The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1889-06-23
ANOTHER CHAPTER
IN THE INTERVENING SERIES OF
TALKS ny DIR. HARTMAN
ON How to &c, well and Keep We'll.

"Wnut causes Kidney Disease, Doctor
and how can person tell when he has got
itY' The person to whom this question
was put was DIR. $. Il. Hartman, whose
wide and enviablo fame as physician and
| surgeon renders it needless TO introduce
him TO the reader, and the qucstioner was
one OF tho thousands of patients who have
been treated and cured by tho Doctor and
all OF whom feel perfectly Tree TO ask any
question OF him that suggests itself, know
ing full we'll that his answer, whatever it
may be, can be fully relied upon.
"Well, replied Dr. Hartman. who, even
when most engrossed in work as he gen.
orally is, is always courteous aud glad to
give his fellow beings the benefit OF his
ripe crudition and wide experience, "you
have not asked mo hard question, aud
yet you have asked mo something that IL
may be hard Tor me TO make exactly cloar
10 you. speak with particular reference
to the pathology of the disease, or, rather,
diseases TO which you allude. Therefore |
guess | will not bother you by discussion
OF that important but rather too technical
phase Of kidney troubles, but contino my
self 70 such facts rs have q practical bear
ing on their treatment.
"As TO the causes of Diseases OF tho
Kidneys, there are several OF them. Ex-
cessive uso OF sprituous liquors is one
cause; undue exposure in wet weather or
cold is another; scarlet fever may cause
them, and so may diuICtics, or medicines
taken TO promote urination; the particu-
lar form OF kidney disease produced by
these causes Is knswn as Brghts Disease,
and most dangerous and dreadful disease
II is. Then there Ia Diabetes, which IL
rather an affection OF tho Nervous Sys-
TEN than OF the kidneys, and lncon-
Thence of the Urine; but, while thcro
may be in certain cases some other special
cause, tho causes ! have given arc tho
principal ones, and cover all the cases you
will likely come across.
"Tho symptoms Of this class OF diseases
are numerous. You can tell the acute
form OF Brights disease, for instance, by
the pain in the back, by the scarcity aud
highly colored and occasionally bloody
urine, aud sometimes by nausea and vom.
iting; the chronic cases are indicated by
frequency of urination, by dropsy, by al.
bumen in the urine and by paleness or
puiliness OF the face. As TO diabetes, the
patient suffers intense thirst. has a harsh
and dry skin, and becomes weak and
emaciatcd. Ii lac has diabetes insipidus,
there is immodcfato urination; II diabetes
mellitus. there is sugar in the urine. Other
forms OF kidney troubles are readily rocog-
nLable.
But the most important question Of all
you have omitted to ask. so | shall ask
Il for YOU, and answer It. too, because its
answer Is really OF far moro practical i'm.
portance TO you than anything have said
in reply TO tho intorrogatons yol have
already made. How 90 cure diseases OF
tho kidneys2 That Is the supreme qucs.
ton. II Is interesting 10 know something
about them, but il is absolutely necessary
10 cure them or take the terrible consc.
quenccs. Without laying down any gen.
I eral rules or giving you any abstract al.
vice, | shall do something that ! know
, will be far moro interesting TO you, aud
probably do YOU much moro good. | shall
narntc a case had some time ago that
impressed itself upon my memory, not
only by certain peculiar features chamc.
tefiLing IL, but by the rather remarkable
results attending my treatment Of Il.
at was when | was In Piilsburg. | had
retired late ono night, completely ex.
q haus,ed 10y long and hard days work
; | when WAS aroused 10y a messenger VIII,
! said that a certain well known and wealth,
/ gentleman residing In Allegheny City wa
very III and begged mo 10 visit him Just ~
; soon m ] could possibly get there. He wa
. able and ready 10 pay me any amount fol
D my time and trouble, II | would onl,
come. lie had been under tho care d
several Of Tie most eminent physicians o
\ the city, but none OF them had succeeded
In doing hun any good, and one aud all
. had rcgrctiully but positively informed
: him that his case WIS incurable. ! Haid
4 that had had n hard days work and wa,
worn out, but that, m this appeared 10 bC
, a desperate case, would 20. did NO, and
! was quickly iishrrcd into the sick mans
I. presence. II took mo but moment I,
, discover that lac was suffering severely
/. with Disease Of the Kidneys Of the wom
0 type.
"Chccr up, SIR" said. M I noted IN,
/ despairing aud anxious look upon the sui
icring mans face: "Chccr up; you ar,
/ not going 90 die. Your case Ia by n,
A means hopeless. assure you that II yoU
4 strictly follow my directions ] can cur
you. and IL won't take long either"
/ lie gladly promised 20 carry out my In
: struciions 10 the letter. | thcrcupon CAV,
4 him little Man.a.ln 10 move his bowels
and directed that enough Man-a-lin b,
taken each day 10 keep his bowels open.
| Altn NANN HlNi NhNtNHlh9Nlui ~ lfsIusH
q In barley water, and gave directions 4
take n similar dose every two hous dur
ing the day. ! also left strict orders M 4
9 diet aud total abstcnation from the No.
e OF tobacco and liquors. then left hin
y for the night The following night
) called again. Doctor" he exclaimed
= II am better already, aud feel NJ II
= were really going 10 get we'll" AgniI
emphasizing the importance Of iollOwin
outm directions In every detail, / left.
called upon him once or twice thcrcaftc
v and found him steadily improving An,
i II was not long before the same mcsscngc
e who had como 10 got me when tho maj
n was sick arrived at nv office 10 announc
Ia that he was well, and had sent mo n chcc
!. for good round sum, saying that NJ
Il amount Of money could express his apprc
n citation Of my services or his gratitude 10
N tho cure. llo further sent word that ia
physicians were dumb-iounded by IN
success Of my treatment and the absolut
failure Of their prognoss.
k al give this case rs ono Of thousand
1. that have cured, and have never Use
!, anything but Peru.na and Man.a-lin."
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