Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1886-11-17

us body shaped line Dean, SmOOtn ana
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
understand, the body of the average size
man contains about ten quarts Of blood, Of
Irhich erery drop passes through these filters or
se,rers, as they may be called, mGng times
a day, as often as through the heart, max
ing a complete 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 itself, and fully Of as much vital I'M
pOrtance; removing impurities from sixty
five gallons Of blood each hour, or about forty
nine barrels each day, or 9, 125 hOgshead a
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 orban open length
wise with our knife, and will roughly deS-
cribe 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, start
ing from the arteries, ending in little
tuit about midway from the outside open
Ing into a cavity of considerable size, which
is called the pelvis or roughly speaking, a
sac, which is for the purpose ofhOlding the
water to further undergo publication be-
fore it passes down from here into the
ureters, and so on to the outside of the
AL
which do their work automatically, and
riqht here is rherc the disease of the kidney
frSt Begins.
Doing the vast amount of work which
they are obliged to, from the slightest IT.
regularity in our habits, from cold, from
high living, from stimulants or thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weak ened 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 pelvlS
or Sac the tubes are at first partially, and
soon are totally, unable to do their work.
The pelvic sac goes on distendiug with this
corruption. pressing upon the blood vessels.
All this time remember, the blood, which
is entering the kidneys to be filtered, Is
passing through this terrible, disgusting pas,
for it cannot take any other route!
Stop and think of it for moment. Do
YOU realize the Importance, nay the vital
necessity, of having the kidneys in order?
Can you expect when they are diseased or
INSTRUCTED, no matter how little, that you
can have pure 6iOOd and es"dpe disease 1t
would be Just as reasonable to expect, II Il
pest-housc were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to 80
through its pestilential doors, an escape
from contagiOn and disease, rs for one to
expect the blood to escape pollution when
constantly running through a 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 an
other. countless train of diseases is estab-
lished, such rs consumption in weak lungs,
dyspepsia, where there is delicate
stomach: nervousness, insanity, paralysis
OF heart disease in those who have weak
nerves.
The heart must soon feel The cttctS Of the
Uois0A, as II requires pare biOod to keep az
riqht action. 1t increases its stroke in mum
Der and force to compensate for the natural
stimulus wanting, IN its endeavOr to crowd
the impure blood through this obstruction,
causing pain, palpl alton, or an out-oi-
breath feeling. Unnatural rs this forced
labor is, the heart must soon ialter, becom-
ING weaker and weaker until one day 1t
smldeaIy 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 alone, and patients
die for the arteries are crTTyiRg SiOT dedh 10
the aGccfed part, constantly adding fuel
brought from these suppurating pus-lauen
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 nourlshment
every twenty-tOur hours to supply the
waste of the body which is constantly
going on. a waste equal to the quantity
taken. This, too, the kidneys have to
separate from the blood with all other
decOmpoSing matter.
But you say, "My kidneys are all right.
have no pain in the back" Mistaken
man, People die of kidney disease OF so
bad character that the organs are rotten
and vet they have Rercr there had a pam nor
an ache!
WHY? Because the disease begins, as
we have shown, in the interior OF the
kidney, where there are tf,r nerres Of Jteeiln9
| to convey the sensation of pain. Why this
is so we may never know.
When YOU consider their great work,
the delicacy of their structure, the ease
with which they are deranged, can You
wonder at the ill-health of our men and
women? Health and long life cannot be
expected when so vital an organ Is I'M
paired. No wonder some writers say we
are degenerating. Don'tyOu see the great,
the extreme importance of keeping this
machinery in working order? Could the
engine do even a fractional part of this
work, without attention from the engineer:
Don't you see how dangerous this hidden
disease is? 1t is lurking about us con-
stantly, without giving any indication Of
its presence.
The most skillful physician cannot de
| tect it ut times, for the kidneys themselves
cannot be examined by any means which We
have at our command. Even an analysis
ofthe water, chemically and microscopically
reveals nothing definite in many cases,
even when the kidneys are fairly broker
down.
Then look out for them, as disease, nc
matter where situated, to 80 per cent, a'
shown by after death examinations, has
its origin in the breaking down OF thest
secreting tubes in the interior of the kidney.
As Won value health, as you desire lons
life free from sickness and suffering, give
these organs some attention. Keep them
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