Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1889-04-19
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD KNOW

Many of our readers have offer
asked "What is Brights Disease o.
! the Kidneys, about which we hear SC
much ?" To answer their question
| we have secured the following expla'
uatory article, written by a compe'
tent authority:
One of the worst physical scourges
of the world to-day-notably in Eng
land, Germany, America and Aus
tralia-is Kidney Disease. An alarm
ingly large proportion of the p0pula.
ton of the countries named is afflicted
with it, in one form or another.
The symptoms of Bright's Disease
| Nv Inch 10 but an advanced form OF
kidney Disease) differ in different
individuals, but generally tho patient
presents a flabby, bloodless look, is
drowsy and easily fatigued, has pain
| in the back, vomiting aud febrile dis
turbance. Dropsy, varying In de-
gree from slight pufliness of the face
| 10 an accumulation of the fluid suffi-
cient to distend the whole body and
TO occasion serious embarrassment TO
respiration, is very common accom-
paniment. The urine is reduced IN
quantity, is often of dark, smoky or
bloody color, and exhibits TO chemic-
al reaction the presence of a large
amount of albumen, while under the
microscope blood corpuscles aud casts
are found. Very often dimness of
vision, due 10 morbid condition of
the retina of the eye, aud also hyper
trophy of the heart, leading to fatal
apoplexy, are Accomplishments of the
disease.
There are several forms of the NAL
ady, but their common prominent
characteristic is the presence of albu-
men in the urine, and frequently also
the co-existence of dropsy. These
associated symptoms, in connection
with Kidney Disease were first de.
scribed in 1927 by DR.. Richard
Bright, an English physician, who
first investigated them. Sometimes
there is a degeneration of the tissues
of the kidney into fat, thus impairlng
the excreting powers of the organ so
that the urea is not sufficiently sepa-
rated from the blood. The flow Of
the blood, when charged with this
urea, is retarded through the minute
vessels, congestion ensues, and exu-
dation of albumen and fbrin is the
result. The disease is often accom-
panied by eruptions on the skin, as
boils, etc and is frequently associated
with enlargement OF the heart.
The causes Of this terrible malady
are, indulgence in too much ce-water
as beverage, strong drink, high liv-
ing, indigestion, exposure TO wet aud
cold, various kinds of fevers, malaria,
pregnancy, and other bodily derange-
ments, such as complication of cer-
tain acute diseases, like erysipelas,
diphtheris, and especially scarlet
fever [of which ii is one of the most
frequent and serious after effects,
diseases of bones and other scrofulous
affections. The kidneys being the
most important excretory organs Of
the body, their arrangement may
speedily destroy life.
Common-sense treatment OF the
Kidney Disease of the character re.
ferred to necessarily involves removal
of the causes, rectificatlon Of other
secretions and increase in the number
of blood-red corpuscles, oy the adj
ministration of Warmers Safe Cure.
II is specific even in the advanced
stages, when the blood has poisoned
the nerve centres, restoring tie Sc
cretion of healthy fluids and reliev-
ing the congestion Of the brain. 1t
speedily arrests the infsmmatory &C.
ton, which is marked by an increased
amount of urine. The albumen grad
ually disappears, the dropsy subsid,s
and the patient RECEIVERS. Thee is
no standstil in advanced Kidney
Disease; those who are afflicted with
it are either constantly gro u ing bet
ter or worse. How important, there
fore, that this terrible disease be
taken in hand in time aud treated
with known specific.