Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1882-01-11
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
The Unusual Experience of Prominent Man
Made Public.

source, that it is herewith re-puDllSHed eHure.
! In addition to the valuable matter it contains,
it will De found exceedingly interesting.
To the Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle:
S1R:-My motives for the publication of the
most unusual statements which follow are,
! first, gratitude for the act that L have been
saved from a most horrible death. and, second
| ly a desire to warn all who read this statement
against some of the most deceptive Influences
| by which they have ever been surrounded. liz
is fact that day thousands of people are
within foot Of the grave and they do not know
it. To tell how was caught away from just
this position and to warn others against nearing
it, are my objects in this communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, lay at my
residence in this city surrounded by my friends
and waiting for death. Heaven only knows the
agony then endured for words can never de-
scribe it, And yet, if a few years previous, any
one had told me that was to be brought 80
low, and by so terrible disrase, l should have
scoffed at the idea. / had always been uncom-
monty strong and healthy, had weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own eX-
| perlenCe what PAIN or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually tired
and cannot account for il. They feel dull and
indefinite pains in various parts of tue body
and do not understand it. Or they are exceed
lngly hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next. This Is just the way [ felt
I
itself upon me first began. Still 1 thought it
nothing; that probably had taken cold that
would soon pass away. Shortly after this L
noticed dull, and at times neuralgia, pain in
my head, but as it would come one day and be
gone the next, paid but little attention to it.
However, my stomach was cut of order and
my food often failed to digest, causing at times
great inconvenience. Yet had no idea, even
as physician that these things meant any
thing serious or that monstrous disease was
becoming fixed upon me. Candidly, thought
L was suffering from Malaria, and SO doctored
myself accordingly. But [ got no better. I
next noticed peculiar color and odOr about
the fluids was passlng-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little the next,
and that persistent froth and scum appeared
upon the surface, and sediment settled in the
bottom. And yet did not realize any danger,
| for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually,
l finally became accustomed to them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by the TACT that
[ had no pain in the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why should have been so blind
cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger usually brings
| a person to bis senses, even though it may then
be too late. realized, at last, my critical con-
dltion, and aroused myself to overcome it.
And, oh how hard tried [ consulted the
best medical skill in the land / visited all the
prominent mineral springs in America and
travelled from Maine to Calf ornia. Still l grew
| worse. No two physicians agreed as to my
malady. One said was troubled with spinal
irritation; another, nervous prostration; anoth-
| er malaria; another, dyspepsia; another, heart
disease; another, general debility; another, con-
gestion of the base of the brain; and so on
| through long list of common diseases, the
| symptoms of all of which really had. In this
way several years passed, during all of which
tune L was steadily growing worse. My cOndi-
ton had really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms [ at first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disorders-the little
twlgs of pain had grown to oaks of agony. My
weight had been reduced from 207 10 100
pounds. My life was O. torture to myself and
| friends l could retain 10 food upon my stom-
ach, and lived wholly by injections. 1 was a
living mass of pain My pulse was uncontrolla-
bic. In my agony frequently fell upon the
floor, convulsively clutching the carpet, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little or no
effect in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights had the death-premonitory hiccoughs
constantly. My urine was filed with tube casts
and albumen. I struggling with Bright's
Disease of the Kidneys in its last stages.
| While suffering thus I received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector Of ST.
Paul's Church of this city. I felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course of CONVEX
| satlOn he mentioned a remedy of which / had
heard much but had never used. DR.. Foote
detailed to me the many remarkable cures
| which had come under his observation, by
|
AS practlclng physician and graduate of the
| schools, l cherished the prejudice both natural
and common with all regular practitioners, and
| derided the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least beneficial.
! SO sOllclJous, however, was DIR. FoOte that
finally promised | would waive my prejudice
and try the remedy he SO highly recommended.
| began its use on the first day of June and
took it according to directions. At first it sick
| ened me; but this thought was a good sign
| f. lolxs1 Ia
ued to take it; the sickenlng sens 4tion departed
and was able to retain food upon my stomach!
In few days [ noticed decided change for
| the better also did my wife and friends.
My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less
| pain than formerly. [ was SO rejoiced at this
ln proved condition that, upon what believed
a few days before was my dying bed, vowed,
in the presence of my family and friends,
should recover [ would both publicly and pri-
vately make known this remedy for the good
of humanity, wherever and whenever had an
opportunity. also determined that l would
| give a course of lectures in the Corinthian
Academy of Music of the city, stating in full
the symptoms and almost hopelessness of my
disease and the remarkable means by which |
have been saved. My Improvement was econ
slant from that time and in less than three
months had gained 26 pounds of flesh, be-
came entirely free from pain and Ibeleve owe
my life and present condition wholly to War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
which I used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly investi-
gated the subject of kidney difficulties and
Bright's Disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. I therefore state, deliberately,
and rs a physician, that I believe MORE THAN
oNE-HALF THE DEATHS WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA
ARE CAUSED BY BRIGHTs DISEASE OF THE KID
NEYs. This may sound like a rash statement,
but am prepared to fully verify it. Brights
Disease has no distinctive symptoms of its own,
Gndeed, it often develops without any pain
whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity,) but
has the symptoms of nearly every other known
complaint. Hundreds of people die daily,
whose burials are q, authorized @ BY physician,
"Paralysis," "Spinal Complaint, :" g Rheulna-
tism," $. Pneumonia, % and other common COM
plants, when in reality it was Bright's Disease
of the Kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize the extent OF this disease or its
dangerous and insidious nature. 1t steals into
the system like a thief, manifests it's presence
by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself
upon the constitution before the victim Is aware.
It is nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite
as common and fully as fatal. Entire families,
inheriting it from their ancestors, have died,
and vet none of the number knew or realized