The Arizona sentinel., 1886-11-13
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions of an Important Organ, of Which the Public Knows But

| 70 ut6 EfIttOT OJ URe Ccte1tJtc A5Ncftc0hE
 VII yOu permit Ms to make kRoU1s to the ptso-
 Iie the f0cts ice hare learned dSriRg the past 6 years, concerning disorders of lhs hunlGH Kid-
 neys aud the organs ,ohieh diseased Kidneys 90 sasay break doscnf You are conducting Sci
 sntlfe paper, aud are Unprerdieed ereept iH
 Iapor of TRUTH. H Is needless tO say, no mod
 icdl Journal of "Code' stGnding scould admit
 these .fdcts, .Jor very obtiO1s reasons. 1T H. WARNER & co,
 Proprietors oT Warner's SGfe Cure"
 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-
 fore us, and examine it for the public ben
 eft.
 You will imagine that we have before us
 Q body shaped like bean, smooth and
 glistening, about four inches in length, two
 in width, and one in thickness. It ordi-
 narily weighs in the adult male, about five
 ounces, but is somewhat lighter in the fe-
 male. small organi you say. But un-
 derstand, the body of the average size man
 contains about len quarts of blood, cf chich
 euerp drop passes through these filters oT SeIcers,
 as they may be called n1dnV times day, as
 often as through the heart making a com plete revolution in three minutes. From the
 blood they separate the waste material,
 working away steadily night and day,
 sleeping or waking, tireless as the heart it.
 self, and fully of as much vital importance;
 removing impurities from sixty-five gallons | of UOod each hour, or about forty-nine bar 1 rels each day, or g, 125 hogsheads year | What a wonder that the kidneys can last
 any length of time under this prodigious | strain, treated and neglected as they arel
 We slice this delicate organ open lcngth-
 wise with our knife, and will roughly de- 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 | a little tuft about midway from the out l side opening into cavity of considerable size, which is called the pelvis, or, rough lv-speaking, a sac, which is for the purpose of holding the water to further undergo purification 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 lohere the disease of RS kidney first begiHs
 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 stimulapts or a thousand and one other causes which occur every day, they become somewhat weakened in their nerve force
 What is the result Congestion or stop page of the current of blood in the small | blood vessels surrounding them, which be- come blocked; these delicate membranes are irritated; inflammation is set 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 distending with this corruption, pressing upon the blood yes se.s. All shis time, remember, the blood, which is entering the kidneys to be fil- tered, is lpdssing through this terrible disgust ing puS, for it can not take any other route
 Stop and think of it for Q moment. Do you realize the importance, nay the vital necessity, of having the kidneys in orderi Can you expect when they are diseased or obstructed, no matter how little that you can have pure blood and escape disesLse? It would be just as reasonable to expect, if pesthouSe were set across Broadway and countless thousands were compelled to go | through its pestilential doors, an escape from contagion and disease, as for one to expect the blood to escape pollution when constantly running through diseased kidney.
 Now, what is the resultl Why, that the hood takes up and deposits this poison as it sweeps along into every organ, into ev- cry inch of muscle, tissue, flesh and bone, from your heal to your feet And when ever, from hereditary influence or other wise, some part of tho body is weaker than another, a countless train of diseases is es- tablished, such as consumption in weak lungs, dyspepsia, where there is a delicate stomach; nervousness, insanity, paralysis or heart disease in those who have weak nerves.
 The heart must soon feel Me effects Of the poi sou. Gs it requires pure blood 10 Keep it iH right action It increases its stroke in number and force to compensate for the natural stimulus wanting, in it's endeavOr to crowd the impure blood through this obstruction, causing pain, palpitation, or an out-of- breath feeling. Unnatural as this forced labor is, the heart must soon falter, becom- ing weaker and weaker until one day it suddenly stops, and death from apparent "heart disease'' is the verdict.
 But the medical profession, learned and dignified, call these diseases by high-Sound- ing names, treat them tlone, and patients die, Jor the arteries are cdrryiHg StOU dedth to tte affected part, constantly adding fuel brought from these suppurating, pus-laden kidneys which here in our wash-bowl 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- ishment every twenty-four hours to supply the waste of the body which is constantly going on, waste equal to the quantity taken in. This, too, the kidneys have to composing matter.
 But you say: My kidneys are all right. 1 have no pain in the back" Mistaken man! People die of kidney disease of so bad character that the organs are rotten, and yet they have necer there had q pain nor dn dchet
 Whyl Because the disease begins, us we have shown in the interior of the kidney, where hoTe are felc HSTyes of feeling to convey the sensation of pain. Why this is so we may never know.
 Whom you consider their great work, the delicacy of their structure, the ease with which they are deranged, can you wonder at the -ill-hea of our men and womenl Health and long life can not be expected when so vital an organ is impaired. No wonder some writers say we are degener- ating. Don't you see the great, the ex- treme importance of keeping tbis machin- cry in working order! Could the finest | engine do even a fractional part of this | work, without attention from the engi- neer! Don't you see how dangerous this | hidden disease is! It is lurking about us | constantly, without giving any indication | of its presence.
 The most skillful physicians can not de- | tect it at times for He kidneys neDlSelUeS cdn | not De examined by any means which we l have at our command. Even an analysis of the water, chemically and microscopic | ally, reveals nothing definite in many | cases, even when the kidneys are fairly | broken down. |
 Then look out for them, as disease, no | matter where situated, to 93 per cent, as | shown hy after-death examinations, h'J | its origin in the breaking down of these | SC creting tubes in the interior of the kid | ney.
 As you value health, as you desire long | these organs some attention. Keep them | in good condition and thus prevent Gas is | easily done) all disease.
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