The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-06-18
What Science Says.
TIE "FEARfuL AND WONDERFUL" ME
CuANIsM OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM
GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYED.


CnANIsM OF THE HUMAN SYSTEM
GRAPHICALLY PORTRAYED.
tIn the editorial columns OF the New York An
0lvsf, ii. Lassing NJ. ID, editor, writes the follow.
ing beautiful description OF the laboratories OF
the human system We think we have never
read finer or more trustworthy one.l
"Man is the greatest of all chemical
laboratories. Magnify the smallest
cell of the body and what q factory is
spread before the eyes countless cham
bers in which are globes of air, masses
of solid matter, globules of dying
liquid; flash comes and the whole is
consumed and needful heat is carried
into every part OF the system. Elec-
trical forces also generate and are con-
veyed into the brain, the muscles and
the various nerve centcrs.
In another set of million cham
bers we see various gasses and vapors.
By chemical action these are changed
and purified in the lungs and the skin.
The blood we often say is great living
river. In its current are masses which
the air in the lungs did not affect:
blocks of chalk; slabs of tartar; pieces
of bone-ash, strings of albumen; drops
of molasses, and lines of alcohol. How
are these waste masses disposed of :
Begin where you will in this great
stream you must come to the purifying
places of the system. Here is all ac-
tivity and an invisible force reaches
out into the stream, seizes and carries
this mass of waste into vast trenches,
thence into smaller reservoir, and
finally into a larger reservoir, which
regularly discharges its contents.
This separation of lime, uric acid
and other waste material from the
blood without robbing it OF particle
of the life fluid, passes human compre-
hension. In health this blood, purify
ing process is carried on without our
knowledge. The organs in which it
is done are faithful servants whose
work is silent as long as health re-
mains.
'tPeople strangely wait until pain
strikes nerve before they will realize
that they have any trouble. They do
not know that pain concerns chiefly the
exterior not the interior OF the body.
A certain set of nerves connect these
blood-purifying organs with the brain.
They may not gnaw and bite as does
the tooth.ache or a scratch, but they
regularly, silently report When these
organs are failing these nerves indicate
it by drawing the blood from the face
and cheek, leaving the lip aud eye
blanched, by sending uric acid poison
into the smallest veins, the skin then
becoming gray, yellow or brown.
They also prevent the puriication of
the blood in tho lungs and cause pull
monary difficulties, WEAKNESS and pain.
Who enjoys perfect health, especially
in this land where we burn the candle
in one mass? The athlete breaks
down in the race; the editor falls at his
desk; the merchant succumbs in his
counting-room. These events should
not have been unexpected for nature
long ago hung out her 'lanterns of
alarm" When the "accident" finally
comes, its fatal effect is seen in hun
dred forms; either as congestion, chronic
weakness, as wrong action, as variable
appetite, as head troubles, as palpita.
ton and Irregularities of the heart, as
premature decay, as dryness and harsh.
ness of the skin causing the hair to
drop out or turn gray, as apoplexy,
as paralysis, as general debility, blood
poisoning, etc.
"Put no faith then in the wiseacre
who says there is no danger as long as
there is no pain. Put no faith in the
physician, whoever he may be, who
says it is mere cold or a slight indis-
position. He knows little, if any,
more than you do about it. He can
neither see nor examine these organs
and depends entirely upon experiment.
al tests, that you can make as we'll as
he.
"If the output is discolored OF
muddy, if it contains albunen, lymph
crystals, sweet or morbid matter, is
red with escaped blood, or roily with
gravel, mucus and froth, something is
wrong and disease and death are not
far away.
"These organs which we have de-
scribed thus at length, because they are
really the most important ones in the
human system, the ones in which a
large majority of human ailments orig
mate and are sustained, ARE the kidneys
They have not been much discussed in
public because it is conceded that thepro
fession has little known power ovel
them. WHAT'S wanted for such organs is
asimple medicine, which can dono harm
to the most delicate but must be of the
greatest benefit to the afflicted. Such
a remedy, tried and proved by many
thousands all over the world is War.
ner's safe cure. With those in whom
disease is deep seated it is the only
specific. For those in whom the seeds
are sown and the beginning of illness
started, it as unfailing reliance. |,
may be recommended to the well tc
prevent sickness and the sick TO pre-
vent death. With its aid the great
fltering engines of the system keep OF
in their silent work without interrup
ton; without it they get out of gea
and then disease and death open tn,
door and cross the threshold"
Such writing ought not only tc
please but to carry conviction tha
what Editor Lassing, NJ. D.,-so higl
an authority-says is true, and that hi
counsel is worthy the attention ant
heed of all prudent, right-mindeC
people.