IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES.

North Otago Times, 21 October 1905, Page 1 (Supplement)

IN THE GOOD OLD TIMES.

(By "Youth.")

Did tho ,'jood old times, which ,we so often hear the praises of from our elderjy relatives and friends, ever really exist? Perhaps tho judgment of these enthusiasts is obscured by the glamour always lent by distance. Perhaps, 100, their pulso;; aro bo quickened by ikollcctions of their early youth, vbcu tho world was new to them and all things seemed good, that they forget all bat tho roseate streaks aud omit to remcmbor the shadows,To us, who read descriptions of tlia kind of life endured by people, not only 111 Australasia, but in the old woi-ld. : fifty or seventy years ago, it seonis incredible that anyone can call those times "good," so void were they of comforts which we now look upon as necessities. Fancy, for instance, getting up on a cold morning and fumbling about with flint, steel and tinder Wor& a fire could be started. Why, the very thought makes one's spine creep! Of the uso of steam pooplo knew but little, a:nd electricity was merely a toy of the chemist. The useful applications of science, which are now so common that wo take them, for granted, tvere unknown. Medical and surgical treatment, instead of being as now reduced to sciences, were then largely -mpuu-al. Even at the present day such complaints as rheumatism, gout, neuralgia, iuiu bago, sciatica, blood disorders, anaemia, indigestion, biliousness, jaundice, sick headache, general debility, gravel, siiro and bladder troubles are occasionally treated as specific diseases •'nstoid of as disorders caused by tho retention in the system of uric acid and other nrnary and biliary poisons which v/ouid bavo been duly removed from the body by natural channels if the kidneys ami liver had been acting actively and efficiently.

Tho kidneys of tlio average poison filter and extract From the o'itjil aboni, threo pints of urine every day. In this quantity of urine should be uissoivul about an ounco of urea, ton or tivohe grains in .weight of uric acid, and other animal and mineral matter varying from a third of an ounce to nearly an ounce, If tho kidnoys are working freely and healthily all this solid matter icavs tho body dissolved in the urine, but if, through weakness or disease, the kidneys aro unable to do their 501k properly, n quantity of these urinaiy substances remains in tho blood ami flows through tho veins, contamiimi.iiig the whole system.' Then we suffer iron, some form of uric poisoning, such as Rheumatism, Gout, Lumbago, Baek-. ache, Sciatica, Persistent Headache, Neuralgia, Gravel, Stone, and Bladder Troubles. A simple test to make as to whether tho kidney,' are healthy is to place some urine, passed tho first thing in tho morning, in a covered glass, and let it stand until next morning. If it is then cloudy, shows a sediment like brick-dust, is of an unnatural colour, or has particles floating about in it, tho kidneys are weak or diseased, and steps must immediately be taken to restore their vigour, or Blight's Disease, Diabetes, or some of tho many manifestations of uric poisoning will result. Hie Liver is an automatic chemical laboratory. In tho liver various substances aro actually made from the blood. Two or three pounds of bile are thus made by the liver every day. Tho 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 tho blood as the latter may require enrichment. The liver changes uric acid, which is insoluble, into urea, . which is completely soluble, and the liver also deals with the blood corpuscles which have lived their life and are useful 110 longer. When the liver is inactive or diseased we sudor from some form of biliary poisoning, such as Indigestion, Biliousness, Anaemia, Jaundice, Sick Headache, General Debility and Blood Disorders. So intimate is tho relation between the work done by the kidneys and that done by tho liver, that where there is any failure on the part of tho kidnoys tho liver becomes affected in sympathy and vice versa. It was the realisation of the importance of this close union of the labour of these vital organs whith resulted in the discovery of tho mcdiciu ; now known throughout the world a Warner's Safe Cure. Certain modi-.;, men, knowing what a boon it would 1; to humanity if some medicine could h found which would act specifically on both tho kidneys and liver, devoted themselves to an exhaustive search for such a medium, and their dovotion was eventually rewarded by their success in compounding a medicine which possesses tho required quality in the fullest degree. Warner's Safe Cure exhibits a marvellous healing action in all cases of functional or chronio disease of (he kidneys and liver, and restoring them, as it is able to do, to health and activity, it of necessity cures all complaints duo to (he retention in tho system of urinary and biliary poisons. A vigorous action of the kidneys and liver naturally eliminates tho "oisons, and troubles duo to the presence of tho poisons cease. Cures effected by War- j ncr's Safe Cure arc permanent, simply I because (hey arc natural. j