The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1882-01-28
EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER,.
The Commotion Caused by the Statement
of u Physician.

this paper recently, and has been q subject Of
much conversation, both in professional circles
and on the street. Apparently it caused even
more commotion in Rochester, as the follow
Ing from the same paper shows:
DR.. J. B. Henion, who is well known not
only in Rochester but In nearly every part Of
America, sent an extended article to this pa
per few days since, which was duly pub
lshed, detailing his remarkable experience
and rescue from what seemed to be certain
death. 1t would be impossible to enumerate
the personal inquiries which have been made
at our Office as to the validity of the article,
but they have been so numerous that further
investigation Of the subject was deemed an ed
itorial necessity.
With this end in view repr sentative Of
this paper called on DIR. Henion, at his resi-
dence on St. Paul street, when the following
interview occurred: "That article of yours,
Doctor, has created quite whirlwind. Are
the statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way you were rescued,
such as you can sustain3"
every one of them and many additional
ones. Few people ever get SO near the grave
as did and then return, and ! am not sur
prised that the public think it marvellous. 1t
was marvellous"
SLOW in the world did you, a physician,
come to be brought SO lowl''
'By neglecting the first and most simple
symptoms. l did not think was sick. 1t is
true had frequent headaches; felt tired most
Of the time; could eat nothing one day and
vas ravenous the next; felt dull indefinite
pains and my stomach was out of order, but
did not think it meant anything serious.
"But have these common ailments anything
to do with the fearful Bright's disease which
took so firm hold on You!n
"Anythingl Why, they are the sure indi-
cations Of the first stages of that dreadful
malady. The fact is, few people know or real
ize what ails them, and am sorry to say that
too few physicians do either"
THAT is a strange statement, Doctor"
But 1t is true one. The medical profess
sion have been treating symptoms instead Of
diseases for years, audit is high time itceased
We doctors have been clipping off the twigs
when we should strike at the root. The symp-
toms have just mentioned or any unusual
action or irritation of the water channels indi-
cate the approach of Bright's disease even
more than cough announces the coming of
consumption. We do not treat the cough, but
try to help the lungs. We should not waste
our time trying to relieve the headache, stom-
ach, pains about the body or other symptoms,
but go directly to the kidneys, the source Of
most of these ailments"
"This, then, is what you meant when you
said that more than one-han the deaths which
occur arise from Bright's disease, is it Doc
tor2''
Precisely. Thousands OF so-called dis
eases are torturing people to-day, when in
reality it is Bright's disease in some one of its
many forms. It is hydra-headed monster,
and the slightest symptoms should strike ter
Ior to every one who has them. ! can look
back and recall hundreds of deaths which ply
scians, declared at the time were caused by
paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia,
malarial fever and other common complaints
which see now were caused by Bright's dis
ease.n
" And did all these cases have simple symp-
toms at firstl''
EVERY one of them, and might have been
cured as l was by the timely use of the same
remedy Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure l am getting my eyes thoroughly
opened in this matter and think am helping
Others to see the facts and their possible
danger also. Why, there are no end of truths
bearing on this subject. If you want to know
more about it go and see Mr.. Warner himself.
lie was sick the same as /, and is the health
lest man in Rochester to-day. He has made a
study of this subject and can give you more
facts than | can. Go, too, and see DR.. Latti-
more, the chemist, at the University If you
want facts there are any quantity of them
showing the alarming increase of Bright's dis
ease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, and
that there is but one way by which it can be
escaped
Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the
Doctors words, the reporter babe him good
day and called on Mr.. Warner at his establish
ment on Exchange street. At first Mr.. War
ner was inclined to be reticent, but learning
that the information desired was about the
alarming increase of Bright's disease, his.
manner changed instantly and he spoke very
earnestly:
at is true that Bright's disease has in
creased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable
statistics, that in the past ten years its growth
has been $50 per cent. Look at the prominent
men it has carried off: Everett, Sumner,
Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and
Others. This is terrible and shows greater
plant; 1t must be plain to every one that
something must be done to check this increase
Or there is no knowing where it may end"
"Do you think many people are afflicted
with it to-day who do not realize it, Mr..
Warner?n
Hundreds Of thousands. Ihave striking
example of this truth which has Just come to
my notice A prominent professor in New
Orleans medical college was lecturing before
his class on the subject of Bright's disease
He had various fluids under microscopic analy-
Sis and was showing the students what the in
dications of this terrible malady were In
order to draw the contrast between healthy
and unhealthy fluids he had provided vial
the contents Of which were drawn from his
own person. And now, gentlemen he said,
as we have seen the unhealthy indications, /
will show you how it appears in state of per-
feet health and he submitted his own fluid to
the usual test. AS he watched the results his
countenance suddenly changed-his color and
command both left him and in trembling
voice he said: Gentlemen, / have made a
painful discovery; Ihave Bright's disease of
the kidneys" and In less than year he was
dead.n
"You believe then that 1t has no symptoms
OF its own and is frequently unknown even by
the person who is afflicted with it?"
" 1t has no symptoms Of its own and very
often none at all. Usually no two people have
the same symptoms, and frequently death is
the first symptom. The slightest indications
OF any kidney difficulty should be enough to
strike terror to any one. l know what | am
talking about for have been through all the
stages of kidney disease.n
You know Of DR.. Henion's case2n
Yes, have both read and heard of tn
ut is very wonderful, is it not?'
"A very prominent case, but no more so
than great many others that have come to
my notice as having been cured by the same
means.n
"You believe then that Bright's disease can
be curedl"
~ know it can. know it from the expert
ence of hundreds of prominent persons who
were, given up to die by both their physicians
and friends" ' 70. -l~-1 -
"You speak of your own experience, what
was it?n
IA fearful one. I had felt languid and un-
fitted for business for years. But did not
know what allied me. When, however, found
It was kidney difficulty thought there was
little hope and so did the doctors. l have
since learned that one of the physicians Of this
city pointed me out to gentleman on the