The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-01-01 00:00:00

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residence, when the following interview took place:—
" That article of yours, Doctor, has created quite
a whirlwind It has excited so much attention,
thare have been so many inquiries made about it,
that we are anxious to give the public the benefit of
anylother statements which you feel at liberty to
make regarding it Were all the statements made
by you, respecting this accidental discovery of the
value of the remedy, exactly as you stated ?"
"Every one of them. lam not surprised that the
public think it marvellous. It was marvellous, and
coming to my knowledge in so fortunate a manner,
I deemed it my duty to make known, through the
publio press, what I had found. I have since re-
ceived hundreis of letters, many of them from
physicians, and have been absolutely unable to
reply to all of them ; consequently I am very glad,
indeed, to have this opportunity of answering any
questions through the medium of your columns.
"Well, you say. Doctor, in your statement, that
Bright's Disease is regard d as incurable by the
'regular' methods ?" " Yes, Sir. It has always
been so considered from the time it was first
discovered, though it is a very old disease. Up to
the present; there ,has been any medicine found
whickevould act upon the secreting tubes and stop
their degeneration if once attacked with chronic
inflammation, which is Bright's Disease"
"You say that you gave a great deal or attention
to the study of kidney disease while you were in
the Royal Navy, and at the different hospitals you
visited in the world; have you found anything
special as a result of these studies ? "
"I have found. as I said in my statement, that
the majority of all diseases with which humanity is
afflicted nnqusstionably arise from the abnormal
condition of the kidneys; and as they have few
nerves in their interiors, there is nothing to in-
dicate that anything is wrong with them. The
patient may feel a little headache, dull condition
generally, but as these symptons pass off as quickly
as they come, the sufferer dismisses them from
attention until the disease has such a control over
the system that sure signs are given that something
is wrong with the kidneys, and then the doctor says
that he is suffering from Bright's Disease."
"Then these common ailments which you just
mentioned have agi eat deal to do with Bright's
Disease ?"
"Certainly they have, Bright's Disease makes
itself known by such common symptoms as I have
stated Whenever you find a group of symptoms
which are flying about the body, occurring now and
again, you can almost be sure that they are the
first stages of this malady; and physicians, I am
sorry to say, as a rule, only treat the effect instead
of going to the root. This is my experience, and
we have all been making a mistake in not giving
attention to the kidneys, and keeping these organs
in perfect health. Why, sir, I believe if we did so,
and thus kept both kidneys and liver in perfect.
order, we could all look forwsrd to reaching the
allott esl span of life—threescore years and ten."
"That is a strange statement, Doctor."
' :Yes ; but it is a true one. The medical pro-
fession have been treating symptoms instead of
causes, and it is time it ceased. We doctors have
been clippiag off the twigs, while we should have
been striking at the roots. The symptoms I have
mentioned, or any unusual action of the kidneys
which will surely end in Bright's Diiease, and then
the medical profession sit down and say there is no
possible cure."
"You said, I believe, that more than one-half of
the deaths are from Bright's Disease ?"
Precisely. Complaints are torturing thousands
of people to day, which, if not relieved, will end in
Bright's Disease in some one of its many forms It
is a hydra-headed monster, and the slightest
symptoms should strike terror to every one who
has them. I can look back and recall hundreds of
doth whioh a4.1,,r0a were caused by
paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia,
general debility, and other common complaints,
which lam sure now were caused by Bright's Ds•
ease,"
"Did all these cases have simple symptoms at
first ?"
"Every one of them; and 1 inn as confident as
I breathe, that they all might have been cured if
they had used this Warner's Safe Cure. Of course,
the remedy has not been used here in England but
a short time, but I urderstand that it has been
extensively employed in America for ten years, and
is used and prescribed by all regular practitioners."
"Do you know anything about the ot igin of the
remedy '
• 'Very little. I only know in a general way that
it is made from a tropical leaf, and wai introduced
by Mr. Warne], a well—known business man of
America, who was suffering from Bright's Disease,
who, by accident, came across hi,, aid out of
gratitude and with a view to business as well, put
it on the market. You can, however, find out all
about that, by applyilt, at the Comp tny's office. 47,
Farrington St-eet, London, E C."
The reporter left the Doctor much impressed
wita his earnest and sincere manner, and the fore-
going statement is published on account of the
commotion which the publicity of De. Robsou's
article has cauied. Teo standing of this gentleman
is beyond question, and the statement which he has
given cannot for a moment be doubted. It con.
elusively shows that Bright's Disease of the kit-
'Joys ia one of the most de,tructive und dangerous
of all diseases, that it is alarmingly on ti o increase,
but that it can be cured, It is something entirely
new to the English people to know this us they
have always been tang tby their physicians that
Bright's Disease was incurable, and that physicians
were entirely unable to cope with it.—Sunday
Times, Nov. 28.