The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1882-10-26
THE FLOWER CITY FURoRE.
The CommOIion Caused by the
Statement OF Physician.

| professional circles and on the street
| Apparently il caused more commotion II
Rochester, as the following from the sam
paper shows:
DIR. j. B. Henion, who is well known
not only in Rochester, but in nearly ev
cry part of America, sent an extended
| article to this paper, q few days since
which was duly published, detailing hi
remarkable experience and rescue from
what seemed to be certain death.
would be impossible to enumerate tn,
personal enquiries which have been mad,
at our office as to the validity of the ar
ticle, but they have been so numerous
that further investigation of the subject
was deemed an editorial necessity.
With this end in view a representative
of this paper called on DIR. Henion, at hi
residence on St. Paul street, when the fol
lowing interview occurred:
That article of yours. doctor, has
created quite a whIrl-wind. Are the
statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way you were rescued
such as you can sustain?''
"Every one of them, and many addi
tiOnal ones. Few people ever get so neal
the grave as did and then return, and
am not surprised that the public think II
marvellous. 1t was marvellous"
CHOW in the world did you, physician
come to be brought SO low?"
symptoms. 1 did not think was sick. II
is true 1 had frequent headaches; felt
tired most of the time; could eat nothing
one day and was ravenous the next; fell
dull, indefinite pains, and my stomach
was out of order, but did not think II
meant anything serious"
'But have these common ailments any
thing to do with the fearful Bright's dis
ease which took SO firm a hold on you p
hnu ha
indications of the first stages of thai
dreadful malady. The fact is, few people
know or realize what ails them, and am
sorry to say that too few physicians dc
either"
"That is q strange statement, doctor. y
''But it is q true one. The medical
profession have been treating symptoms
instead of diseases for years, and 1t Is
high time Ii ceased. We doctors have
been clipping off the twigs when we
should strike at the root. The symptoms
l have just mentioned or an unusual &C
ton or irritation OF the water channels
Indicate the approach of Bright's disease
even more than a cough announces the
coming Of consumption. We do not
treat tue cough, but try to help the lungs.
We should not waste our time trying to
relieve the headache, stomach, pains
about the body or other symptoms, but 20
directly. to the kidneys, the source OF
these ailments"
"This, then, is what you meant when
you said that more than one-half the
deaths which occur arise from Brlght's
disease, is 1t doctor?''
Precisely. Thousands Of so-called
diseases are torturing people to-day, when
in reality 1t is Bright's disease In some
one of its many forms. 1t Is Hydra
headed monster, and the slightest symp.
toms should strike terror to every one
who has them. l can look back and recall
hundreds of deaths which physicians de.
claI ed at the time were caused by paral.
ysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumon mia
malarial fever and other common com.
plants which see now were caused by
Bright's disease"
"And did all these cases have simple
symptoms at first Y'
"Every one of them, and might have
been cured as was by the timely use oil
the same remedy-Warner's Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. L am getting my eyes
thoroughly opened In this matter and
think am helping others to see the facts
and their possible danger also. Why,
there are no end OF truths bearing on this
subject: II you want to know. more
about it go and see Mr.. Warner himself.
He was sick the same as L, and is the
healthiest man in Rochester to-day. He
has made study OF this subject, and can
give you more facts than l can. Go, too,
and see DIR. baltimore, the chemist, at
the university. If you want facts, there
are any quantity of them, showing the
alarming increase of Bright's disease, its
simple and deceptive symptoms, and that
there Is but one way by which 1t can be
escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and force OF
the DOCTORS words, the reporter babe him
good day and called on Mr.. Warner, at
his establishment on Exchange street.
At first Mr.. Warner was inclined to be
reticent, but learning that the informa.
ton desired was about the alarming in.
crease of Bright's disease, his manner
changed instantly and he spoke very ear.
nestly:
sit Is true that Bright's disease has in.
creased wonderfully, and we find by rell-
able statistics that in the past ten years
its growth has been $50 per cent. Look al
the prominent men 1t has carried off
Everett, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Carpen.
ter, Bishop Haven and others. This IL
terrible, and shows a greater growth than
that OF any other known complaint. II
should be plain to every one that some.
thing must be done to check this increase
or there is no knowing where 1t may
end"
"Do you think many people are afflict-
ed with 1t to-day who do not realize 1t,
Mr.. Warners"
Hundreds of thousands. / have q
striking example of this truth which has
just come to my notice. A prominent pro.
fessor In New Orleans medical college
was lecturing before his class on the sub.
ject of Bright's disease. He had various
fluids under microscopic analysis, and
was showing the students what the indi-
cations of this terrible malady were. In
order to show the contrast between
healthy and unhealthy fluids, he had pro-
vided vial the contents of which were
drawn from his own person. And now,
gentlemen he said, 'as we have seen the
unhealthy indications, l will show you
how 1t appears In state of perfect
health, and he submitted his own fluid to
the Usual test. AS he watched the results
his countenance suddenly changed-his
color and command both left him, and in
a trembling voice he said: Gentlemen,
have made painful discovery have
BriRht's disease of the Kidneys and In
less than year he was dead"
" You believe, then, that 1t has no
symptoms OF its own, and is frequently
unknown even by the person who Is
afflicted with lt?"
sit has has no symptoms of Its own and
very often none at all. Usually no two
people have the same symptoms, and fire..
quently death is the first symptom. The
slightest indications of any kidney diff
Guilty should be enough to strike terror to
any one. l know what 1 am talking
about, for 1 have been through all the
stages of kidney disease"
"You know of DR.. Henion's case?v
eyes, have both read and heard OF
it,"
s'Itis very wonderful, is it not?r
ga very prominent case but no more so
than great many others that have come
to my notice as having been cured by the
same means.''
"You believe then that Bright's disease
can be curedf"
al know it can. / know it from the
experience of hundreds Appointment per-
sons who were given up to die by both
their physicians and friends"
"You speak of your own experience,
what was itf"
"a fearful one. 1 had felt languid and
untitled for business for years. But ]
did not know what allied me. When,
however, found out 1t was kidney diff.
Guilty thought there was little hope and
SO did the doctors. 1 have since learned
that one of the physicians OF this city
pointed me out to gentleman on the
street one day, saying there goes a mar
who will be dead within year, believe
his words would have proven true If
had not fortunately secured and used the
remedy now known as Warmers Safe Kid
ney and Liver Cure"
itr'
"No, 1t caused me to investigate.
went to the principal cities, saw physi
clans prescribing and using 1t and L there
fore determined. as a duty owed hu
manity and the suffering, to bring it with
In their reach, and now it is known IL
in every part of America, is sold in ever,
drug store and has become household
necessity"
The reporter left Mr.. Warner, much