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The Unusual Experience Of O Pror
Man Made puhtic.

BILE q disease, I should have scoffed at the
idea. Ihad always been uncommonly strong
and healthy, had weighed,ove 200 pounds and
hardly knew, in my VI experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize ct times
that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for it They feel dull and in
definite pains in various parts of the body
and do not understand it. Or they are e1-
ceedingly hungry one day and entirely with
out appetite the next. This was just the
way I felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began.
Still | thought it was nothing; that probably
l had taken a cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this I noticed a dull,
and at times q neuralgia, pain in my head,
but Us it would come one day and be gone
However, my stomach was out of order and
my food often failed to digest, causing at
times great Inconvenience: Yet I had
no idea, even as a physician, that
these things meant anything serious or
that O monstrous disease was becoming fixed
upon me. Candidly, l thought I was suffer-
ing from Malaria and so doctored myself
accordingly. But 1 got no better. I next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about the
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that q persistent froth md scum
appeared upon the surface, and q sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet I did not re-
alize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, I finally became &C.
customed to them, and my suspicion Eas
wholly disarmed by the fact that 1 had no
pain in the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why I should have been 80 blindI
cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always brings
d person to his senses even though it may
then be too late. I realized, ct last, my crit
ical condition and aroused myself to over
come it. And, Oh how hard I tried ! I con-
suited the best medical skill in the land. I
visited all the prominent mineral springs in
America and travelled from Maine to Cali
fornia. Still I grew worse. No two physi-
clans agreed as to my malady.. One said I
was troubled with spinal irritation; another,
nervous prostration another, malaria an
other dyspepsia ; another, heart disease; an
other, general debility another, congestion
of the base of the brain; and so on througha
long list of common diseases, the symptoms
of all of which I really had. In this way
several years passed, during all Of which
time I was steadily growing worse. My con-
dition had really become pitiable. The
slight symptoms I at first experienced were
developed into terrible and constant dis
OIuclo-lucl lItlo lHlSS VI pain Ilau REOWU "
oaks of agony. My weight had been re-
duced from POI to $50 pounds. My life was
a torture to myself and friends. I could re-
tain no food upon my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. I was q living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncomfortable.
In my agony Frequently fell upon tho floor;
convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed
for death. Morphine had little or no. effect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
,1;16to T hoJ {ba Ioo&h L.
coughs constantly. My urine was filled with
tube casts and albunen. I was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the Kidneys in its
last stages.
While suffering thus I received a call
from my pastor, 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 conversation he mentioned q
remedy of which I had heard much but
had never used. DR.. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures which had come
under his observation, by means Of this
remedy, and urged me to try it. As a prac-
ticing physician and a graduate of tho
schools, l cherished the prejudice both nat
ural and common with all regular practition-
ers, and derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being tho least
beneficial. So solicitous, however, was DR..
Foote, that I finally promised that I would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so
highly recommended. began its use or the
first day of June and took it ~accordlng:.to
directions. At first it sickened me; but this
I thought was q good sign for me in my de.
bilitated condition. I continued to take 1t;
tho sickening sensation departed and / was
able to retain food upon my stomach. In O
few days I noticed a decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain
than formerly. I was 80 rejoiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what I had be-
lieved but q few days before was my dying
bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should I recover would bothpub-
licly and privately make Known this remedy
for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever I had an opportunity. I also de-
termined that I would give . course OF leg
lures in the Corinthian Academy OF Music
of this city, stating in full the symptoms ano
almost hopelessneSs of my disease and the
remarkable means by which I have been
saved. My improvement was constant from
that time, and in less than three months l
had gained &c pounds in flesh, became en-.
tirely free from pain, and I believe ! owe my
| life and present condition wholly to Warmers
| Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
which I used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly re-
investigated LILO SUUJcCG VI hlOuCy oAIaSQl-
ties and Bright's disease, and the truths de-
veloped are astounding. I therefore state,
deliberately and rs a physician, that / believe
that more than one-half the deaths With oc-
cur in America are caused by Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys. This may sound Like a
! rash statement, but I am prepared to fully
verify it. Bright's disease has no distinctive
symptoms of its own (indeed, it often de-
velops without any pain whatever In the kid
neys or their vicinity, but has the symptoms
of every other known complaint. Hundreds
of people die daily, whose burials are
authorised by a physicians certificate OF
" "ssarsl D'S complain ap"Spi''yS' Rheum nlatyn1s,"
Pneumonia" and other common com
plants, when in reality it was Bright's Dis
ease of the Kidneys. Few physicians, and
fewer people, realize the extent of this disease
or it's dangerous and insidious nature. 1t
steals into the system like a thief, manifests
its presence by the commonest symptoms,
and fastens itself upon the constitution
before the victim is aware. 1t is nearly as
hereditary as consumption, quite as com
mon and fully as fatal. Entire families,
inheriting it from their ancestors, have
died, and yet none of the number knew or
realized the mysterious power which was re-
moving them. Instead of common symp-
toms it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly, and as such is usually
supposed to be heart disease. AS one who
has suffered and knows by bitter experience
what he says, I implore every, n who reads
these words not to neglect the slightest
symptoms of Kidney difficulty. Certain
agony and possible death will be the sure re-
suit of such neglect, and no one can afford to
hazard such chances.
l am aware that such an unqualified state:
ment as this, coming from me, known as l
am throughout the entire land as a practi;
toner and lecturer, will arise the surprise and
possible luminosity of the medical profession
and astonish all with whom I am acquainted,
but I make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which l I'm prepared to produce
| and truths which I can substantiate to the
letter. The welfare of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such rs l was, Is an ample
inducement for me TO take the step I have,
and if I eau successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which 1 once walked,
I am willing to endure all professional and
personal consequences.
]. B. HENION, M. D.