Daily Republican., 1882-10-07
A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION.
the Unusual Experience of a
Prominent Man Made Public.

Prominent Man Made Public.
The following article from the Demo-
orat and Chronicle, of Rochester, N. |
Y, Is OF 30 striking nature, and ema.
mates from 80 reliable a source, that it |
Is herewith re-published entire. In
addition to the valuable matter 1t con-
tains, 1t will be found exceedingly in.
teresting.
To the Editor of the Democrat and
Chronicle:
Sir:-My motives for the publication
of the most unusual statements which |
follow are: First, gratitude for the
fact that | have been saved from a most |
horrible death, and, secondly, desire |
TO warn all who read this statement |
against some of the most deceptive in |
auences by which they have ever been
surrounded. 1t Is fact that to-day |
thousands Of people are within n 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 hearing it, are my objects in
this communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, 1 lay
at my residence in this city, surrounded |
by my friends and waiting for my
death. Heaven only knows the agony
l then endured, for words can never de-
scribe it. And yet, If few years pre-
viouS, any one had told me that + was
to be brought so low and by so terrible
a disease, l should have scoffed at the
idea. had always been nncommonly
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 realize at times
that they are unusually tired and can
not account for it. They feel dull and
indefinite pains in various parts of the
body and do not understand it. Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day
and entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way L felt when the
relentless malady which had fastened
Itself upon me first began. Still l
thought 1t was nothing; that probably
had taken cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this noticed
dull, and at times neuralgia pain
in my head, but as 1t wonld come one
day and be gone the next, l paid bat lit
tie attention to IT, However, my stom-
Rch was ont of order and my food often
failed to digest, causing at times great
inconvenience. Yet l had no idea,
even as physician, that these things
meant anything serious or that mon
strous disease was becoming fixed up
on me. Candidly, l thought l was
suffering from Malaria and so doctored
myself accordingly. But got no bet.
ter. next noticed a peculiar color
and odor about the fluids l was pass
Iing-Also chat there were large quanti-
ties one day and very lutte the
next, and that persistent trOth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and a
sediment settled in the bottom. And
yet did not realize my danger, for,
indeed, seeing these symptoms contin-
uElly, 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 viCini
ty. Why 1 should have been blind
cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physi
cal neglect, and impending danger al
ways brings a person to his senses ever
though it may then be too late. l real
ized, at last, my critical condition and
aroused myself to overcome it. And
Oh! how hard tried l consul ted the
best medical skill in the land. visite(
all the prominent mineral springs II
America and Travelled from Maine t
California. Still grew worse. NJ
two physicians agreed to my malady
One said was troubled with spina
irritation; another, nevous prostratiOn
another, malaria; another dyspepsia;
another, heart disease; another, genera
debility; another, congestion of the bnst
of the brain; and 80 on through lonl
list of common diseases, the symp5omI
of all of which l really had. In thiI
way several years passed during
all of which time 1 was steadily growing
) worse. MY condition had really be-
, come pitirble. The slight SYMPTOMS a
first experienced were developed int
terrible and constant disorders-thr
little twigs of pain had grown to oak
of agony. My weight had been reduced
fIOm 207 to 1S0 pounds. My life was I
> torture to myself and friends. 1 coulC
retain no food upon my stomach, ant
lived wholly by injections. I was
living maSe of pain. My pulse wa
!, uncomfortable. In my agony frequent
ly fell upon the floor, convulsivel,
! clutched the carpet, and prayed TO
death. Morphine had little or no effeo
= in deadening the pain. For six day
? ? and nights had the death-premonito
ry hiccoughs constantly. Ny urine wa
filled with tube casts and albumen.
Q was struggling with Bright's Disease 0
, the Kidneys in its Last stages.
= While suffering thus l received
call from my pastor, the Rev. DI
4 Foote, rector of st. Paul's Church Q
y this city. felt that it was our last in
= terview, but in the course of converse
ton he mentioned remedy Of which
- had heard much but had never used
8 DIR. Foote detailed TO me the many re
n markable cures which had CONF unde
g his observation by means of this RENE
b dy, and urged me to try 1t. AS prac
!. ticipg physician and a graduate of tn
II schools, cherished the prejudice bot
It natural and common with all regula
o practitioners, and derided the idea o
u any medicine outside the regular chan
o nels being the least beneficial. SO 50
o licitous, however, was DR.. FOote, tina
'' | L nnally promised WOulu WdANo III
it prejudice and try the remedy he
70 highly recommended. 1 began its us
o on the 1st day Of June and took 1t al
= cording to directions, continued
= take it; the sickeuing sensation depar
l. ed and / was able to retain food upo
70 my stomach. In a few days / notice
d decided change for the better as ais
+ did my wife and friends. My hiccoug
ceased and experienced less pain tina
formerly. was go rejoiced az this in
proved condition that, upon what l ha
d believed but few days before was II
,e dying bed vowed in the presence
e. my family and friends, should 1 reoo,
ID er l would both publicly and private
D. make known this remedy for the goc
b. of humanity, wherever and wkenev
ID had an opportunity. l also dete
ii mined that would give a. eOare of lie
+ tures in the Corinthian Academy
to Music of this city, statingin full Il
D. symptoms and almost hopelessness
if nv disease and the remarkable mea