West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1889-05-16
Something You Should Know.

Many OF our readers have often asked.
What Is Brights Disease Of the Kidneys,
about which we hear so muchr' To answer
their question we have secured the following
explanatory article, written by competent
authority:
Onc.of the worst physical scourges OF tho
world to-day-notably In England, Germany,
America and Australia-is Kidney Disease
An alarmingly large proportion Of the popu.
lation Of the countries named is afflicted with
II, in one form or another.
The symptoms OF Bright's Disease (which Is
but an advanced form OF Kidney Disease
differ in different individuals, but generally
tho patient presents a nabby. bloodless look
is drowsy and easily fatigued has pain in the
back, vomiting and febrile disturbance.
Dropsy varying in degree from slight puff
ness OF the face TO IN accumulation of the
fluid sufficient 20 distend the whole body and
10 occasion serious embarrassment to respira-
ton, Is a very common accompaniment The
urine is reduced i'm quantity, is often OF dark,
smoky or bloody color, and exhibits to chemi-
cal reaction the presence OF n largo amount
Of olbumen, while under the microscope
blood cofpuscles and casts are found Very
often diuncss Of vision, due TO a morbid con.
dition OF tho retina Of the eye, aud also hyper
trophy Of the heart, leading 10 fatal apo
pieXy are accomplishments Of the disease.
There nrc several forms OF tho malldy but
their common prominent characteristic is tho
presence Of albumcn in tho urine aud fire.
quently also the cC-szsstencc Of dropsy. These
associated symptoms in connection with
Kidney Disease wore first described in 1921
by Dr. Richard Bright, an English physician,
who first investigated them. Sometimes there
Is n degeneration Of the tissues Of the kidney
into fat, thus impairing tho excrcting powers
OF the organ 50 that the urea Is not sufIi-
GENTLY separated from the blood. The flow
Of the blood, when charged with this urea IL
retarded through the minute vessels, con-
gestiOn eusues, and emulation Of albumcn and
hbrn is tho result. The disease Is often nc
cOmpaned by eruptons ON the skin, rs boils,
etc, and is frequently associated with en-
lGrgcmcnt OF the heart.
The causes of this terrible malay are in
diligence in too much ice water as bower
age, strong drink, high living, indigestion,
exposure To wet and cold, various kinds of
icvcis, malaria, pregnancy and other bodily
arrangements, such rs n complication OF GER
tain acute diseases, like erysipelas, diphthc-
ria, md especially scarlet fever (of which it
Is one OF the most frequent and serious after
elects, diseases Of bones and other scrofu-
lous affections The kidneys being the most
important excretory organs Of the body, their
arrangement may speedily destroy life
Common sense treatment Of Kidney Dis
ease Cf the character referred TO necessarily
involves removal of the causes, rectiication
OF other sscretions, and increase in the num-
Der OF blood rod cOrpusclcs by tho admins
tration of Warmers Safe Cure. IL is a spe-
cii,C even in the advanced stages whom tho
blood has poisoned the nerve contrcs, rcStor-
ing the secretion of healthy fluids and re
Loving the congestion Of the brain Ii speedily
arrests the inilammatory action, which is
marked by an increased amount of urine
The albumcn gradually disappears tho dropsy
subsidies and the patient RECEIVERS There Is
no standstill in advanced Kidney Disease;
those who ore afflicted with it are either con-
stanty growing better or worse. How i'm
portant therefore, that this terrible disease
be taken in hand in time and treated with
known specific.