River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1882-03-16
AN UNUSUAL FURORE.
A Recent Excitement Investigated by
the Herald aud the Results
Made Public.
Clereiand, o., Herald.

Caereiand, o., Herald
/ A few weeks ago we copied into our col
u'uns from the Rochester, N. Y. Dep1ocra
and Chronicle "A Remarkable Statement.
made by J. B. Henion, M. D., a gentlemar
who is well known in this city. In thai
article DIR. Henion recountei wonderful
experience which befell him, and few
days thereafter we published from the same
paper a second article giving an ac.
count of the Excitement in Rochester j
caused by DIR. Henion'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 a
most mysterious trouble. He felt unac.
countably tired at frequent intervals: he
had dull and indefinite pains in various
parts ct his body and head, and was very
hungry one day and entirely without ap-
| petite the next. However, az aphysician
he thought, and so did his fellow physi.
clans. that he was suffering from malaria.
| But yet he grew worse, and was finally
obliged to give up large and lucrative
practice. Still he was not conscious of his
danger. nor that a monstrous disease was
becoming fixed upon him, although all his
organs had become gradually weakened.
The symptoms above described continued.
l aggravated
nature, and he noticed peculiar color and
odor about the fluids he was passing that
they We're abundant one day and yery
scanty the next, and were covered with
froth, or filled with brick dust sediment.
But even then he did not realize his alarm
ing condition. At last, however, he was
brought face to face with the fact that he
was victim of the most terrible disease.
| and he made heroic efforts for recovery.
He travelled extensively and consulted the
| best physicians, but they could give him
| only temporary relief. and that principally
| in the form of morphine. And SO he grew
| steadily and constantly worse until his life
became a torture. His pulse was uncop-
trollable. He lived wholly by injections.
| and for six days and nights he had the hic-
coughs constantly, which are considered
the sure indications of coming death.
When hope and life were nearly ex-
hausted his pastor, the Rev. DIR, Foote.
rector of st. Paul's church, strongly urged
him to try a means which the reverend
gentleman has seen used with remarkable.
results. He objected at first, but finally
consented, and was conscious of an i'm
proved condition the first week. His
pains gradually disappeared; his stomach
resumed digestion; his heart became reg
ular; his headache disappeared; he had
no more chills and fever, or acidity of the
stomach; he gained twenty-six pounds in
three months, and is well man to-day,
being entirely cured Of a most pronounced
case of Bright's disease.
Although consc ious of the consequences
from his professional brethren, still al
duty to his fellow men, and according to
a vow he made on what he thought was
his dying bed, he published card de-
failing his illness and remarkable cure.
"Since my recovery" he says, II have
thoroughly reinvestigated the subject of
kidney difficulties and Bright's disease,
and / believe MORE THAN oNE-HALF THE
DEATHs WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA ARE
CAUSED AY BRIGHT's DISEASE OF THE KID
NRYs. 1t has no distinctive symptoms of
its own (indeed, 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 au-
thorized by a physicians certificate OF
Heart Disease" "Apoplexy," "Paraly-
sis" Spinal Complaint" Rheumatism"
Pneumonia" and other common COM
plants when in reality it was Bright's
disease of kidneys. Few physicians, and
fewer people, realize the extent of this
disease or its dangerous and insidious ma
ture. 1t steals into the system like thief,
manifests its presence by the commonest
symptoms, and fastens itself upon the life
before the victim is aware. II is nearly
as hereditary as consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal. Entire fami-
lies, inheriting it from their ancestors,
have died, and yet none of the number
knew or realized the mysterious power
which was removing them. Instead of
nft oh
whatever, but brings death suddenly 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.. III.
III. Warner. The latter gentleman did
not regard DIR. Henion's case as particu-
larly 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 off tens of
thousands every year, while Brights dis
ease is increasing 250 per cent. a decade.
and vet the people do not realize it or seek
to check it until too late. He related how
a New Orleans medical professor, lectur-
ing on this disease, thinking to show his
class what healthy fluids were, subjected
some of his own to chemical test, and
although he had no suspicion of it before,
discovered that he, too, had the dreaded
disease, which proved fatal in less than
year. There was also an interview with
the celebrated chemist of the New York
State Board of Health, DR.. S. A. baltimore,
who said he had analysed the remedy
which cured DIR. Henion, and found th2t
st was entirely free from poisonous or
deleterious substances"
We have made these coDdensations in
order that all the material facts may be
set before our readers. Since the publica-
tion of these two articles. having been be-
sieged with letters of inquiry, we sent
communication to DIR. Henion and also
one to Ell. III. Warner & Co., asking if any
additional proof could be given US as to
the validity of the statements published.
In answer thereto we have received the
following letters, which add interest to the
entire subject, and wholly verify every
statement hitherto made:
Rochester, N. Y. Feb. 2, 1882.
GENTLEMEN.-Your favor is received.
The published statement over my sigma
ture, to which you refer, is true in every
respect, and L owe my life and present
heath wholly to the power of Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. 1t is not
surprising that people should question
the statement / made. for my recovery
was as great marvel to myself, az to my
physicians and friends.
J. b. HENIoN, M. d.
ROCHESTER,, n. Y, Jan. 81, 1882.
SIRs: Acknowledging your favor duly
received, we would say: The best proof
we can give you that the statements made
by DR.. Hem on are entirely true, and
would not have been published unless
strictly so, is the following testimonial
from the best citizens of Rochester, and
card published by Rev. DIR. Foote, which
you are a liberty to use if you wish.
III. III. WARNER & Co.
To y7hom 1t may Concern:
In the Rochester N. Y, Democrat and
Chronicle of December 81. 1881. there ap-
peared statement in the form Of a card
from DIR. J. 3. Henion, of this city, re-
counting his remarkable recovery, from
Bright's disease of the kidneys, after sew