The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1886-02-16
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH!
Regarding the Functions of an Impor-
tant Organ,
Of Which the Public Knows but Little,
Worthy Careful Consideration.
To the Editor of the Scientific American:

| 10 the Editor of the Scientific American
Will you permit us to make known to the
public the facts we have learned during the past
| eight years. concerning disorders of the human
| kidneys and the organs which diseased kidneys
| so easily break downg You are conducting a
scientific paper and are unprejudiced except IN
| favor or truth. 1t is needless to say, no medical
Journal OF code" standing would admit these
| facts, for very obvious reasons
FL. H. WARNER & Co.,
/ Proprietors of warmers Safe Cure"
That we may emphasize and clearly explain
the relation the kidneys sustain to the general
health. and how much is dependent upon them,
| we propose, metaphorically speaking to take one
from the human body. place in the wash bowl
before US, and examine it for the public benefit.
/ You win imagine that we have before us a
! body shaped like beam 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 say2
But understand, the body of the average size
| man contains about ten quarts of blood, of which
every drop passes through these filters or sew
| ers as they may be called. many times day, as
often as through the heart, making complete
revolution in three minutes. From the blood
| they separate the waste material, working away
steadily, night and day, sleeping or waking. tire
less as the heart itself, and fully of as much
vital Importance; removing impurities from
sixty-fve gallons of blood each hour, or about
forty nine barrels each day, or 9, l25 hogsheads
| year! What wonder that the kidneys can last
any length of time under this prodigious strain,
| treated and neglected as they are
| We slice this delicate organ open lengthwise
with our knife. and will roughly describe it's in
| terror.
| We find it to be of redish- 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 consid-
cradle size, witch is called the pelvis, or, roughly
| speaking, sac, which is for the purpose of hold
| ing the water to further undergo publication be-
| fore it passes down from here into the ureters,
and SO on to the outside of the body. These little
| tubes are the filters which do their work auto
marically, and right here is where the disease of
| the kidney first begins.
\ Doing the vast amount of work which they are
obliged to, from the slightest irregularity in our
! habits. from cold, from high living, from stimu-
| lants or Thousand and one other causes which
| occur every day, they become somewhat weak
| enod in their nerve force
| What is the RESULT Congestion or stoppage of
| the current of blood in the small blood-yessels
| surrounding them which become blocked; these
! delicate membranes are irritated; inflammation
| is set up, then pus is formed, which collects in
the pelvis sac; the tubes al first partially,
| and soon totally, unable to do their work.
| The pelvic sac goes on dstending with this cor
| ruption, pressing upon the blood-vessels All
| this time, remember. the blood, which is enter
ing the kidneys to be filtered, is passing through
this terrible disgusting pus, for it cannot take
| any other route!
Stop and think of it for a moment Do YOU
realize the importance-nay, the vital necessity
! -of having the kidneys in orderl Can you ex-
| pect, when they diseased obstructed, no
matter how little, that you can have pure blood
| ard escape diseased It would be Just as reason
Tn a St-h0
| Broadway and countless thousands were com
PEELED to go through its pestilental doors-an es
cape 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 into every organ, into every inch of
! muscle, tissue flesh and bone, from your head
| to your feet And whenever, from hereditary
| influence or otherwise, some part of the body is
| weaker than another. countless train of dis
| eases is established such as consumption in
! weak lungs, dyspepsia where there is delicate
| stomach, nervousness, insanity, paralysis or
| heart disease in those who have weak nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects of the
poison as 1t requires pure blood to keep it in right
| action. 1t increases its stroke in number and
| force to compensate for the natural stimulus
wanting, in its endeavor to crowd the impure
| blood through this obstruction, causing pain,
| palpitation, an outof breath feeling. I'm
| natural as this forced labor is, the heart must
soon falter, becoming weaker and weaker until
one day it suddenly stops, and death from appar-
ent heart disease" is the verdict
But the medical profession, learned and digni-
fed, call these diseases by high-sounding names,
treat them alone, and patients die, for the AFTER
les are carrying slow death to the affected part
constantly adding fuel brought from these sup
purating, pus-laden kidneys which here in our
wash bowl are very putrefacton itself, and which
should have been cured first
But this is not all the kidneys have to do; for
obnrf az d,1r ~
seven pounds of nourshment every twenty-four
hours to supply the waste of the body which is
constantly going on, a waste equal to the quanti-
ty taken. This, too, the kidneys have to separate
from the blood, with all other decomposing mat
ter.
But you say, my kidneys are all right l
have no pain in the back" Mistaken mani Peo-
pie die of kidney disease of so bad character
that the organs are rotten, and yet they have
never there had pain nor ache!
Why? Because the disease begins, as we have
shown. in the interior of the kidney where there
are few nerves of feeling to convey the sensation
of pain. Why this is SO we may never know.
When you consider their great work the deli
cacy Of their structure, the ease with which they
are deranged, you wonder at the i'll health of
our men and women! Health and long life cam
not be expected when vital an organ is i'm
paired. No wonder some writer's say we are de-
generating. Don't you see the great the ex-
IRENE Importance of keeping this machinery in
working order2 Could the finest engine do even
a fractional part of this work without attention
from the engineer? Don't you see how danger
Gus this hidden disease isg 1t is lurking about
us constantly without giving any indication of
its presence.
The most sklllful physicians cannot detect it
at times, for the kidneys themselves cannot be
examined by any means which we have at our
command. Even an analysis of the water chem
ically and mcroscopicaly, reveals nothing def
mite in many cases, even when the kidneys are
fairly broken down
Then look out for them. as disease, no matter
where situated. to SO per cent, as shown by
after-death examinations, has its origin in the
breaking down of these secreting tubes in the
interior of the kidney.
AS you value health, you desire long life
free from sickness and suffering, give these or
gans some attention. Keep them in good condi-
ton, and thus prevent las is easily done) all