South Bend news-times. (South Bend, Ind.) 1913-1938, 1922-03-26
YOUR HEALTH
WHY BRIGHTS DISEASE SHOULD
NEVER BE NEGLECTED.
10y Royal s. Copeland. VI. D., Com
missioner OF Health, New
VnrI- civ

4ONA AAANa
Friend Farmer takes his grain 70
the mill. pours g into the hopper,
whence IL is carried TO the stones or
rollers. Here 20 is pulverlzed. the
bran and the cOarser parts are sep
arated from the finer -four. and,
when the process OF milling is COM
plete, the different products are dis
charged into bags.
In sense your body Il a mill.
operated by a selfish owner The
miller keeps all the valuable parts
Of the material. and. after the mill
ing. discharges only the useless por-
tions.
Through the mouth, which is the
hopper of the human mill pass the
many varieties Of food They are
ground by the teeth, rolled and pull
verified by the stomach, and. as the
products pass along the channels
Of digestion, all the valuable por-
tons are extracted. and finally the
waste materials are eliminated from
the body.
These wastes are discharged
through the lungs, skin, Kidneys and
bowels Today, 1 want to consider
only such features of the problem
Of waste disposal as relate to the
kidneys They are the most import
ant OF the excreting organs. because
nearly one-holf Of the body waste
escapes through the urine.
have told YOU before that the
chief variety Of food we eat Is call
ed protein. An example Of protein
Is lean meat The main waste ma
terials resulting from digestion Of
the proteins are nitrogen and nitro
gen compounds, which are elimin-
ated largely through the kidneys.
Urea is the chief heterogeneous
product. Almost an ounce Of this
substance Is voided every day. The
more meat you take the more urea
will be developed
Uric acid and ammonia are other
nitrogen compounds which escape
with the urine. The ANN oniacal
odor Of the urine, especially Of some
| of the lower animals. is readily
noted. IN children, too, It will be
observed sometimes.
The amount of uric acid Is small,
about 10 grains per day, and may
be increased in certain diseases. The
| quantity Of ammonia is about the
same as Of uric acid.
The heterogeneous products, urea,
uric acid and ammonia, are not
| properly handled by the kidneys
/ unless these organs are normal The
body Of the kidney is made up Of a
| complicated system Of minute tubes
If anything alters or destroys the
i lining OF these tubes, or interferes
with their work Of alteration, then
there is trouble.
In Bright's disease-without now
I considering the various varieties.
/ either of the acute or chronic form
there IS exactly this sort OF a dis
turbance in the kidney. This or
gan is no longer capable OF elimin-
| ating the heterogeneous waste prod
/ ucts, and, unless there is an imme-
/ date lessening Of protein food. there
are sure to be serious results.
The most dangerous Of these IS
\ the result you would expect, know
| ing that an ounce Of urea must be
voided every day. II the kidney
Will no longer extract the urea, il
will accumulate in the body and act
| exactly as would any other poison.
Pretty soon the victim Of Bright's
| disease viii have the symptoms of
uraemic poisoning, condition
which may go on to unconscious
ness and death.
Sensible control OF the food in
take and measures TO render the
skin more active, viii prevent such
an unfortunate ending. and Will per-
NIT recovery in a favorable case.
At another time I shall tell you
something about the foods to be
given in Bright's diseases
This is the fourth of DIR. Cope
lands series OF articles on Bright's
Disease. The fifth will appear on
this page tomorrow.