The Republican journal., 1882-03-16
A REMARKABLE STATEMEN
The Unusual Experience OF a Prominent
Man Made Public

Man Made fubl1c
The following article from the Democrat and
Chronicle, of Rochester, y. y, is of 50 striking
nature, and emanatcS from reliable source, that
it Is herewith relubliShc'i entire. In addition TO
the valuable matter il contains, il will he found eN-
cecdingly Interesting
To the Edtor qr tie Deatocrot a,d CAronicle
SIR My motives for the publication of the most
unusual statements which follow are, first graft
tude for the fact that have been saved from most
horrible death, and, secondly, desire to warn all
who read This statement against some of the most
deceptive Influences by which they have ever been
surrounded It i a fact that to-day thousands of
people are within foot of the grave and they do
not Anow it, To tell how / was caught away from
Just thi~ position and 10 warn others against near
lug it, are my objects III this communication.
on the fir-t day of June. ISL, lay ii my resi-
dence in th- city surrounded by my friends and
waiting Tor death. Heaven only knows the agony
| then endured, for words can never describe il.
And vet, II Il feW years previous, any one had told
M that was to he brought 50 low, and by terri
bic a disease, l should have Sco1ed at the Idea. !
mad always been uncommoniy strong and healthy,
had weighed over 3O0 pounds and hardly knew, in
my own experience. what pain Of sickness
Very many people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually tired and
cannot account for it, They feel dun and indefinite
pains in various parts of the body and do not I'M
nefstaht II. Vr they are exceedingly hungry one
day ana entirely without appetite the ncNt This
just the way felt when the relentless malady
which had fastened Itself upon me first began Still
! thought II was nothing. that probably had taken
cold which would soon pass away. shortly after
this noticed Il DUH ana at times nelralgic, lain in
my head, but rs it would come one day and be gone
the next, paid but little attention to it, IoWeN er,
my stomach was out Of order and my food often
failed To digest, causing at times great nc0nycni
ehce' let h' 70 h'ei even as Il pit Sl'l"l' mat
these things meant anything serious OF that a mon
slrou9 disease was becoming hAcd upon me Can
ltlN, thought wa suffering from Malaria, and
80 doctored myself accordingly. But got no bet
ter next noticed peculiar color and odor about
the fluids was passing-also that there were large
quantities day and very little the next and that
persistent frOth and scum appeared upon the
face ana a sediment settled i'll the bottom. And
vet did not realize my danger for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, finally became ac
customtd to them, and my suspicion WAS wholly
disarned by the fact that had no pain in the at;
have been 50 blind cannot understand
There is terrible future for all physical neglect.
and impending danger usually brings ii person to
realized, at last, my critical condition and aroused
myself to overcome ii. And, Oh, how hard tried ;
| consulted the best medical skill in the land.
visited all the prominent mineral springs IN Anerl
ca and travelled from Maine to California. Still
grew worse No two physicians agreed as to my
m3iady. One SAID was troubled with spinal irri
tatlon; another, nervous pr0stration; another, ma
laria; another, dyspepsia: another heart disease;
another. general debility: another, 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 wears
passed, during all of which time ! steadily
growing worse. My condition had really become
pitiable. The slight symptoms | at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and constant
disOrder5-the little tWigs of pain had grown to
oaks of agony. My weight had been .duced from
POI to l30 pounds Ny life was a torture to myself
and friends. / could retain no food upon my stom
ach and lived wholly by injections. ] living
mass of pain My pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony | frequently fell upon the floor, convul-
sively clutched the carpet, and prayed for death
Morphine had little OF no effect in deadening the
pain. For six days and nights had the death pre-
monitory hlccoughs constantly My urine was filed
with tube casts and albumen. | struggling
with Bright'S Disease OF the Kidneys in its last
stages
While suffering thus | received a call from my
pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, rector Of st. Paul's
Church, of this city | felt that il last in
ervew, but in the course of conversation he men
toned a remedy of which had heard much but had
never used. Dr. Foote detailed to me the many
markable cures which had come under his ollserya-
tion by means of this remedy, and urged me to try
! IT. As practlclng physician and graduate OF the
schools, cherished the prejudice both natural and
common with all regular practitioners, and derided
| the idea of any medicine outside the regular chan
nels being the least beneficial. so socitous how
ever, was DIR. Foote, that iinall promised would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he high
| ly recommended | began its use on the first Clav
| of June and took 1t according to directions. At
| first it sckened me; but this thought was ii good
| sign for one in my debilitated condition | con
tinued To take it, the sickening sensation departed
| and was able to retain food upon my stomach. In
few days noticed decided change for the better.
as also did my wife and friends My hiccoughs
| ceased and experienced less pain than formerly.
| was so rejoiced at this improved condition that,
upon what had believed but few days before was
| presence
| lily and friends, should recover would both pub
| licy and privately make known this remedy for the
| good ot humanity wherever and whenever had
| an opportunity. ] also determined that | would
| give course of lectures in the Corinthim Ac;tc-
my of music of this city, stating in full the symp-
| toms and almost hopeeSSness of my disease And
| the remarkable means by which have been saved.
| Ny Improvement was constant from that time and
in less than three months had gained 26 pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain and believe
owe my life and present condition wholly to War
ner's safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
| which used
| Since my recovery have thoroughly re-investi-
gated the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright
disease, and the truths developed are astounding
therefore state, deliberately, and physician,
that believe MORE THAN ONEHALF TIE DEATHS
| WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA ARE CAUSED BY
| BRIGHI's DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. This may
| sound like a rash statement but am prepared Ia
fully verify it. Brights Disease has no distinctive
| symptoms of its own, Qndeed, it often deyelops
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 authorized by Il phv 81.
clans certificate of "IIeart Disease" "ipopieXy; :;
| Paralysis" "Spinal Complaint' "Rheumatism
| "PneumOnia,' and other common complaints. when
| in reality it was Brights Disease of the Kidneys
| Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the eX.
tent of this disease or its dangerous and insidious
nature 1t steals into the system like thief mani
| tests its presence by the cOmmonest symptoms
and fastens itself upon the constitution before the
victim is aware. 1t is nearly as hereditary as con
| sumption, quite as common and fully as fatal. En-
tire families, inheriting it from their ancestors
| have died, and yet none of the number knew OF
| realized the mysterious power which was remoy
ing them. Instead Of common symptoms it often
| shows none whatever, but brings death suddenly
and such is usually supposed to be heart disease
| AS one who has suffered, and knows by bitter eX
perience what he says, implore every one who
reads these words not to neglect the slightest symp
toms of Kidney difficulty. Certain agony and
possible death will be the result of such neg
lect, and no can afford to hazard such chances
| am aware that such an unqualified statement as
this, coming from me- known as | am throughout
the entire land as practitioner and lecturer. vii
arouse the surprise and possible animosty of the
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