flow of water is checked, and, as it were, dammed up
so that a slight pressure is put upon the kidneys below, their secretion
is most materially interfered with, and the many trains of symptoms that
usher in disease of the kidneys, appear.

The true, and only sure way to relieve these conditions, as can be
understood by any one, is to remove the real cause. The use of any
medicine that stimulates the kidneys to an irritable action, under such
pressure, is to be avoided, as it only makes the trouble worse,
increases the amount of water that is dammed up, and results in more
serious manifestations of constitutional disease; whereas, by merely
relieving the choked outlet, the flow of water becomes free, and the
kidneys are speedily restored to their natural condition. This is well
illustrated by the following:

Case 113,396.

As recorded at the Invalids' Hotel. L.C.K., farmer, age 41,
married. For a period of nearly ten years, as a result of
slight injury, he had suffered from cloudy and
unhealthy-looking water, with some burning on passing it;
frequent calls to urinate; swelling of the limbs, loss of
energy and strength; headache, etc.; gradually there appeared
severe pain in the back, at times recurring with a sense of
fullness in the abdomen. For a period of nearly eight years he
had been constantly treated by physicians at his home, all of
whom had investigated his case. He had made several long
journeys to consult the manufacturers of a much-advertised
"kidney cure," who, after pretending to examine his urine,
scientifically (none of the proprietors are physicians),
assured him that, without the shadow of a doubt, his disease
was Bright's, and that he might be cured by their "kidney
cure," which was for sale at all drug stores. For a period of
eighteen months he steadily took this "cure," which, he states,
he is sure aggravated his disease, as, although his sufferings
at times were less, he felt that he was not improving in the
least, and that his disorder was not being properly controlled.
His home physician went with him on several occasions,
consulted with the owner of the proprietary medicine, and was
equally mistaken in his diagnosis. After consulting many
doctors, all of whom assured him they could give him treatment
that would prolong his life somewhat, and make his condition