Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1882-03-20
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF A PROMI-
NENT MAN MADE PUBLIC.

SO reliable source, that it is herewith |
re-published entire. In addition to the
valuable matter it contains, it will be |
found exceedingly interesting.
To the Editor of the Democrat d Chronicle
SIR My motives for the publication of |
the most unusual statements which follow
are, first, gratitude for the fact that I 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 a fact
that to-day thousands of people are within
foot of the grave and they do not know
it. To tell how l 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, 1 lay at
my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heav-
en- only knows the agony then endured,
for words can never describe it. And yet,
if few years previous, any one had told
me that / was to be brought so low, and
by so terrible disease, l should have
scoffed at the idea. l had always been
uncommonly strong and healthy, had
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew,
in my own experience, what pain or sick
ness were. Very many people who will
read this statement realize at times that
they are unusually tired and cannot ac-
count for it. They feel dull and indefinite
pains in various parts Of the body and do
not understand it. Or they are exceeding
ly hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next. This is just the way l
felt when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began. Still
| thought it was nothing; that probably
/ had taken cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this I noticed a dull,
and at times neuralgia, pain in my 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, caus-
ing at times great inconvenience. Yet 1
had no idea, even as a physician, that
these things meant anything serious or
that a monStrOuS disease was becoming
fixed upon me. Candidly, thought was
suffering from Malaria and so dOctOred
myself accordingly. But | got no better.
/ next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids l was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that a persistent
froth 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 continu-
| ally, l finally became accustomed to them,
| and my suspicion was wholly disarmed by
| the fact that I 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 usually
| TO oh
| it may then be too late. l 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. / visited all the prominent
| mineral springs in America and travelled
| from Maine to California. Still / grew
| worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said 1 was troubled with
| spinal irritation; another, nervous pros
| tratiOn another, malaria; another, dys-
| pepsia; another, heart disease; another
| general debility; another, congestion of
/ the base of the brain; and so on through
| long list Of common diseases, the symp-
| toms of all of which l really had. In this
| way several years passed, during all of
| which time l was steadily growing worse.
| My condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms / at 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 POI to $50 pounds. My
life was torture to myself and friends.
| l could retain no food upon nv stomach,
and lived wholly by injections. 1 was a
living mass of pain. My pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony | frequently fell
| upon the floor, convulsively clutched the
carpet, and prayed for death. Morphine
had but little effect in deadening the pain.
| For six days and nights l had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly. My
urine was filled with tube casts and albu-
men. l was struggling with Bright's
| Disease of the Kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus I received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, rec
tor of St Pauls church, of this city. I
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 it. As
a pTacticing physician and a graduate of
the schools, cherished the prejudice both
natural and common with all practitioners,
and derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being the least
beneficial. So solicitious, however, was
DR.. Foote, that finally promised would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy
he so highly recommended. 1 began its
use on the first day of June and took ii
according to directions. At first it sick
ened me; but this thought was a good
sign for one in my debilitated condition.
I continued to take it; the sickening sen
sation departed and was able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days
noticed a decided change for the better as
also did my wife and friends. My hic-
coughs ceased and 1 experienced less pain
than formerly. was so rejoiced at this
improved condition that, upon what 1 had
believed but a few days before was my
. dying bed, Vowed, in the presence of my
, family and friends, should I recover
would both publicly and privately make
known this remedy for the good of human
ity, whenever and wherever / had an OPP.
portunity. 1 also determined that 1 would
give a course of lectures in the Corinthiar
Academy of music of this city, stating in
full the symptoms and almost hopeless.
ness of my disease and the remarkable
means by which 1 have been saved. My
improvement was constant from that time
and in less than three months had gained
26 pounds in flesh, became entirely free
f from pain and | believe / owe my life anC
present condition wholly to Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
: which | used
f Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject of kidney diff
culties and Bright's disease, and the truths
developed are astounding | therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician
that believe MORE THAN ONE-HALF TIL
:. DEATHS WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA ARR
CAUSED BY BRIGHT's DISEASE OF THE KID
NEYs. This may sound like rash state
: ment, but L am prepared to fully verify it
, Bright's Disease has no distinctive symp
toms of its own, Gndeed, it often develops
without any pain whatever in the kidney
r or their vicinity,) but has the symptoms
: of nearly every other known complaint
o Hundreds of people die daily, whose bur
ials are authorized by physicians certit
icate of "Heart Disease" "Apoplexy,
e Paralysis" ''Spinal Complaint" ''Rheu
f matism, pneumonia" and other com
4 mon complaints, when in reality it wa
= Bright's Disease of the Kidneys. FEY
physicians, and fewer people, realize tn
x extent of this disease or its dangerou
!, and insidious nature. 1t steals into tn
= system like thief, manifests it's presenc
: by the commonest symptoms, and fasten
e itself upon the constitution before tn
d victim is aware. 1t is nearly as hereditar
as consumption, quite as common an
! fully as fatal. Entire families, inheritin