers,
as they may be called, mdny times a day, as
often as through the heart making q COM
plete revolution in three minutes. From the
working away steadily night and day,
sleeping or waking, ~tireless as the heart it
self, and fully of much vital importance;
removing impurities from,sixty-ffve- gallons
Of Mood each hour, or a., about orty,nine par,
What a wonder that the kidneys can last
any length Of time under this p~rodigious
strain, treated and neglected as they are!
We slice this delicate organ open length
wise with our knife, and will roughly de-
We FIND it to be Of q reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; filed with
hundreds Of little tubes, short and thread
like, starting from the arteries, ending in
side opening into a cavity Of considerable
size. which is called the pelvis, or, rough
l~y-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 bqiy. These little tubes are
the filters, which do their work automat-
ically, and right here is ,rhere the disease Of tn
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest ir-
| regularity in our habits, from cold, from
high living, from stimulants or a thousand
l anu Ouo Juliet C6uS03 WulCu OCCuT 0tcTy
day, they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is the RESULT Congestion or stop
page of the current of blood in the SINAI
blood vessels surrounding than, which be-
come blocked; these delicate membranes
are irritated; Inflammation is sat 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 d~istending with this
| Cnrrrntinn nraScin0 nnnn the hIOnd vaR.
se!s- All this time, remember, the blood,
which is entering the kidneys to be FL
tered, is passing through this terrible, disgust
ing pus, for it can nottake any other route
Stop and think of it for q moment. Dc
you realize the Importance, nay the vita.
necessity, of having the kidneys il order
Can you expect when they are diseased oil
INSTRUCTED, no matter how little, that yor
can have pure blood and escape diseasef L
would be just as reasonable to expect, if {
pest-house were set across Broadway ant
countless thousands were compelled to &c
through its p~estilential doors, an escape
expect the blood to escape pollution wher
constantly running through a diseased
kidney.
Now, what is the result, Why, that tn,
blood takes up and deposits this poison a
cry inch Of muscle, tissue: flesh and bone
from four head to your feet. And when
ever, from hereditary. influence or other
wise, some part of tho body is weaker thar
another, a countless train OF diseases is es
tablished, such as consumption in veal
lungs, dyspepsia, where there Is q delicatI
stomach; nervousness, insanity. paralysi
or heart disease in those who have veal
nerves.
son, as it requires pure blood TO keep 1t IN RICH
action. 1t increases its stroke in numbel
and force to compensate for the natura
stimulus wanting, in its endeavor to GROVE
4 l. .--..,~ II--I AL-@r-l Ii
causing pain, palpitation, or an out-oi
breath feeling. Unnatural as this forcet
labor is, the heart must 500 falter, becom
ing weaker and weaker until one day i
suddenly. stops, and death from apparen
"heart disease is the verdict.
But the medical profession, learned ant
dignified, call these diseases by high-sound
ing names, treat them alone, and patient
die, for the arteries are carrying stoo death {
The affected part. constantly adding fue
kidneys which here in our wash-bowi ar
very putrefaction itself, and which shou!
have been cured first.
But this is not all the kidneys have t
do; for you must remember that eacl
adult takes about seven pounds Of noul
ishment every twenty-four hours to suppl,
the waste of the body which is CONSTANT,
going on, a waste equal to the quantit
separate from the blood, with all other dc
composing matter.
But you say: my kidneys are all right
/ have no pain in the back.n Mistake
mani People die of kidney disease of s
bad a character that the organs are rotter
and yet they have ,lerer there had a pain 40
an ache!
Why2 Because the disease begins, as W
nave shown, in the interior of the kidney
where sen thstf are e fec D, nsr's' % & Jse, thf. to o e on e
may never know.
When YOU consider their great work, th
delicacy of their structure. the ease wit
which they are deranged, can you wonde
at the illhealth of our men and women
Health and long life can not be expecte
when SO vital an organ is impaired. n
wonder some writers say we are degene
ating. Dom you see the great, the e,
l IRENE importance Of keeping this machii
cry in working ordera Could the fire.
, engine do even q fractional part of III
work, without attention from the eng
neer? Don't you see how dangerous tn
hidden disease is? 1t is lurking about ,
constantly, without giving any indicatio
The most skillful physicians can not d,
| tect it at times for The kidneys themselves ca
, not be Examined by any means which "
have at our command. Even an analys
! ally, reveals nothing definite in man
: cases, even when the kidneys are fairl
{ broken down.
Then look out for them. as disease, n
matter where situated, TO " per cent, {
l shown by after-death examinations, hi
its origin in the breaking down of the.
secreting tubes in the interior of the XII
r ney.
y As you value health, as you desire lon
) life free from sickness and suffering, Civ
, these organs some attention. Keep thel
in good condition and thus prevent las
easily done) all disease.
Warmers Safe Cure, as it becomes yes
| after year better known for its wonderfl
nTrroc and ifQ nnNar nUar the kidnavC his
done and is doing more to increase tt
average duration of life than all the phi,
sicians and medicines known. Warner
Safe Cure is a true specific, mild but ce