Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1882-10-28
The Flower City Furore.
The CoMMorIoN CArsEp BIT THE STATEMENT
OF PHYSICIAN.

subject of much conversation both in pro
ly it caused more commotion in Rochester.
a. the following from the same paper shows !:
| DR.. J. b. Henion. who is we'll known not
only in Rochester, but in nearly every part
| of America, sent an extended article TO this
paper. few DAYS since which was duly
published. detailing his remarkable sx-
perience and rescue from what seemed to be
certain death. 1t would be impossible TO
enumerate the personal enquiries which have
been made at our office as TO the validity of
the article. 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 his
residence on st. Paul street, when the
| following interview occurred: That article
of yours, Doctor, has created quite \ 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 additional
| ones. Few people ever get so near the
grave as l did and then return. and am not
surprised that the public think it marvellous.
1t was marvellous"
''How in the world did YOU, a physician,
come to be brought so low?"
by neglecting the first and most simple
| symptoms. did not think | was sick. 1t
| is true had frequent headaches: felt tired
most of the time could eat nothing one day
| and was ravenous the next; felt dull in
definite pains and my stomach was out Of
order, but did not think il meant anything
serious"
.'But have these common ailments any-
| thing to do with the fearful Bright's disease
which took so firm hold on you?"
"Anything? Why, they are the sure
| indications Of the first stages of that dreadful
malady. The fact is. few people know or
realize what ails them. and am sorry to say
that too few physicians do either"
"That is q strange statement, Doctor"
"But it is true one. The medical pro-
| fession have been treating symptoms instead
| of diseases for years. and it is high time it
| ceased. We doctors have been clipping oil
the twigs when we should strike at the root
| he symptoms have just mentioned or any
unusual action 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 the 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 go directly
| ailments
| "Ths, then, is what you meant when you
| said that more than one half the deaths which
occur arise from Brights disease. is it
dOctOr?"
"Precisely. Thousands of so-caled dis
eases are torturing people to-day, when in
reality It is Bright's disease in some one of
its many forms. 1t is Hydra. headed
monster. and the slightest symptoms should
strike terror to every one who has them. |
can look back and recall hundreds of deaths
which physicians declared at the time were
caused by paralysis. spoplexy, heart disease,
pneumonia. malarial fever and other common
complaints which | see now were caused BY
| Brght's disease"
'.And did all these cases have simple
| symptoms al first?'
every one of them, and might have been
cured as was by the timely Use of the same
| remedy-Warners Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. / am getting my ewes thoroughly
| opened in this matter and think I am helping
others t. see the facts and their possible dan
ger also. Why, there are no end of truths
bearing on this subject. If 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 TODAY. He
has made a study of this subject and can give
|
DIR. baltimore, the chemist. at the University.
| If you want facts there are any quantity Of
| them showing the alarming increase Of
| Brights disease, its simple and deceptive
symptoms, and that there it but 0ne way by
which it can be escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the
| Doctors words, the reporter bade him good
day and called on Mr.. Warner at his estab
lshment on Exchange street. At first Mr..
Warner was inclined to be reiiceDt, but learn
ing that the information desired was about
| the alarming increase of Bri9hts disease, his
manner changed instantly and he spoke very
| earnestly
"It is true that Brights disease has in
creased wonderfully and we find. by reliable
statistics, that in the past ten years its growth
| has been 250 per cent. Look at the prom
| inent men it has carried off Everett, Sumner
| Chase, Wilson, Carpenter. Bishop Haven and
| others. This is terrible, and shows q great
| er growth than that of any other known
complaint. 1t should be plain to every one
that something must be done to check this
increase or there Is no knowing where it may
end" 3"
"Do you think many people are afflicted
| with it to day who do not realize it, Mr.
Warner?'
"Hundreds Of thousands. have strik-
Dk W WIS tIuti WHltu Has just
come to my notice. A prominent professor
| in a New Orleans medical college Was lecfur-
! ing before his class on the subject of Bright's
| disease. He had various fluids nnder micro
| scopic analysis, and was showing the students
what the indications Of this terrible malady
were. In order to show the contrast between
healthy and unhealthy fluids, he had provided
| a vial the contents Of which were drawn from
| his own person. And now, gentlemen he
| said, 'as we have seen the unhealthy indica
| tions, will show you how it appears in a
| 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 trembling voice he-said: Gentlemen,
have made a painful discovery; have
Bright's disease Of the kidneys,' and in less
| than year he was dead"
s.You believe then that it has no symptoms
of its own and is frequently unknown even by
the person Who is afflicted with it?''
ut has no symptoms of its own and very
often none at all. Usually no two people
have the same symptoms, and frequently
death is the first symptom. The slightest in
dications of any kidney difficulty should be
enough to strike terror to any one. know
what l am talking about. for l have been
through all the stages of kidney disease"