HANDICAPPED LIVES.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLIX, Issue 14933, 5 March 1912, Page 4

HANDICAPPED LIVES.

BT W. S. 0. "Bk your best, do your best, and always have the best." This is a very good motto to put in one's hat, and to endeavour to live up to. The nearer we can approach to its realisation the fuller and happier will be our lives. Never be satisfied with anything that is second-rate. It is true that we often have to put up with conditions, and things which fall short of being the best, but "putting up with" and being " satisfied with" are two very different terms. The most important part of the motto is "Be your best." You cannot do your best, nor generally have the best without being your best, and to be your best you must have good health. It is impossible for anyone who is not in first-rate health to do ail good work or to get as much enjoyment out of life as he could if his health were all that it should bo. Yet, when you think of it, it is surprising how many people seem to not only havo poor health, but also to have settled down to a state of, if not satisfaction, indifference regarding their condition. They seem to have come to the j conclusion that poor health is a normal | condition, and that it is useless to repine or to do anything to effect improvement. Now, it is to these people, as well as others who are sick and are also dissatisfied, that we desire to give some information which will probabally radically alter their outlook on life. Most of the ills frcm which we suffer have their origin within our todies, and arc due to interruption of Nature's laws. Knowledge of these laws is necessary to everyone, but, unfortunately, most people have but a nodding acquaintance with them. For instance, how many of us fully realise the fact that every instant of our lives our blood is being continuously contaminated by- various poisons actually created by the wear and tear of our flesh or tissue? These poisons must be expelled from tho system, by natural means, as fast as they are produced, or we must suffer from disease. Each movement wo make, each breath we draw, necessitates waute of tissue, and tho tissuo wasted, or used up, is converted into poisonous -waste material. It is just as essential to life that the body should waste away as it is that its substance should be constantly renewed, or replaced, by an adequate supply of fresh air, water, and food- We, therefore, give a few typical examples of the manner in which waste takes place. J When a man draws a breath ho fills his i lungs -with air.' Fresh air is composed of ! oxygen diluted with, nitrogen. When a man empties his lungs by breathing out, it is found that oxygon has been taken from the air, and that the breath exhaled contains a large, amount of carbonic acid. The man did,not; breath* in-tho - carbonic acid* It.

would be impossible for him , a d<-> o, I' < this gas, when pure, 3 highly • ' It is carbonic acid which ■ the workings ofcoal mines many lamentable deaths amoigst th*"*? I ** So deadly is it that a flamo in it. The carbcmio acid in Ju l bur ° ;, ; " is actually in the body fro£ taken in the form of food, etc tL ® 1 * ' t.ty of solid carbon thus breath every twenty-four hours it J eight ounces of purl charcoal CqUal * _ Another way in which our W; a . »13 through the skin. The skin wfe 4>| , passive, is really always working P 3 ding the body of poisons, . which® moved, would bo just as dangerous L # * 6 ' 1 carbonic acid. The skin expels these nS® M 4S fi - in the form of perspiration; and 0 l?u^ 8j 1 it may not bo visible, perspiration il' I from us all the time.' If a man 2 . pletely covered with a coating of wjf, "° m : ). ? . m.tarial he would live but . |J j! The skin, lungs, kidneys, and liver arm 1 ■ the organs upon which wo are dependent i# , I the extraction of poisonous matter from fk , | blood, and its removal from the > evsW, | It is, however, not with the skin and fc M .that we now propose to deal. The & S 3 j as a general thing, needs but regular w' / menfc with good soap and water, and it tni ' I do us duty perfectly and without eomlff I iiio lungs are vigorous organs, and wiTft.' -1 3 j soon made aware of any interference with ' M £ their action by a fit of coughing or a cSt. "WS'| 1 ~ D;? . *nsation. It is the imporfcanM looking after the health of the kidney? anrf I - j liver which it is desirable to empL£? ' ' i llaese organs are the most delicate of a U (those engaged in extracting and remmnV. J -•' from tiie blood the waste poisons as fast m i hey are produced in the botlv. Unless thl m Kidneys and liver are in a fit stated ! thoroughly perform their task, the nart!