Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1889-05-30
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Many OF our readers have often asked
"What is Brights Disease OF the Kidneys,
about which we hear so muchV To an
swer their question we have secured the
following explanatory article, written by .
competent authority.
one of the worst physical scourges OF the
world to-day-nol ably in England, Germany,
America and Australia-is Kidney Disease.
An alarmingiy large proportion OF the
population OF the countries named is atfiict-
81 with il, in one form or another.
The symptoms Of Brights Disease
(Which is but an advanced form OF Kidney
Disease) differ in different individuals, but
generally the patient presents a iiabby,
bloodless look, is drowsy and easily Ia
tigued, has pain in the back, vomiting and
febrilc disturbance. Dropsy, varying in
degree from slight puffiness OF the face 70
an accumulation OF the fluid sufficient TO
distend the whole body and to occasion Sc
riOus embarrassment to respiration, is a
very common accompaniment. The urine
is reduced in quantity, is often OF dark,
smoky or bloOdy color, ami exhibits 10
chemical reaction the presence of largo
amount Of albumen, while under the micro
scope blood corpusce and casts are found.
Very often dimness OF vision, due 10 a NOR
bid condition OF the retina OF the eye, and
also hypertrophy OF the heart, leading to
fatal apoplexy, are accompanlments OF the
disease.
There are several forms of the malady,
tic is the presence of albumen in the urine,
and frequently also the co-existence Of
dropsy These associated symptoms, In
connection with Kidney Disease were first
described in 1927 by DIR. Richard Bright,
an English physician, who first inve5tigat-
ed them. Sometimes there Is a degenera-
ton Of the tissues of the kidney into fat,
thus impairing the excreJtng powers OF the
organ so that the urea in not sufficiently
separated from the blood. The flow of the
blood, when charged with this urea, is re-
tarded through the minute vessels, conges-
ton ensues, and emulation Of albumen and
tibrln is the recult. The disease is often
accompanied by eruptions on the skin. as
boils, etc, and is frequently associated with
enlargement OF the heart
The causes of this terribly nalady are,
indulgence in too much ice-water ss u
beverage, strong drink, high living, indi-
gestion, exposure To- wet and cold, various
kinds OF feyers, malaria, pregnancy, and
other bodily arrangements, such as % COM
plication of certain acute diseases, like
erysipeas, dipththeriay and especially scar
let fever (of which it is one OF the most
frequent and serious after effects, dis
eases of bones and other scrofulous affec-
tions. The kidneys being the most import
ant excretory organs OF the body, their
arrangement may speedily destroy hfe-
Common-sense treatment OF Kidney Dis
ease of the character referred to necessari-
~ involves removal OF the causes Tectitca-
ton of other secretions and increase in the
number OF blood red corpuscles by the ad-
minstration Of Warner Safe Cure. 1t is
a specific even in the advanced stages.
when the blood has poisoned the nerve cen
tors restoring the secretion OF healthy
fluids aud relieving the congestion OF the
brain. IL speedily arrests the intiaurma-
tory action, which is marked by an increas-
ed amount of urine. The albumen gradual
~ disappears, the dropsy subsidies and the
patient RECEIVERS. There is no standstill
in advanced kidney disease; those who arc
afflicted with it are constantly growing bet
ter or worse How important, therefore,
that this terrible disease DO taken in hand
in time and treated with known specific.