The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1886-11-10
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SClENnfIC TRUTH

Regarding the Functions Of IN imp"rta"s
Organ. Of which the Public Knows Bue
Littie-worthy Careful Considerations
To the Editor ofhs Scientific Ameviedn:
VII you permit US to make knows to me puo.
lie the Jaets ace hare learned during the psH0
years, concerning disorders Of the human AID
neys and the organs shieA disedssd kidmeys -
sasilp break d0scns You are conducting Q SCI
entifc paper, aud are Snpreudicsd szcspt N
faroy of Truth. II u ssdlxs to say, no med
icdl yosrual of "Code' st6ndisg would 0s's0
these facts, for very obvious reasons.
7Hf.'l't IT. H. WARNER q CO.,
Propristors Of" Warmers Sats Curt"
: That we may emphasize and clearly ex-
plain the relation the kidneys sustain 70
the general health, and how much Is 90
pendent upon them. We propose, meta-
phorically speaking, to take one ron ins
human body, place In the wash-6owi o.
fore Us, and examine it Tor the puDi'c Dsn'
eft
You will imagine that we have before q:
. body shaped like q bean, smooth and
glistening, about four inches in length, Two
in width, and one in thickness IL oIol-
narily weighs in the adult male, about i've
ounces, but 10 somewhat lighter in tho 10
male. A small orgsn! you say. put un-
derstand, the body OF the average size man
sss,v drop pass. Through these .altrs o. sewers.
ss they may bs called, many tinss doy, -
often as through the heart, making COM
plete revolution in lhree miaNtaa. From the
blood they separate the vase material,
working away steadily night and DAY,
sleeping or viking tireless as the heart II
self and fully Of as mIch vital Importance;
removing impurities from sixty i've gatlons
Of Mood each hour, or about forty.nine bar.
rels 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 % they sre}
We slice this dclicats organ open length.
wise with our knife, and will roughly de-
scribe its interior.
We hnd IL to b Of . reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn; filled with
hundreds Of little tubes short and thread.
like, starting from the arteries ending in
little tuft about midway from the out.
side opening into cavity Of considerable
size which Is called the pelvis, Or, rough
lv.spesking, . sac which 10 for the purpose
Of holding the water to further undergo
publication before it passes down from
here into the ureters and 50 on to the out
I'D: :Ss S a' Elk as ss Mok suDs, q:
ically, and right here 4 Uhsys w dissass II "
kidney fret begins. DR.
Doing the vast amount OF work which
they are obliged to, from tho slightest ir-
regula rity In our habits, from cold, from
high living. from stimulents or thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weakened u
their nerve f0rcA $50 :.
What is The RESULT Congestion Or stop.
page of the current Of blood In the small
blood vessels surrounding them, which be-
nor,> k1ooLoA. khnao AoItCato Ynomhrnn
are irritated; Inflammation is set up, then
pus IL formed, which collects iii the pslvis
or sac; the tubes are ct frst partially, and
soon are totally, unable to do their work.
The pelvic sac goes ON distending with this
corruption, pressing upon the blood YES
sela All this time, remember, the blood.
which 10 entering the Kidneys to b d.
j~Q pws, for it can not take any other ronte !
Stop and think Of it for . 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 sad Escape dissdsef 1t
would be just as reasonable to expect, II .
pest house were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to 60
from contagion and disease, as for one to
expect the blood to escape pollution when
constantly running through . diseased
Nov, what Is the RESULT Why, that the
blood takes up and deposits this poison -
1t sweeps along into every organ, into ev-
cry inch Of muscle, tissue. flesh and bone,
from your head to your feet. And when
ever. from hereditary influence or other.
wise, some part Of tho body is weaker than
another, countless train Of diseases Is es-
tablished 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 pot.
con, as Il requires pure blood to keep II 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, 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 il
suddenly stops, and death from apparent
~heart disease is the verdict.
But the medical profession, learned and
| dignifed, call these diseases by high-sou
ing names, treat them alone, and patients
die, for the arteries are carrying SloU death e
the affected part constantly adding fuel
| brought from these suppurating, pus-ladeu
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 t.
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 t.
separate from the blood, with all other dc.
composing matter
But you say: my kidneys are all right
have no pain in the back" Mistaken
man! People die of kidney disease Of SC
bad character that the organs are rotten
and yet they have "sUsr there had pal" MOI
Whya Because the disease begins as we
have shown, in the interior of the kidney
where there arr. feW nerves Of feeling to convey
the sensation of pain. Why this is so W
may never know.
When you consider their great work, tn.
delicscy of their structure, the ease with
which they are deranged, can you wonder
at the i'll health Of our men and women
Health and long life can not be expected
whom SO vital an organ 10 impaired. NJ
wonder some writer's say We are degener
ating. Don't you see the great the ex
treme Importance Of keeping this machin
cry in working orderl Could the fires
engine do even . fractional part of thi
work, without attention from the engi
neert Don't you see how dangerous thil
hidden disease isl It is lurking about u!
constantly, without giving any indication
Of its presence.
The most skillful physicians can not de-
teot it at times for TIE kidneys Nemseires CO..
not BE- examined BY any means which W
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, a. disease nj
matter where situated, to 9S per cent, ..
shown by after-death examinations ha.
its origin in the breaking down Of thest
secreting tubes in the interior Of the hid
ney. s. ..-..- ...