™, lar poisons, which it is their duty to j£ and extract, will remain in the system. ajiH as tiie kidneys and liver are often unabft P . J?* 1 as . directly, by a sensation of pain th« " - j thero is anything the matter with theii W' • j are probably unaware of their failure until?'"' ■ we begin to suffer from rheumatism,; jZ' I neuralgia, lumbago, backache, sciatica Q| 1 ' , disorders, anemia indigestion, biliousness. 1 , jaundice, sick-headache, general riebilit* » ' ! gravel, stone or bladder troubles, all of which complaints aro caused by the refcmL poison" -" •'s'-'■■j In order that life may be sustained, & mm Is' ' tain quantity of nitrogen must be contained t# ! m the food we eat. The nitrogen in tho tit * is not absorbed into the system through th« ' - lungs. The body is continuously demindSS ' ! "*l a fresh supply of nitrogen to replace th« constant waste of this element, and vieh fresh supply can 'be derived only fram digested food. As the body tissues •wastenitrogen is liberated in the form of X and uno acid, which should, in due coin™. 'I , to eliminated by the kidneys. "When urea arid uric acid are not, formed in excess,' and I" 1 > the kidneys are working healthily, the two ' L poisons leave the 'body in solutiop . a th» urine, a ,. d , aro consequently harmless; bub * v ' ■ if the kidneys, through weakness or dis- ■ \ • ease, are incapable of performing their duty > i " nitrogen is contained in our food ia quantity so excessive that even healthy lid. • ' j Keys cannot cope, with it, the blood is-not < properly purified, and we suffer . from una •'V,. ! . poisoning in some one or more of its nrmer- ' ous forms. Headache, Depression, Low Tern- '." " ' perature, Anaemia, and Asthma are all asso- j I , ciated with the presence of an excess of 1 , uric acid; whilst Rheumatic and Gouty ■' ; affections coincide with the deposition of una 1 j acid in the joints and tissues. Digestive h »• , I troubles and defective. nutrition are often ' ' , ! duo to tho presenoe of this acid, the 000- 'V , tammated blood being deprived of its powei' S I to absorb food. Uric acid crystals deposited . in tho bladder form Gravel and Stones. In cases of nervous breakdown, insanity, or - epilepsy, uric acid is frequently shown fcob« , I in excess. In fact, an excess of uric add : accompanies half the ills which afflict s ;' humanity. Even a person who is in moder-" I ately good health— most people haw but moderate health—would; feel far better and -' 1 enjoy life more completely if the extraction 1 of uric poisons were properly performed by " the kidneys; whilst a person who is feeling - aPS ' out of sorts, miserable, and generally ■. run- ' down, has, in all 'probability' an cxcess offlfel 1 uric acid in the blood ' The kidneys are situated in the small of ?'■ 1 the back, one on each side of the spine. Human kidneys are similar in shape to thow>*•"!. of a sheep, but are somewhat larger. The* are encased in fat, and are supplied with-; • i arteries which convey blood. to' them from the heart. By a process akin to filtering, theWv-H kidneys take any excess of water from the blood, and they also extract from the blood :? ', various waste poisons with which it beoorae( laden in its jourrey through the veins. ■ jt/';, When a person is in good health thftiti ■ waste poisons are dissolved in the vrutet taken from the blood by the kidneys, and! l the solution is passed through narrow pis- :i s| sages leading from each kidney into tWMwgi bladder, and thence expelled from the boJy. /' , This solution is known as urine. Some of ; • the poisons contained in urine are animal vmatter, such as urea and uric acid; others are mineral matter, being, salt? of : lime* ;; magnesia, potash, and soda. H j / ' Unless . the kidneys do their, work thoT' ■< oughlv the waste matter is incompletely civ' tracted from the blood, and becomes actively poisonous, causing us to suffer from disorder* V which cannot be cured until the kidneys aw•s!