The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1882-03-17
AN UNUSUAL FURoRE.
a Recent Excitement Investigated by tine
Herald and the Results Made Public.


cleveland Co.1 Herald
A few weeks ago we copied into our columns
from the Rochester On. " Denocrm ana
Chronicle "a Remarkable Statement MADE
by j. B. Henion, NJ. D., gentleman VINO Is
we'll known in this city. In that article Dr.
Henion recounted wonderful experience which
befell him, and few days thereafter we pup
lished from the same paper second article,
giving an account Of the = Excitement In fsocn-
ester" caused by DIR. Hsnion's statement In
the first article DIR. Henion stated that FOR
number of years, up to last june he had been
afflicted with what seemed at first most mys-
terious trouble. He felt unsccountably tired at
freuuont intervals he had dull and INDEFINITE
pains in various parts of his body and head,
and was very hungry one day and entirely
without appetite the next However, as ply
stefan he thought, and so did his fellow physl-
clans that he was suffering from malaria
But vet he grew worse, and was finally obliged
to give up a large and lucrative practice Stlll
he was not conscious of his danger, nor that a
monstrous disease was becoming fixed upon
him. although all his organs had become grad
ually weakened. The symptoms above de-
scribed continued accompanied by Others OF an
aggravated nature, and he noticed peculiar
color and odor about the fluids he was passing {;
that they were abundant one day and very
scanty the next, and were covered with froth,
or filed with brickdust sediment But even
then be did not realize his real and alarming
condition. At last, however, he was brought
face to face with the fact that be was victim
OF most tefrlUlt Ulseast anu nc uldtc uOIOiC
efforts for recovery. He travelled extensively
and consulted the best physicians, but they
could give him only temporary rellef, and that
principally in the form Of morphine. And so
he grew steadily and constantly worse until his
life became a torture. HIS pulse unoon-
trollable. He lived wholly by injections, and
for SIX days and nights he had the hlccouShs
constantly, which are considered the sure lndi-
cations of coming death.
When hope and life were nearly exhausted,
his pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, rector OF St.
Paul's Church, strongly urged him to try a
means which the reyeFend gentlemrn had seen
used with remarkable results. He objected at
first but finally consented, and was conscious
of an improved condition the first week. His
pains gradually disappeared his stomach re-
sumed digestion his heart became regular ;
his headaches disappeared; he had no more
chills and fever, or acidity of the stomach he
gain d twenty-six pounds III three months, and
Is a well man to-day, being entirely cured Of 3
most pronounced case of BriShts disease.
Although conscious of the consequences from
his professional brethren, stiA q duly Q his
fellow men. and according to VOW he made on
what he thought his dying bed, he pub
lished card detailing his illness and remark
able cure. 80 Since my recovery, he says, ="
have thoroughly reinyestgated the subject of
kidney difficulties and BrIghts disease, and
believe MORE THAN oNE-HALF THE DEATHS
WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA ARE CAUSED BY
BRIGHTs DISEASE OF THE EIDsEYs. IL has no
distinctive symptoms OF Its own indeed, II
I
the kidneys or their vicinity but has the
symptoms of nearly every other known COM
plant Hundreds of people die daily whose
burials authorized by physician certli-
cate of "Heart Disease" 'Apoplexy," Par
alysisH Spinal Complaint, =. rheumatism, "
| Pneumonia, and other common complaints,
when in reality 1t was Brights disease Of the
kidneys Few physicians, and fewer people,
realize the extent Of this disease or its danger
| GUS and insidious nature K steals into the
| system like a thief, manifests Its presence by
| the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself
| upon the hfe before the victim is aware. II is
/ nearly as hereditary As consumption; quite as
common and fully az fatal. Entire families
| inheriting 1t from their ancestors, have died,
| and vet none Of the number knew or realized
| the MYSTERIOUS power which was removing
/ them Instead Of common symptoms, it often
! shows none Whatever, but brings death sud
! denly. and as such is usually supposed to be
! heart disease.
The second article entitled ." Excitement in
! Rochester" was made up Of interviews with
! DR. Henion himself, who confirmed all said IN
/ his card, and also with Mr.. II. H. Warner. The
! latter gentleman did not regard DIR. Henion's
! case as particularly exceptional, because he had
| known of very many such cures by the same
means in all parts of the land. Kidney diseases
| he said, are carrying of tens OF thousands
| every year, while Bright's disease Is increasing
| $50 per cent. decade ana yet the people dc
not realize II or seek to check II until too late
! He related how a New Orleans medical profes
| sor, lecturing this disease, thinking to SHOW
his class what healthy fluids We're, subjected
k-s-.-ae of his . ns-.ical test-,and although