Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1880-05-26
The following letter proves
that BRIGHT'S DISEASE,
in its worst form, is durable


MeSsrs IT. H. Warner C Co., Rochester, NJ
Y.-GENTLEMES Having escaped death from
Brights disease by the use Of your Remedy,
feel 1t duty, not only to acknowledge my
gratitude to you personally, but also to bring
my case before the public, and have those who
are suffering similarly TO Judge whether a medi-
cine not prepared by the regulars will cure
the frightfu malady or not.
In the summer Of 1872 was first taken i'll,
with symptoms which, was informed, were
those Of Brghts disease | went to Marquette,
Michigan and called to my aid physician OF
noted ability After remaining considerable
time under his care found no improvement
on the contrary, my disease was considerably
aggravated next placed myself in charge of
one of the first physicians in Toledo, Ohio, with
no better result. | was then induced to try the
skill of an eminent medical man in New York.
and remained under his care six months. Find
ing myself growing steadily weaker, with no
abate uent of the kidney arrangement, ! began
to despair Of ever getting well.
In the summer of 1875 my friends induced
me TO 90 abroad. thinking that the sea voyage,
together with the superior skill Of foreign medi-
cal men. might effect a cure. | succeeded in
| paininp an introduction to the celebrated DIR.
| Declat Of Paris. and remained under his care
| fifteen months. He used in nv case what is
| known as the carbolic treatment and then every
method which the most scientific men of the
profession on the continent were known to EN-
ploy. No Improvement being apparent, the SER
vices of DR. b.. a gentleman of equal emipence,
were next solicited. Seven months OF careful
treatment by this kind gentleman brought me
To the beginning of the most aggravated symp-
toms of the disease With swollen limbs dis
ordered liver impaired digestion and serious
| irregularities of the heart. I proceeded to Man
chester. England. and for five months nv case
bafed the skill of DIR. Roberts, one of the ablest
men of his profession in England, and author
Of work on diseases of the kidneys His grea,
knowledge did not avail in nv case; and, finally,
despairing of any improvement, much less a
cure. | returned to nv native land in the be-
lief that must soon die.
When | reached home two physicians were
summoned. who, on the subjectng samples OF
the urine to the test Of heat and acid, dscov-
cred the presence of albumen in large proper
lion, while the microscope showed numerous
casts All this together with the despairng
look of my physicians, forced the agonizng
conviction that death was inevitable. | then
dismissed nv medical attendants, with the in.
tention of letting nature struggle on unaided to
the end for my confidence to the ability OF
medical men to cope with disordered kidneys
had become, to say the least, greatly essened
At this time, | weighed myself in the presence
Of several friends in the wholesale grocery es.
tablishment of Emerson & Co., Toledo, Ohio
and turned the scales at 2l2b pounds, GA pound,
more than nv ordinary weight when in health
in other words. the tissues Of my body were
saturated with GA pounds, or about 81 gallons
of water.
Finally, while listlessy lingering in pain and
anguish / was Informed by a lady residing OF
Plymouth avenue, Rochester, New York, thai
one Charles Craig of Charlotte had discovered