Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
The Unusual Experience of a Promi-
nanf Man Mada RIIhlic


crdt and Chronicle, of Rochester, n. Y,
is of so striking nature, and emanates
from so reliable source, that it is here
with re-published entire. In addition to
the valuable matter it contains it will be
found exceedingly interesting.
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 influences by which they
have ever been surrounded. 1t is fact
that to-day thousands of people are within
foot of the grave and they do not know
just this position and to warn others
against nearing it, are my objects in this
communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, l lay at nv
residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony L then endured, for
words can never describe it. And yet, if
few years previous, any one had told
me that l was to be brought so low, and by
so terrible disease, L should have scoffed
at the idea. l had always been uncommon
ly 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 state
ment realize at times that they are unusual
ly tired and cannot account for it. They
feel dull and indefinite pains in various
parts of the body and do not understand
u: Or they are exceedingly hungry one
day and entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way l felt when the re-
lentless malady which had fastened itself
upon me first began. Still l thought il
was nothing; that probably had taken
cold which would soon pass away. Short
lU affar fhic I l,n
neuralgia, pain in nay head, but as it would
come one day and be gone the next, paid
but little attention to it. However, my
stomach was out of order and my food
often failed to digest, causing at times
great inconvenience. Yet 1 had no idea,
even as a physician, that these things
meant anything serious or that a mon
strous disease was becoming fixed upon
me. Candidly l thought 1 was suffering
from Malaria and so doctOred myself ac-
cordingly. But 1 got no better. / next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about
the fluids was passing-alSO that there
were large quantities one day ard very
little the next. and that persistent frOth
and scum appeared upon the surface, and
sediment settled in the bottom. And yet
did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, l final
ly became accustomed to them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact
that had no pain in the affected organs
or in their vicinity. Why 1 should have
been so blind cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physi
cal neglect, and impending danger usually
brings person TO his senses even though
it may then be too late [ realized, at last,
my critical condition and aroused myself
to overcome it. And, Oh how hard tried
l consulted the best medical skill in the
land. L visited all the prominent mineral
springs in America and travelled from
Maine IN Colifnrnio Gill +
No two physicians agreed as to my malady.
One said L was troubled with spinal irrita-
ton; another, nervous prOStration; an
| other, malaria; another, dyspepsia; an
| other, heart disease; another, general de-
bility; another, congestion of the base of
the brain; and so on through long list
of common disease, the symptoms of all
which really had. In this way several
years passed, during all of which time l
was steadily growing worse. Ny condition
had really become pitia5le. The slight
symptoms first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disOrderS-the
| little twigs of pain had grown to oaks of
agony. My weight had been reduced from
| 207 TO 40 pounds. My life was torture
| 10 myself and friends. l could retain no
| food upon my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. was living mass Hf
| pain. My pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony l frequently fell upon the floor,
| convulsively clutched the CARPET, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little or
no effect in deadening the pain. For six
| days and nights had the death premcni-
tory hiccoughs constantly. My urine was
| fl,ed with tube casts and albumen. l
was struggling with Bright's Disease of
the Kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus i received cali
| from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector
of st. Paul's Church, Of this city. | felt
that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation he mentioned a
remedy of which l had heard much but
had never used. DIR. FoOte detailed to me
/ the many remarkable cures which had
come under his observation, by means of
this remedy, and urged me to try il. AS a
practicing physician and a graduate of
the schools, cherished the prejudice both
natural and common with all regular prac-
| titiOners, and derided the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channels be-
| ing the least beneficial. So solicitous, how
ever, was DR.. Foote, that l finally prom
ised would waive my prejudice and try
began its use on the first day of June and
took it according to directions. At first it
sickened me; but this l thought was a
good sign for one in my debilitated cOndi-
| ton. L continued to take it; the sicken-
ing sensation departed and was abe to
days l noticed a decided change for
| the better as also did my wife
and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and
L experienced less pain than formerly. l
was so rejOiced at this improved condition
that, upon what L had believed but a few
days before was my dying bed, vowed,
In the presence of my family and friends,
should / recover | would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever | had an opportunity. l also
determined that / would give a course of
lectures in the Corinthian Academy of
Music of this city, stating in full the symp-
| toms and almost EOpeleSSneSs of nv dis
ease and the remarkable means by which
| have been saved. My improvement was
constant from that time, and in less than
three months L gained 26 pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain and be-
lieve owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Kidney ard Liver
Cure, the remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly Tt
Investigated the subject of Kidney diff
cultieS, and Brighps disease, and the truths
developed are astounding | therefore
state, deliberately, and as physician,
that believe MORE THAN oNE-HALF THE
DEATHS WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA ARE
CAUSED BY BRIGHT's DISEASE OF THE
KIDNEYS. This may sound like rash
statement, but l am prepared to fully veri-
| fly it. Brights Disease has no distinctive
symptoms of its own, (indeed, it often de-
velOpS without any pain whatever i'm 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 physi-
clans certificate of "Heart Disease" "Apo-
plexy,, paralysis "Splnal Complaint
"Rheumatism," Pneumonia" and other
common complaints, when in
reality it was Bright's Disease of the
Kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer peo-
pie, realize the extent of this disease or its
dangerous and insidious nature IL steals
into the system like thief, manifests its
presence by the commonest symptoms, and
fastens itself upon the constitution before
the victim is aware. 1t is nearly as here
dItary as consumption, quite as common
and fully as fatal. Entire families, inher-
1 iting it from their ancestors, have died,
and yet none of the number knew or real
lied the mysterious power which was re-
moving them. Instead of common symp-
| toms il often shows none whatever, but