Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1882-10-20
A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION.
The Unusual Experience of Prominent
Man Made Public

lisoio snutce, tnaG IL Is herewith repuDIts6eC
entire. In addition TO the valuable matter il
contains. IL will be found exceedingly inter.
estipg:
10 the Editor of the Democrat and ChrOR-
acte-Sir: My motives for the publication Of
the most unusual statements which follow
are. FIRST, gratitude for the fact that / have
been saved from Q most horrible death and,
secondly, desire to warn all who read this
statement against some of the most deceptive
lnfiu n2es by which they have ever b; ca sur.
rcuaded. Il is fact that to-day thousands
OF OF people are within foot Of the grave ard
they do not know it. To tell how l was
caught away from Just this position and to
warn others against nearing it are nv objects
in this communication.
On the Isl day OF June, 1881, l lay at nv
residence in this city surrounded by NV
friends and waiting for my death. Heaven
only knows the agony L then endured. for
words can nsvar describe it. And yet, if q
few weeks previous any one had told ms that
l was TO be brought so low, and by so terrible
disesse, l should have scoffed at the idea,
had always been uncommouly strong and
healthy, had weighed over 200 pounds and
hardly knew, Ia my own experience, what
PAIN or sickness were. Very many peopls
woo viii read this statement reaiizs at times
that they are unusually tired and canuot ac-
count for it. They feel dull end indefinite
pains IN various parts of the body and do not
understand it. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
the next, This was jest the way fell when
the relentless malaGy which had fastened it.
self upon me first began. Still | thought it
was nothing; that probably 1 had taken a
cold which would soon past away. Shortly
after this l noticed dull, and at times a
neuralgia, plin IN my head, but as it would
come one day and be gene the next, l paid
but little attention to il. However, my
stomach was out of order and nay food often
failed to di9e't, causing at times great incon-
venience. Yet / bad 10 idea, even as G ply.
sicisn, thSs these things meant anythif g
serious or that monstrous disease was be.
coming fixed upon me. Candidly, I thought
| was suffering from malaria and so dcctored
myself accordingly. But | got no bstter. l
pext noticed 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 p persistent froth and scum
appeared upon the surface, and a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet did not Tt
alize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
syupsoms continually, 1 finally became &C.
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly dissrmed by the fact that | hsd nc
pain in the Affected organs or in their viciu.
ity. Why | should have been so blind l can
uos understand.
There is . terrible future fer all phy sica
ne slcct, AID impending danger alwsys brings
g person to his senses even though it may
then be too late, l realized, at last my
critical condition and aroused myself 20 over
| come IL. Aud, Ga how hard l tried
Consulted the best medical skill in the land.
visited sll the prominent mineral springs il
America, and travelled from Maine TO Cali
fornia. Sill l grew worse. No two ply
sicians agreed as to my malady. Oae said
was troubled with spinal irritation another,
nervous prostration another, malaria an
other, Dyspepsia another, heart disease
another, GeneEal debility another, conges
tion of the base of the brain and so on
through long lss of common diseases, the
symptoms of all of which L really had In
this way several years passed, curing all OF
which tine l was steadily growing worse.
My condition hsd really become pitiable.
This slight symptoms l Of first experienced
were Developed into terrible and constant dis
erders-she little twigs of pain had grown to
oaks of agony. Ny weight had been reduced
from POI TO 40 pounds. My lie was ter
ture to myself and fr:eEds. | could retain
no food upon my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. | was living mass Of psin.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
l frequently fell upon the fl oor, convulsigely
clutched the ca,pst, and prayed for death.
the pain. For six days and nights had the
death-premonitory hiccougbs constantly. My
urine vas filed with tube casts and albume n.
| was struggling with Bright's Disease of the
Kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus | received o call from
my pastor. the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector Of st.
Paui's Church, Of this city. felt that it
wss our last interview, hut in the course of
conversation he mention ed remedy Of which
I Ir1 hao - Ill ]
Foote detailed to me the many remarkable
cnFes which bad come under bis observation,
by means OF this remedy, and urged me 10
try it. AS practicing physician and q
graduate If the schools, cherished the pre-
judice both natural and common with all
regular practitioners, and derided the idea of
any medicine outside the regular channels be-
ing the least beneficial. So solicitous, how
ever, was DIR. Foote, that I finally promised
L would waive my pcejudics and try the
remedy he SO highly recommended. l began
lis use on tbs 1st day Of June and took il Sc
cOrdiug to directions. At first it sickaned
me; but this | thought was good sign for
me in my debiEitated condition. l continued
TO take it; the sicllening sensation departed
and was able to retain food upon my stomec' .
lu o few days l noticed decided char &c
for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. My hicooughs ceased and ex-
L
rej0iced ct this improved condition thai,
upon what I had believed but few dsys be-
fore was my dying bed. / vowed, in TIE pres
ence OF my family and friends, should L re-
cover | would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the benefit Of
humanity, wherever and whenever had an
opportunity. l also determined that | would
give course of lectures in the CorinthaD
Academy Of Music in this city, stating in full
the symptoms and almost hopelessness of
my disease and the re narkabls meaus by
which / have been saved. My improvements
was constant from that time, and in less than
three months l had gained tweuty-six pou1ds
in flesh, became entirely free from pain, and
l believe l owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, the remedy which [ used.
Since mS recovery l have thoroughly rein
vsstigated the SUI jet of kidney difficulties
and Brigbt's disease, and the truths 6eyel-
oped are astounding. [ therefore state, d.
libsrately, and 80 physician, that 1 believe
that more than ons-bRlf of the deaths which
occur in America are caused by Brght's dis
ease of the kidneys. Tnis may sound like o
rash statement, but l am prepared to fully
verify il. Brights disease has no distinctive
symptoms Of its own Indeed, it often devel-
ops without any pain whatever in the kidneys
or their vicinity but has the symptoms OF
nearly every other known complain5. Hur-
dreds OF people die daily, whose burisls are
authorized by a physicians certificate of
Heart Disease, "Apoplex7." Paralysis "
"Spiual Conplsint, Rheumatism, "
Paeumonis," and othsr common com
plants. when in reality it was Btight's Dis
ease Ct the k;dTeys. Few physicians, and
fewer people, re q the extent OF this dis
ease, or its dangerous and iusidious nature.
IL steals into the System liks thief, mani
tests lis presence by the c3mCa5uest S. my
tOrns, AMI fastsns itself upon thu constitution
bsfore the victim is aware. l. is nearly as
hereditary as consumption, qnite IS rom-
mon and fully as fs5ai. ElEiFe families,
irheritiag il from tbeic alcssteis, have
died, and yet none OF the numb-r knew or
realized the mysterious power which was re-
moving them Iostead OF common symp-
toms. it often shows none whltever. but
briggs death suddenly, ard as such is usually
supposed to BIZ heart disease. AS one who has
suffered, and knows by bitter experience what
he says, | impioTe every ooe who reads these
words not 10 neglect the slightest symphonic
Of kidney difficulty Certsin agony and pos.
sible death will be the tufe result Of such
neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such
chances.
arn aware that such an unqualified state.
ment as thiz, coming from ne, known az |
am throughout the entire land as practi.
toner and lecturer, will srouse the surprise
and possible animotitY of the medical profes.
sion and sstopish all With whom asl sc.
quaiated, but L make thu foregoing stats.
mepts based upoa facts which I am prepared
to produce and truths which can su3stanti
ate TO the letter. T'ha welfare cf thcss who