Southern standard. (McMinnville, Tenn.) 1879-current, 1882-01-14
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
The Unusual Experience Of n PROMINENT
Man Made Public.

= nature, ana emanates from so reliable
source, that it is herewith e-puOlished entire |
In addition to the valuable matter it contains, |
1t will be found exceedingly interesting;
To the Editor Of the Democrat aud Chronicle:
Sm:-My motives for the publication OF the |
most unusual statements which follow are, |
first gratitude for the fact that have been |
saved from most horrible death, and second
ly, desire to warn all, who read this state
ment against some-of the most deceptive in
tluences by which they have ever been sur |
rounded 1t is a fact that to-day thousands OF !
people are within a foot of the grave and they
do not know it, TO tell how ] was caught
away from just this position and to warn 9TH
ers against nearing 1t, are my objects In this
communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, lay at my
residence in this city surrounded ymy friends
and waiting for death Heaven only knows
the agony | then endured, for words can never
describe 1t. And yet, If few years previous,
any one had told me that was to be brought
so low, and by so terrible a disease, | should
have scoffed at the idea. | had always been
uncommonly strong and healthy, had weighed
over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own
experience, what pain or sickness were Very
many people who will read this statement re-
alize at times that they are unusually tired
and cannot account for it, They feel dull and
indefinite pains in various parts OF the body
and do not understand it. Or they are ex-
ceedingly hungry one day and entirely with
out appetite the next. This was just the way
! felt when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began Still |
thought it was nothing; that probably |
had taken a cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this | noticed dull,
and at times neuralgia, pain in my head, but
as II would come one day and be gone
the next, paid but little attention
| to it. However, my stomach was out 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
anything serious or that mOnstrous disease
was becoming fixed upon me. Canddly l.
| thought was suffering from Malaria and so
| doctored myself accordingly But got no
better. | next noticed a peculiar color and
odor about the fluids was passng-also that
there were large quantities one day and very
/ little the next and that persistent froth and
scum appeared upon the surface and sedi-
ment settled in the bottom. And yet | did
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l. finally became
accustomed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact. that had no pain
in the affected organs or in their vicinity.
Why | should have been so blind cannot I'M
derstand.
There is terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger usually brings
person to his senses even though it may then
be too late | realized, at last my critical
condition 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 California. Still |
grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said | was troubled with
spinal irritation another, nervous prostraton;
another, malaria; another, dyspepsia, another,
heart disease; another, general debility; an
other, congestion 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 time | was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become pitt
able. The slight symptoms ! at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and con-
slant dsorders-the little twigs of pain had
grown to oaks of agony My weight had beer
reduced from 207 to 1870 pounds. My life was
torture to myself and friends. could re
tain no food upon my stomach, and LIVED
: wholly by injections. | was living mass Of
| pain. Ny pulse was uncomfortable. In my
+ agony frequently fell upon the floor, convul
, sively clutched the carpet, and prayed fo
/, death. Morphine had little or no effect IL
| deadening the pain. For six days and nights
+ l had the death premonitory hiccoughs con
stantly. My urine was filled with tube casts
1
Disease of the Kidneys in its last stages.
) While suffering thus received a call from
D my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, rector Of st
: Paul's Church, OF this city. l felt that it wa
our last interview, but in the course of con
. versation he mentioned remedy OF which
had heard much but had never used. Dl
+ Foote detailed TO me the many remarkabl
r cures which had come under his observation
r by means Of this remedy, and urged Inc TO tr
1t. As practicing physician and gradual
y Of the schools, ! cherished the prelude
d both natural and common with all regulG
practitioners, and derided the idea of an
! medicine outside the regular channels bein
:. the least beneficial. So solicitious, howeve
IL was DIR. Foote, that | finally promised
o would waive my prejudice and try the rem ed
% he so highly recommended. began its us
" on the first day OF June and too
'. it according to directions. At first
y sckened me; but this l thought WI
- good sign for one in my debllitatC
ia condition. continued to take il
n the sickening sensation departed and | WI
- able to retain food upon my stomach. In
" few days | noticed decided change for Il
)e better, as also did my wife and friends n
re hiccoughs ceased and experienced less pa
10 than formerly. was so rejoiced at this il
~ proved condition that, upon what | had b
u lieved but a few days before was my dyiI
Or bed, vowed In the presence Of my faIni
e. and friends, should / recover | would bo
ri publicly and privately make known I'll
~ remedy for the good Of humanity, wherev
G, and whenever had an opportunity. al
IS determined that would give a course of le
a. lures in the COrinthian Academy Of Music
8 this city, stating in full the symptoms and
u most hopelessness Of my disease and the
eS markable means by which have been save
ne My improvement was constant from tn
Of time aud in less than three months | h
uoippd Oh Mounds In 1p gh bppnm q N irnlV fT
vi from pain, and believe | owe my life a
1e present condition wholly to Warmers Sa
IN Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy which
la used.
- Since my recovery l have thoroughly
W, investigated the subject of kidney difficult
al and Brights disease, and the truths dew
nd oped are astonishing. ! therefore state,
ed liberately, and as a physician, that belle
an, MORE THAN ONE HALF THE DEATHS WHICH {
:" CUR IN AMERICA ARE CAUSED BY BRIGH'
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS This may sou
like rash statement, but | am prepared
Ill. fully verify it. Bright's Disease has no d
tinctive symptoms of its own, indeed
often develops without any pain whatever
the kidneys or their vicinity, but has
'O- symptoms OF nearly every other known CO
on plant. Hundreds of people die daily whit
do burials are authorized by physicians cert
Ill cate of Heart Disease "ApoplexNn 81
III raysis,n "Spinal Complaint "Rheur
ser tismn 'Pneumonia,n and other &C
, | mon complaints, when in reality it '
nod Bright's Disease of the Kidneys.
,ns physicians and fewer people, realize the
'u' tent Of this disease or its dangerous and
po- sidious nature. 1t steals into the system
en- thief, manifcsts its presence blythe comm
emf est symptoms, and fastens itselfup the c
a.S stitution before the victim is aware il
5ep nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite
IS q common and fully as fatal. Entire famil
bly, inheriting it from their ancestors, have d
for and yet none Of the number knew or rcalii
40 the mysterious power which was remOv
az them. Instead of common symptoms it of
IAN shows none whnterer INT hrinrs death S