Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1882-01-07
EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER,.
The COmmOtiOn Caused by the
Statement OF n Physician.

An unusual article from the no
chester, N. Y, Democrat and Chron.
, icle, was republished in this paper
yesterday and was a subject of muct
conversation In this city during the
day, both in professional circles and on
the street. Apparently it caused even
more commotion in Rochester, as the
following from the same paper shows;
DR.. ]. B. Henion, who is well
known not only in Rochester, but
in nearly every part of America, sent
an extended article to this paper a few
days since, which was duly published,
detailinghis remarkable experience an
rescue from what seemed to be certain
death. 1t would be impossible to
enumerate the personal inquiries which
have been made at our Office as to the
validity of the article, but they have
been SO numerous that further inves-
tigation of the subject was deemed an
editorial necessity.
With this end in view a representa-
tive Of this paper called on Dr. Henion,
at his residence on st. Paul street,
when the following interview occurred:
That article of yours, Doctor, has
created quite a whirlwind. Are the
statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way you were
rescued, such as you can sustain2"
Every one Of them and many addi-
tional ones. Few people ever get so
near the grave as | did and then re-
turn, and | am not surprised hat the
public think it marvellous. 1t was
marvellous"
How in the world did you, q physi-
clan, come to be brought so low2"
by ~neglecting the first and most
simple symptoms. | did not think l
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 indefinite
pains and my stomach was out of
order, but | did not think it meant
anything serious"
But have these common ailments
anything to do with the fearful
Bright's disease which took so 6rmsa
hold on your" n
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 toe few
physicians do either"
THAT is a strange statement, Doc
tor"
But it is a true one. The medical
profession have been treating symp.
toms instead of diseases for years,
and it is high time it ceased. We
Doctors have been clipping off the
twigs when we should strike at the
root. The symptoms | have Just
mentioned or any unusual action or
irritation of the water channels indi
cate the approach o. Bright's disease
even more than a cough announces the
coming ofconsumption. We do not
the cough, but try to help the lungs.
We should not waste our time trying
to relieve tho headache, stomach,
pains about the body or other symp
toms, but go directly to the kidneys,
the source of most of these ailments"
This, then, is what you meant
when you said that more than one
half the deaths which occur arise
from Bright's disease, is it Doctor"
Precisely. Thousands of SO called
diseases are torturing people to-day,
when in reality it is Bright's disease in
some one of its many forms. 1t is a
Hydra. headed monster, and the
slightest symptoms should strike ter
ror to everyone who has them. | can
look back and recall hundreds of
deaths which physicians declared at
the timo we're caused by paralysis,
~apoplexy, heart disease. pneumonia,
malarial fever and other common
complaints which | see now. we're
caused by Bright's disease"
And did all these cases have sim
pie symptoms at first /"
Everyone of them, and might have
been cured as | was by the timely use
of the same r~emedy-Warner's Safe
Kidney and Liver cure. | am getting
my eyes thoroughly opened in this
matter, and think | am helping
others to see the facts and their pos
sible danger also. Why, there are no
end Of truths bearing on this subject.
If you want to know more about it,
90 and see Mr.. Warner himself. He
was sick the same as |, and is the
healthiest man in Rochester to. day
He has made a study Of this subject,
and can give you more facts than |
can. Go, too, and see DR.. 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 de
ceptive symptoms, and that there il
! but one way by which it can be es-
capped"
Fully satisfied Of the truth and fore,
Of the Doctors words, the reporter
bade him good day and called on Mr.
Warner at his establishment on Elk.
change street. At first Mr.. Warner
was inclinedto be reticent, but learn
D ing that the information desired wa
! about the alarming increase of Bright
disease, his manner changed instantly
r and he spoke very earnestly:
1 ut is true that Bright's disease ha
4 increased wonderfully, and we find, b,
. reliable statistics, that in the past tel
o years its growth has been $50 per cent
. Look at the prominent men it has car
It ried of: Everett, Sumner, Chase, vii
d son, Carpenter, Bishop Haven ant
others. This is terrible and shows
greater growth than that of any otbe
known complaint. 1t must DO plaii
IS to every one that something must b
II done to check this increase or there
no knowing where it may end"
b DO you think many people are al
ID Hicted with it to-day who. do ne
St realize it, Mr.. Warner?"
ID Hundreds Of thousands. have
Il, striking example of this truth whic