The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-03-11
AN UNUSUAL fUKOkh.
A Recent Excitement Investigated
by the Herald and the Results
Made Public.

columns from the Rochester, n. 7. De
MtoerGt and Chronicle "a Remarkabl,
Statement" made by J. B. Henion, M
D.. a gentleman who is well knoWn il
this city. In that article DR.. Renior
racounted wonderful experIeLc &c which
bsfell him, and few days thereafter W,
published from the came paper a seconC
article, giving an account of the Excite
ment In Rochester," caused by DR.. Hen
Ions statement. In the first article DR.
Ren:on stated that for q num- Der of year.
up TO lat June, he had been sfa icteC
with wbut seemed at frat most myste
ri"us trouble. he felt unaccouutably
tired at frequent intervals; he bad dull
md indefinite pains in various parts o.
his body and head, ana was very hungry
one day and entirely without sppetite
the next. However, as a physician be
thought, and so did his fellow physicians,
bat ne was suffering from malaria.
But yet lie grew worse, and was finally
sbiged to give up large and lucrativ .
practice. Still he Wss not conscious Of
his danger, nor that monstrons disease
was becoming fixed upon him, although
all his organs had bvcon gradually
weakened. The symptoms ABOVE de-
scrlOed continue, acct mp Anied by
Others OF 81 aggravated nature, and he
noticed peculiar color and odor alb Ut
the Aui Is he was passing; that they were
bundaut one day anu very scsnty
the next, and were covered with
iroth, or filed with brick dust sedimeu',
But even then lie did not realize his real
and alarming condition. At last, how
ever, be wss brought face to face with
the fact that he WAS q victim OF a most
terrible ease, and he made heroic ef-
forts for recovery. He travelled e1tens-
! lively and consulted the bes! ply slcians,
but Trey could give him only temp rary
relief, a. d that principally in the firm of
morphine. Aud so he grew steadily and
constantly worse until his life became q
torture. His pulse was uncomfortable.
He lived wholly BY jections, and for
six days and nights be had the bicceughs
constantly, which are considered the sure
lndicstiens of coming death.
When hope and life were nearly ex-
hausted his pastor, The Rev. DR.. Foote,
rector of st. Paul's church, strongly
urged him to try a means which
the reverend gentleman had seen
used with remarkable results. He
objected at first, but finally con-
sented, and was conscious of an I'M
proved condition the first week. His
pains gradually disappeared; his stomach
resumed digestion; bis heart became reg
ular; his headaches disappeared, be bad
no more cnills aud fever, or acidity of
the stomach he gained tweDty-six
pounds in three months, and is we'll
man to-day, being entirely cured Of a
most PRONOUNCED case Of BTight'L dis
ease.
although conscious Of the consequent
ees from lis pro essional brethren, still Sc
a duty to his fellow men, and according
to vow be made on what he thought
was his Dying bed, he published a card
detailing his illness and remarkable
cure. "Since my recovery" be says, 81
have thoroughly renvestigated the sub
ject of kidney difficulties and Bright's
disease, and L believe MORE THAN ONE
HALF THE DEATHS WHICH OCCUR IN
AMERICA ARE CAUSED BY BRIGHT's
DISEASE OF THE KIDNEYS. 1t has no
distinctive symptoms of its own (indeed
it often develops without any pain Whet-
ever inithe kidneys or their Yicinity,) but
has the symptoms OF nearly every other
Known complaint. Hundreds of people |
die daily whose burials are authorized by I
a physician's certificate Of " Heart Dis
ease, ," Apoplexy - Paralysis 'Spi- !
nal Complaint, ''Rheums tism. ""Pneu-
monia," and other common comp aints, |
when in reality it was Bright's disease Of
the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people realiZe the extent of
this disease or its dangerous aud insidi- |
Gus nature. It steals into the system like |
q thief. n.anifests its presence by the
com monet symptoms, and fastens ilselfl
upon the life before the victim is aware. |
1t Is nearly IS hereditary as consump. |
tons quite rs common and fully as fatal.
Entire families, inheriting it from their
ancestors, nave died, and yet none OF the !
mum Der k ew or realized the mysterious
power which WAS removing them. In
stead of common symptoms it olen
shows none whatever, but brings death |
and as such is uslly supposed
TO be heart disease"
The second article entitled Excite
ment in Rochester" was made up of in
.erviews with DR.. Henion himself. who
all said in his card, and also
with Mr.. H. b Warner. The latter gen.
.lemsn did not regard DR.. Henion's case
rs particularly exceptional, because he
had known of very many such cures by
The same means in oil parts OF the land.
Kidney diseases, he said, are carrying of
.ens of thousands every year, while
Bright's disease is increasing $50 per
cent. decade, and yet the people do not
realize it or seek to check it until too
ate. He related how New Orleans
medical professor, lecturing on this
disease, thinking to show his
,lass what healthy fluids were, subjected
some of his own to chemical test, and
although he had no suspicion Of it be-
fore, discovered that he, too, had the
dreaded disease, which proved fatal IN
ess than q year. There was also 80 In
:erview with the celebrated chemist of
he New York State Board of Hes It'll,
DR.. S. A. baltimore, who said he had
snalyzed the remedy which cured DR..
denion, and found that it was "entirely
'ree from any poisonous or deIete-ious
We have made these condensations in
order that all the material facts NAV he
set before our readers. Since the publ.
cation of these two articles, having been
Desieged with letters of inquiry, We sent
to DR.. HeniOn and also
one TO b. q. Warner s. Co, asking If
any additional proof could be givrn US IS
10 the validity Of the statements published.
In answer thereto we have received the
following letters, which add Interest 10
he entire subjec. and wholly verify every
statement hitherto made;
~ I'll . 1900