The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1882-11-02
A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION.
The Unusual Experience OF Prominent
Nan Made Public

ing 8 nature, and emanatcs from 10 reliable
source, that it is herewith re- publihed entire
In addition to the valuable matter t contains
it win be found exceedingly intereating.
TO The Editor Of ne Democrat and Chronicle.
ErRs-My motives for the publication OF the
most unusual statements which follow are,
first. gratitude for the fact that have been
saved from most horrible death, and, second
~, a desire to warn all who readthi state
menb against some OF the most deceptive in
huenees By which they have ever been sur
rounded. It is a fact that to-day thousands
OF people are within q 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 nearing it. are my objects
in this communication.
On the first day Of June, 1881, lay at my
residence IN this city surrounded By my friends
and waiting for nv death. Heaven only
knows the agony then endured, for words
can never describe It. And yet if few years
previous, any one had told me that I was to be
brought so low, and by so terrible disease, I
should have scofIed atathe Idea had always
been uncommonly strong and healthy, had
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in
my own experiences, what pain or sickness
were. Very many people who viii read this
statement realize at times that they arc un-
usually tired and cannot account for il. They
feel dull aad indefinite pains in various parts
or the body and do not understand IT,, Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day and en-
tirely without appetite the next This was
just the way felt when therelentless malady
which had fastened itself upon me first began.
Still thought it was nothing; that probably
had taken q cold which would soon pass
away Shortly after this noticed a dull, and
at times neuralgia pain in my head, but az
Il would come one day and be gone the next,
paid but little attention to it. However, my
stomach was ont OF order and my food often
failed to digest, causing at times great in
physician, that these things meant anything
serious or that moustrous disease was he
coming hxed upon ms. Candidly, / thought
was suffering from Malaria and so doctored
myself accordingly. But got no better.
next noticed - auliar color and odOr about
the fluids wdst .ae Sing--als0 that there were
large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that persistent roth and scum APP
peared upon the surface, and sediment set
tied in the bottom. And yet did not realize
my danger, for, indeed, seeing these symp-
toms continually, finally became accustomed
to them, and my suspicion wholly dis
armed by the fact that / had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity. Why ]
should have been so blind cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always 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, on how hard l tried consulted the
best medic j skill In the land. ! Visited all
the prominent mineral springs in America and
Travelled from Maine to California Still /
grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my ma1ady. One said / was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous prostra-
ton; another, malaria; another, dyspepsia,
another, heart-diseasef another, general de-
bility; another, congestion OF the base OF the
brain; and so on through long list Of com
mon diseases, the symptoms of all of which
really had. IN this way several years passed,
during all of which time i was steadily grow
ing worse. Ny condition had really become
pitfable. The slight symptoms 1 at first ex-
perienced 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 100 pounds. My life
was torture to myself and friends. l could
retain no food upon my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. i was living mass Of
pain. My pulse was uncontrollable. In my
agony / frequently fell upon the floor, con-
vulsively clutched the Garnet, and prayed for
death. Morphine had little or no effect in
de ldening the pain. For six days and nights
] had the death-premonitory hiccoughs con-
Rtantly. My urine was filed with tube casts
and albumen. was struggling with Brght's
Disease Of the Kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector of St.
PauPs Church, of this city. | felt that it Was
our last interview, but in the course OF con.
verSation he mentioned a remedy Of which /
had heard much but had never used. DR.
Foote detailed to me the many remarkable
cures which had come under his observation,
by means Of this remedy, and urged me to try
1t. As a practicng physician and q graduate
of the schools, cherished the prejudice both
natural and common with all regular practi-
TONERS, and derided the idea of any medicine
outside the regular channels being the least
beneficial. So sOlicitOus, however, was Dir.
Foote, that fin lily promised I would waive
my prejudice and try the remedy he so highly
recommended. began its use on the LIST day
of June and took it according to directions.
At first it sickened me; but this thought
was good sign for me in my debilitated con-
dition. l continued to tax it; the sickenng
sensation departed and was able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days I no
tieed decided change for the better rs 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 my dying bed, 1 vowed in the
presence of my family and friends, should /
recover | would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good of hui
manity wherever and whenever I had an op-
portunity. I also determined that / would
give a course of lectures in the Corinthian
Academy of Music Of this city, stating I'm full
the symptoms and almost hopelessness Of my
disease and the remarkable means by which
have been saved. My improvement was con-
slant from that time, and in less than three
mouths I had gained 20 pounds in flesh, be-
came entirely free from pain, and believe
owe my life and present condition wholly to
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the
Since my recovery have thoroughly rein
vestigated the subject of kidney difficulties
and Bright's disease, and the truths developed
are astounding. ] therefore state, deliberate
~, and as a physician, that believe that more
than One-half the deaths which occur In
America are caused by Bright's disease Of the
kidneys. This may sound like rash state
ment, but / prepared to fully verify it.
Bright's disease has no distinctive symptoms
of its own, Indeed, It often develops without
any pain whatever in the kidneys or their
vicinity, but has tic symptoms Of nearly ey-
cry other known complaint. Hundreds Of
people die daily, whose budals are authorized
by a PHYSICIANS certificate of Heart Dis
ease, . !" Apoplexy,7 8 Paralysis" "spinal
Complaint, . tRheumatism, . [" Pneumonia, -
and other common complaints, when in reality
it was Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. Few
physicians, and fewer people, realize the ex-
tent OF this disease or it's dangerous and in
sidious nature. 1t steals into the systeml like
a thief, manifests its presence by the COM
monest symptoms, and fastens itself upon the
constitution before the victim is aware. It is
nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal. Entire families,
tnheriting it from their ancestors, have died,
and yet none Of the number knew or realized
the mysterious power which was removing
them Instead Of common symptoms 1t often
shows none whatever, but brings death sud
denly, and as such is usually supposed to DO
heart-disease. AS one who has suffered, and
knows BY bitter experience what nc says.
implore every one who reads these words not
to neglect the slightest symptoms Of Kidney
difficulty. Certain agony and possible death
viii be the sure result of such neglect, and 10
one can afford to hazard such chances.
i I'M aware that such an unqualified state
ment as this, coming from me, known as ]
am throughout the entire land as practttton-
er and lecturer, viii arouse the surprise and
possible animosity OF the medical profession
and astonish all with whom ] am acquainted,
but make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which 1 am prepared to produce
and truths which 1 can suUstantiate to the
letter. The welfare Of those who may posi-
bly, be sufferers such as I was, Is an ample In
ducement for me to take the step / have, and
II I can successfully warn others from the
dangerous path in which ] once walked, I am
willing 20 endure all professional and personal
consequences. j. B. HENION, NJ. D.
A sTATIsTTcTAN has estimated that court
ships average three tons OF coal each.
-" Too late to whct the sword when the
trumpet sounds to draw it.n But never too
late to whet your appetite by taking Kidney
Wort. restortna health and MAILING EonrseLl 3