§£:? restored to health and activity. , ~ • | After the blood is filtered and purified bjt 5". | the kidneys it enters the veins, and is in;:;U . | 1 due time returned to the heart, having,"in. 5 i the meanwhile, traversed the 'body and' taken up a fresh supply of wa?t« matter.; The heart again sends the blood to <hc| !' kidneys, which once more filter it and en • tract the impurities. This proccss goei oa 3 without _ceasing day or night.' ;Y* o The kidneys of the average man filter and • extract from the blood about three pints of i urine in twenty-four hours. In this qutn*; ' tity of urine are dissolved about an ounce ' of urea and ten or twelve grains in weight' • jj of uric acid, together with other animal and - j mineral matter, varying from a third of an >' ounce to nearly an ounce. ' mfi || I The blood, in the course of its circulation, ? carries nourishment, derived from the food we eat, and oxygen, to every part of the*tissues of the body, and receives from the tissues matter -which they have.consumed» ! ,-fi L j v>. and for which they have no further-* use. This waste matter it is the duty of the ij I skin, lungs, and kidneys to throw, off and get rid of. In the fofm of carbonio acid,' the lungs throw off the equivalent of'eight . ounces of pure charcoal every twenty-four , .j hours, and the kidneys do thoir 6hare by eliminating urea, uric acid, . etc., as deI scribed. - , • Closely associated with tho work 1 per* formed "by the kidneys is the work per- 1 formed by the liver. The liver may be described as a chemical laboratory. The blood .. , which enters the liver through the .portal ■■■ 1 vein is loaded with the products of tbe ' ,| .1 digestion of food. These products the liver deals with in such a manner that the com* * J position of the blood when it leaves the liver ( . is very much changed, a sort of secondary digestion having taken place in ; tlie liver. Bile has been manufactured out of the J blood; a substance called glycogen lias beea made from the sugar in the blood, and | stored' in tlie liver for future use, and vari- g| ous other transformations have taken place. > The liver, also, probaoly destroys and re- . moves from the blood red corpuscles, ■ ■ . j are worn out and arc of no further utility. j The liver makes and extracts from tM ( j blood two or three pounds of bile every day-; 1 j Tho bile is delivered into the intestines, and ~ <j acts as a natural cathartic, besides assisting j;.;.'' -'J in the digestion of fatty food and retarding'' »N the decomposition of such food as it passes | along the intestines. ■ _ %, \ Now, if the liver fails to do work, i thoroughly, it follows that the blood, IP- I ,';' ; ■ I stead of having its substance dealt with and - , cleansed in the manner described, is carried , t by the veins to every part of the body m & '[j condition which is mimical to the woUM>, ( || of the body. In other words, the blood u laden with biliary poisons, and' the presence of these biliary poisons in the blood causes i us to suffer from indigestion, dyspepsia, ,i< general debility, biliousness, blood disorders*i'; •, j sick-headache, jaundice, anemia, and a .loss - j of other biliary troubles. . ; j The importance of the kidneys and lire'' being in a healthy condition cannot bo ijoo | greatly insisted upon, therefore a medicino, * 1 which possesses a healing and restorative' , J influence on tlioso vital organs is a boon to < jt/fya mankind. Such a medicine is Warners oat® , , m Cure, which acts beneficially and equally i<\ upon both the kidneys and liver, restoring y| them to health and activity when they «w diseased or feeble. Even disorders diagnoses ( as Bright' Diseaseone of tho most fcUW, * « of diseases—frequently have yielded _to - » y treatment by this remarkable medicine.. 1 -ilf Many people have failed to understand wily, Warner's Safe Cure cures so many com- s.tl plaints, seemingly so different, as rheuniat- r sd ism, gout", lumbago, neuralgia, buckacne, ; • : ■ sciatica, blood-disorders, anaemia, indige*" if! , tion, biliousness, jaundice, sick-headacne, , , general debility, gravel, stone and bladder : troubles. The explanation is very ) sim J 3 '?; - \' All the disorders cured by Warner sow* j Cure aro due to tho inability of the Kidney* , J and liver to extract and expel urinarv jMa it' 1 ! biliary poisons. My restoring the lcidmsy* ',i| and liver to health and activity, Warner (/ gdM Safe Cure enables those organs to propeny .« perform their functions and to free tho IwoaJfeAjSi from urinary and biliary poisons when pam j and sickness, caused by. the presence ot 6UCB poisons, necessarily ceases. Thus . the . cures effected' are natural cures. - 1!' || A pamphlet, containing full particulars W latins- to Warner's Safe Cure and of many remarkable 1 cases of restoration fMrnM health when other meunii had failed, wU' w , sent post free, on request, by H. H. Warner S||| md Co., Limited, Australasian Branch, wei , J bourne. Warner's S«.fe Cure 'is... so '". ;i chemists and storekeepers everywhere, j| in the original (ss) bottles ■ and m tw# ti || cheaper (2s 6d) M Concentrated 1 aon-alcO' lolio form. • /. \