The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1881-06-10

/ CTedleu anu 1T was once sup
posed that if person felt a pain in the
back, the liver was deranged; if a pain
came in the lower chest the lungs were af-
fected and consumption was near; it is now
known that pain in the back indicates
| diseased kidneys, while troubles in the
! lower chest arise from disordered liver
and not imperfect lungs A severe pain in
the head was once thought to come from
| some partial arrangement of the brain; it
| is now known that troubles in other parts
of the body and away from the head, cause
headaches and that only by removing the
cause can the pain be cured. 1t is mat
| ter of
PRIVATE HISTORY
that Gen. Washington was bled to death.
His last illness was slight, and caused prin-
| cipally by WEAKNESS. A physician was
called who 'bled him copiously' Strange
to say, the patient became no better.
Another doctor was called, who again took
| away a large amount of the vital fluid.
Thus in succession four physicians drew
away the life of great man who was in
tended by nature for an old age, and who
prematurely died-murdered by malprac-
tice-bled to death. That was the age of
medical bleedingr'
The speaker then graphically described
pie, in which they assigned the origin of
all diseases to the stomach, and after show
ing the falsity of this theory, and that the
kidneys and liver were the cause of dis
eases, and that many people are suffering
from kidney and liver troubles to-day who
do not know it, but who should know it
and attend to them at once, continued:
LET us look at this matter a little more
closely. The human body is the most per-
feet and yet the most delicate of all created
things. 1t is capable of the greatest re-
suits and it is liable to the greatest dis
orders. The slightest causes sometimes
seem to throw its delicate machinery out
of order while the most simple and com
mon sense care restores and keeps them in
perfect condition. When it is remembered
that the amount of happiness or misery we
are to have in this world is dependent upon
a perfect body, is it not strange that sim
pie precautions and care are not exercised?
This is one of the most vital questions of
life. People may avoid it for the present,
but there is certain to come time in every
ones experience when it must be faced.
'And here pardon me for relating little
personal experience. In the year 1870 I
found myself losing both in strength and
health. | could assign no cause for
the decline, but it continued, until finally
| called to my aid two prominent physi-
clans. After treating me for some time
they declared | was suffering from Brght's
disease of the kidneys, and that they could
do nothing for me. At this time I was so
weak l could not raise my head from the
pillow and |
TAINTED REPEATEDLY.
My heart beat so rapidly it was with diff
Guilty could sleep. My lungs were also
badly involved; could retain nothing upon
my stomach, while the most intense pains
in my back and bowels caused me to long
for death as relief 1t was at this critical
juncture that physical longing which |
felt land which l most firmely believe was
an inspiration) caused me to send for the
leaves of plant had once known in med
ical practice. After great difficulty l at
last secured them and began their use in the
form of tea. | noticed a lessening of the
pain at once; | began to mend rapidly; in
five weeks | was able to be about and in
two months / became perfectly well and
have SO continued to this day. Tt was only
natural that such result should have
caused me to investigate most thoroughly.
carefully examined fields in medicine
never besore explored, l sought the cause
of physical order and disorder, happiness
and pain, and | found the kidneys and liver
to be the governors, whose motions regu-
late the system.
After describing at length the offices of
the kidneys and liver, and their important
part in life, the doctor went on to say:
Having found this great truth, I saw
clearly the cause of my recovery The
simple vegetable leaf had used was food
and restorer to my well nigh exhausted
kidneys and liver. 1t had come to them
when their life was nearly gone and by
its simple. yet powerful influence had pur-
flied, strengthened and restored them and
saved me from death. Realizing the great
benefit which a knowledge of this truth
would give to the world began in modest
way, to treat those afflicted and IN eperg
case / found the same
HAPPY RESULTS
which | had experienced. Not only this
but many, who were not conscious of any
physical trouble but who, at my sugges-
ton, began the use of the remedy which
he'd saved my life, found their health stead
lily improving and their strength continual
ly increasing. So universal, where used,
was this true, that determined the entire
world should share in its results. and /
therefore placed the formula for its pre-
paration in the hands of Mr.. I'll. III. Warner
of Rochester, n, Y, gentlemen whom
I had cured of severe kidney disease.
az am aware prejudice exists toward
proprietary medicines, and that such pre-
judice is too often well founded, but the
value of a pure remedy is no less because
it is proprietary medicine. A justifiable
prejudice exists towards quack doctors.
but is it right that this prejudice should
extend towards all the doctors who are
earnestly and intelligently trying to do
their duty.
How to restore the health when broken
and how to keep the body perfect and
free from disease must ever be mans high
est study. That one of the great revela-
tions of the present day has been made in
ascertaining the true seat of health to be in
the kidneys and liver, all scientists now
admit. and can but feel that the discoy-
cry which have been permitted to make,
and which / have described to you, is DIES
tined to prove the greatest. best and most
reliable friend to those who suffer and long
for happiness, as well as to those who de-
sire to keep the joys they now possess