SELF-POISONED.

Southland Times, Issue 19381, 3 September 1904, Page 1 (Supplement)

SELF-POISONED.

(By "Sequence.") Some of the most powerful poisons known to scienco arc made in tne human body as the result of the wear and tear of life. These poisons are produced by the mere act ol living. Wo have all heard of the poisoned spears, darts, and arrows used by many tribes of savages. The most common mode of poisoning these articles is to thrust them into a dead human body, and leave them there until the flesh is completely decomposed. Some tribes consider that there is a special virtue in the corpse of a chief, when used for this purpose, nnd that the greater the chief the more dangerous to thoir enemies will be the weapons thus prepared. Whether the body is that of a chief or that of a slave matters not at all. In either rase a most malignant poison results from thc decomposition, nnd the slightest scratch from spear, dart, or arrow treated in this manner is fatal to a human being or any other living animal. Dangerous as are the poisons created by the decomposition of animal matter, the poisons made l»y each of us every moment wc live nre equally deadly, and their evil work is wrought within ourselves. If all our organs are thoroughly healthy, the poisons, which are being continuously made, are expelled, and we. suffer no hurt. It should therefore be our first care to see that the organs, whose duty it is to remove those poisons, are kept in cflicicnt working order. Upon the skin, lungs, kidneys, and liver rests the main responsibility of extracting poisonous matter from the blood and removing it from the system. The moment one of those organs, through weakness or disease, becomes incapable of performing its work efficiently, thai moment we hegin to suffer from some illness, and if steps arc not taken to restore to health and activity the organ at fault death from some form of blood poisoning must ensne. The lungs are vigorous organs, and speedily advise us of Anything which is impeding their action, "whilst the skin will usually perform its duty if kept in a state of cleanliness. The kidneys and liver, on the other hand, are generally not able to directly cal! our attention to any weakness or disease in themselves, and it is only by studying symptoms produced by their irregularity that we become aware of thetir incapacity to do their work. The kidneys filter and extract from the blood about- three pints of urine every day. In this quantity of urine are dissolved about an ounce of urea, ten to twelve grains in weight of uric acid, together with other animal and mineral matter varying from a third of an ounce to nearly an ounce. When the kidneys are in health all this solid matter is in solution and is invisible. Directly the kidneys, through either weakness or disease, become unfit to do their duty properly., a proportion of the solid matter remains in the blood, becomes actively poisonous, and causes us to suffer from uric disorders such as Rheumatism, Gout. Neuralgia, Lumbago, Backache, Sciatica, (.ravel, Stone, Bladder Troubles, and Bright's Disease. A simple tost to make as to the condition of the kidneys i.s to place some urine, passed the first thing in the morning, in a covered glass, and let it stand ui\til next morning. If it is then cloudy, or there is a brick-dust like sediment, or if particles float about in it, or it is of an unnatural colour, the kidneys are not healthy, nnd no time must be lost in adopting remedial measures, or Bright's Disease, Diabetes, or some less serious but more painful illness will result. The Liver. — ln the liver various substances are actually made from thc blood. Two or three pounds of bile are thus made from the blood every day. The liver takes sugar from the blood, converts it into another form, and stores it up so as to be able to again supply it to the blood, gradually, as the latter requires enrichment. The liver changes uric acid, which is insoluble, into urea, which is completely soluble, and the liver also deals with blood corpuscles which have lived their life and and are nseful no longer. When the liver is inactive or diseased we suffer from Indigestion, Biliousness, Anamiia, Sick Headache, and Blood Disorders. The health of the liver and of the kidneys is so closely connected that it is almost impossible for the kidneys to be affected, and the liver to ' remain healthy, or vice versa. It is nearly thirty years since scientific research directed specially to diseases of the kidneys and liver was rewarded by the discovery of the medicine now known throughout the world as Warner's Safe Cure. It was realised at the outset of the investigation that it was necessary to find a curative agent which would act equally upon the kid- • neys and upon the liver, these organs being so immediately associated in the work of dealing with the body's waste material, and after many disappointments the medicine which possessed the required action in the fullest degree was at length discovered. Warner's Safe Cure cures all diseases of the kidneys and liver, and, by restoring their activity, these vital organs are enabled to rid the body, through the natural channels, of urinary and biliary poisons, the presence of which in the system are tho cause of Rheumatism, Clout, Neuralgia, Lumbago, Backache, Sciatica, Blood Disorders, Anaemia, Indigestion, Biliousness. Jaundice, Sick Headache, Gravel. Stone, Bladder Troubles, and General Debility. Warner's Safe Cure cures all these disorders simply by removing the cause of the disorder. This ' is the reason why cures effected by Warner's Safe Cure are permanent cures.