The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1886-11-12
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of
An Important Organ.
Of Which the Public Knows but Little
worthy Of considerat ion.
To Tie Editor Of Me Scientific american.

public tie facts are hare learned during Tie
past gears. concerning disorders OF TIE
human Kidneys and the organs achich dis
eased Kidneys so easily break dozen? You
are conducting a Scientific paper, and arr
unprejudiced except in ftror Of Truth II 4,
needless TO say, no medical journal Of "Code'
standing aoOuId admit these .fitcts, for rery
| Obci0uS reasons.
IT, H. WARNER d. CO.,
PIop'1etors Of" Warmers Safe Cure. u
That We may emphasize and clearly
explaine the relation the kidneys sus
tain to the general health, and how
much is dependent upon them, we
propose, metaphorlcally speaking, TO
take one from the human body place
in the wash bowl before us, and ex-
anime it for the public benefit.
You will imagine hat we have be-
fore US body shaped like bean,
smooth and glistening, about four
inches in length, two in width, and
one in thickness. 1t ordinarily weighs
in the adult male, about five ounces,
but is somewhat lighter in the female.
A small organ? you say. But under
stand, the body of the average size
man contains about ten quarts of
blood, of which every drop passes
through these filters or sewers, as they
may be called, many times day. as
often as through the heart, making a
complete revolution in three minutes.
From The blood they separate the
waste material, working away steadily
nigh, and day, sleeping or waking,
tireless as the heart itself, and fully
of as much vital importance; removing
impurities from sixty-fve gallons of
blood each hour, or about for;y.nine
barrels each day, or 9,I25 hogshead
year. What a wonder that the
kidneys can last any length Of time
under this prodigious strain, and
neglected as they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
leng,hwise with our knife, and will
roughly describe 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 a little tuft about midway
from the outside opening into cavity
of considerable size, which is called
the pelvis or, roughly speaking, a sac,
which is for the purpose of holding
the water to further publication before
il passes down from here into the
ursters, and so on to the outside of
the body. These little tubes are the
filters which do their work automat-
ically, and right here is where the dis
ease of the kidney first begins.
Doing the vast amonnt Of work
which they are obliged to, from the
slightest irregularity in our habits,
from cold, from high living, from
stimulants or a thousand and one other
causes which occur every day, they
become somewhat weakened in their
nerve force.
What Is the result? Congestion o.
stoppage Of the current of blood in
the small blood in the small blood
vessels surrounding them, which be
come blocked, these delicate mem
branes 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 arc
totally, unable to do their work. The
pelvis sac goes on distendlpg with
this corruption, pressing upon the
blood vessels. All this time, remem
Der, the blood, which is entering the
kidneys to be filtered, is passing
through this terrible, disgusting pus,
for it cannot take any other routel
Stop and think Of it for a moment.
Do you realize the importance, nay
the vital necessity, of having the kid
neys in order? Can you expect when
they are diseased or Distracted, no
matter how little, that you can have
pure blood and escape disease? II
would be just as reasonable to expect,
if pest.house were set across Broad
way and countless thousands were
compelled to go through its pestilen,.
ial doors, an escape from contagion
and disease, as for one to expect the
blood to escape pollution when con
stantly running through diseased
kidney.
Now, what is the result? Why,
that the blood takes up and deposits
this poison as it sweeps along every
organ, into every inch ofmucle, tissue,
flesh and bone, from your head to
your feet. And whenever, from
hereditary influence or othetwise,
part of the body is weaker than anther,
a countless train of diseases is estab-
lished, such as consumption in weak
lungs, dyspepsia, where there is a
delicate stomach; nervousness, insan
ity, paralysis or heart disease in those
who have weak nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects
of the poison, as it requires pure
blood to keep it in right action. 1t
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