Thomas County cat., 1886-11-11
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH

SCIENTIFIC TRUTH
Regarding the Functions Of an Importane
Organ. Of Which tho Public Knows Bus
Little-Worthy Careful Consideration.
To the Editor of the Scientific Amer;ean:
Wa yos peymI ~ to make kaosrn to the psb.
lie the facts xe hare learned during the past 8
years. concerning disorders of the hxmas Kid
neys AID the orgass rhich diseased Kidneys 20
easily break doURf You are conducting a Sci-
enf!fe paper, aud ays xnprexdiced except in
Jaror Of TRUTH. II Is needlexs to say, no med
ieol Journal Of sCode' Standing ,ooald adr.is
these Jacts, for se5y obrioxs reasons
H. H. WARNER d CO.,
Propriesors Of Warmers Safe Csrs."
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 u, and examine it for tho public bon
eft
You will imagine that we have before Us
body shaped like . bean, smooth and
glistening, about four inches in length, two
IN width, and one in thickness 1t ordi-
narily weighs in tho adult male, about five
ounces, but is somewhat lighter in tho fe-
male. A small organ! you say. But un-
contains about ten quarts Of No0d, Of rhich
ereru drop passes through these filters or serers,
as they may be called, many times a day. ~
often as through the heart, making . COM
piete revolution in three minutes. From the
blood they separate the waste material,
working away steadily night and day,
sleeping or waking. tireless as tho heart it
self, and fully Of as puch vital Importance;
removing impurities from sixty-fve g0llOEs
Of blood each hour, or about forty bar
rels each day, or 9, 125 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 length
wise with our knife, and will roughly de-
scribe its interior.
We find it to be 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 a cavity of considerable
size. which is called the pelvis, or, rough
ly-speaking, a sac, which is for the purpose
OF holding the water to further undergo
publication before it passes down from
here into the ureters aud 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 Whers the disease Of The
kidney first begins
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 stimulants or q thousand
and one other causes which occur every
day, they become somewhat weakened in
their nerve force.
What is tho resultl Congestion or stop
page of the current of blood In the small
blood vessels surrounding thsm, 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 tho blood YES
sells All this time, remember, the blood.
which is entering the kidnays to be fl
tered, is passing through this terrible, diSglst-
ing pas, Tor 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 order?
Can you expect when they are diseased or
obstructed, no matter how little, that you
can have pure blood and escape diseasef It
pest-houSe were set across Broadway and
countless thousands were compelled to go
through its pestiiential doors, AN escape.
from contagion and disease. as for one to-
expect the blood to escape pollution when
constantly. running through diseased
NOV Now, what Is sis. iesHuis, Why, shst tie
blood takes up and deposits. this poison as
it sweeps along into every organ, into ev
eryiinch of muscle. tissue, flesh and bone,
from your head to your feet. And when
ever, from hereditary influence or other
wise, some part Of the body is weaker than
another. countless train OF diseases is es-
tabiished, such as consumption in weak
lungs, dyspepsia, where there is delicate
stomach; nervousness, insanity paralysis
'or heart disease in those who have weak
TE hart mrs, coon fee, the eceets sf dc poi.
son. Is It requires, psre' '6lood Is KEEP It is rgh,
action. It 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, palpta.ion, or an out-of-
breath feeling. Unnatural as this forced
labor is, tho 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 alone and patients
die. for the arteries are carrying sloW death TO
Ue 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
separate from the blood, with all other de-
composing matter.
But you say: MY kidneys are all right
1have 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 never there had a pain nor
On ache
Why! Because the disease begins, as We
have shown. in the interior Of the kidney,
where there are fen nervcs OF feeling to convey
the sensation Of pain. Why this is 20 we
may never know.
When you consider their great work, the
delicacy of the structure, the ease with
which they are deranged, can you wonder
at the illhealth Of our men and womenl
Health and long life can not be expected
when so vital an organ is impaired. No
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 orders Could tho finest
engine do even q fractional part of this