The Delta independent., 1886-11-16
SCIENTIFIC TRUTH.
Regarding the Fanctions Of an impors
tant Organ

OF Which ,the Pusiic knows But Little
Worthy Careful Consideration.
To tie Editor of the Scientific Ameri-
can.
Will you permit us to make known 10
the public the facts we have learned
during the past 9 years, concerning
disorders OF the human Kidneys and
the organs which diseased Kidneys so
easily break down? You are conduct
ing Scientific paper, and are unpre-
judiced except in favor of TRUTH. 1t is
needless to say, no medical Journal of
"Code" standing would admit these
facts, for very obeiohs reasons.
H. H. WARNER & Co..
Proprietors of "Warner's 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 hody, place in the
wash-bowl before us, and examine it
for the public benefit.
You will imagine that we have be-
fore us a body shaped like bean,
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 organP you say. But understand,
the body of the average sized man
contains about ten quarts OF blood. of
which every drop passes through these
filters or sewers, as they may be called,
many times day rs often as through
the heart, making complete revolu-
tions in three minutes From the blood
they separate the waste material, work
ing away steadily night and day, sleep,
ing or waking, tireless as the heart it.
self, and fully of as much vital inpor-
tance; removing impurities from sixty
five gallons of blood each hour, or about
forty-nine barrels each day, or 9,125
hogshead year! What wonder that
the kidneys can last any length of time
under this prodlgiOus strain. treated
and neglected as they are?
We slice this delicate organ open
length-wise with our knife. and will
roughly describe its interior.
We find it to be of reddish brown
color, soft and easily torn, filed with
hundreds of little tubes, short and
thread-like, starting from the arterties.
ending in little tuft about midway
from the outside, opening into a cavity
of considerable siz }. which Is called the
pelvis or, roughly sreaking, sac,
which Is for the purpose of holding the
water to further undergo qualifications
before it passes down from here into
the urelers, and SO on to the outside of
the body. These little tubes are the
filters which do their work sutomatical-
iy, 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 stimulanis or a
thousand and one other causes which
occur every day, they become some
what weakened IN their nerve force.
What is the result? Congestion or
stoppage of the current of blood in the
small blood vessels Surrounding them.
which become blocked; these delicate
membranes are irritated; Inflammation
is set up. then pus is formed, which
collects in the pely.s or sac; the tubes
are at first partially, and soon are to-
tally, unable to do their work. The
pelvic sac goes on distending with this
corruption, pressing upon tho blood
vessels. All this time, remember, the
blood, which Is entering the kidneys t.
be filtered, is passing through this ter
rible, disgusting pus, for it cannot take
any other route!
Stop and think of it for a moment.
Do you realize the importance, nay thu
vital necessity, of having the kidneys
in order? Can you expec: when they
are diseased or obstructed, no matter
how little, that you can have pure
blood and escape diseasep 1t would be
Just as reasonable to expect. II pest
house we're set across Broadway and
countless thousands we're compelled TO
go through its pestIlentIal doors, an es-
cape from contagion and disease, as for
one to expect the blood to escape pol.
luton waen constantly running through
q diseased kidney.
Now, what is the result? Why that
the blood takes up and deposits this
poison as it sweeps along into every or
gan. INTO every inch of muscle, tissue,
flesh and bone, from your head to your
feet. And whenever, from heredi
tary influence or otherwise, some
part OF Inc DOOy Is weaker tnan anOIneT
countless train of disease is estab-
lished, such as consumption in weak
lungs. dyspepsia, where there is deli
cate stomach; nervousness, insanity,
paralysis or heart disease in those who
have weak nerves.
The heart must soon feel the effects
Of the poison, as it requires pure blood
to keep it in right action. 1t increases
its stroke in number and force to COM
pensate for the natural stimulus want
ing, 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, becoming
weaker and weaker until one day it
suddenly stops, and death from nppar-
ept 'heart disease" is the verdict.
But the medical profession. learned
and dignified. call these diseases by
high sounding names. treat them alone,
and patients die, for the arteries are
carrying slow death to the affected part
constantly adding fuel brought from
tneso suppurating. pus laden kidneys
which here in our wash-bowl are very
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