The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1889-05-17
SOMETHING YOU SHOULD
KNOW.

Many of our readers have often asked
"What is Bright's Disease of the Kid
neys. about which we hear so much?':
To answer their question we have Sc
cured the following explanatory article
written by competent authority:
One of the worst physical scoura ges
of the world to- day-notably in Eng
land, Germany, America and Australia
is Kidney Disease. An alarmingly
large proportion of the population of
the countries named is afflicted with
it, in one form or another.
The symptoms of Bright's Disease
(which is but an advanced form of Kid.
ney Disease) differ in different indivi-
duals, but generally the patient presents
fiabby, bloodless look, is drowsy and
easily fatigued, has pain in the back
vomiting and febrile disturbance.
Dropsy, varying in degree from slight
puffiness of the face to an accumulation
of the fluid sufficient to distend the
whole body and to occasion serious
embarrassment to respiration, is very
common accompaniment. The urine
is reduced in quantity, is often of dark
smoky or bloody color, and exhibits
to chemical reaction the presence of a
large amount of albumen, while under
he microscope blood corpusc!es and
casts are found. Very often dimness
of vision, due to morbid condition of
the retina of the eye, and also hyper
trophy of the heart leading to fatal
apoplexy, are accomplishments of the
disease.
There arc several forms of the ma
lady, but their common prominent
characteristic is the presence of albu.
men in the urine, and frequently also
the co existence of dropsy. The assciat-
ed symptoms, in connection with Kid,
ney Disease were first described in 1927
by DIR. Richard Bright, an English
physician, who first investigated them.
Sometimes there is degeneration of
the tissues of the kidney into fat, thus
lmpalring the excreting powers OF the
organ so that The urea is not sufficient
ly separated from the blood. The flow
of the blood, when charged with this
urea, is retarded through the minute
vessels, congestion ensues, and exuda-
ton of albumen and fibrin is the
result. The disease is often accompani
ed by eruptions on the skin, as boils,
etc, and is frequently associated with
enlargement of heart.
The causes of this terrible malady
are, indulgence in too much ice water
as beverage, strong drink, high living
indigestion, exposure to wet and cold,
various kinds of fevers, malaria, preg-
nancy, and other bodily arrangements,
such as complication of certain acute
diseases, like erysipelas, diphtheria,
and especially scarlet fever (of which
1T is one of the most frequent and ser
ious after efforts, diseases of bones and
other scrofulous affections, The kid
neys being the most important excre-
tory organs of the body, their derange-
ment may speedily destroy life.
Common-sense treatment of Kidney
Disease of the character referred to
necessarily involves removal of the
causes. recti6cation of other secretions
and increase in the number of blood
red corpuscles, by the administration
of Warmers Safe Cure. 1t is specific
even in the advanced stages, when the
blood has poisoned the nerve centres,
restoring the secretion of healthy
fluids and relieving the congestion of
the brain. 1t speedily arrests in the
inf1ammatory action, which Is marked
by an increased amount of urine. The
albumen gradually disappears, the
dropsy subsidies and the patient recov
ers. There is no standstill in advanced
Kidney Disease; those who are afflicted
with it are either constantly growing
better or worse. How important.
therefore, that this terrible disease be
taken in hand in time and treated
with know specific.