St. Landry democrat., 1882-01-28
EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER,.
The Commotion Caused by the Statement
of q Physician.

| An unusual article from the Rochester n.
z, Democrat and Chronicle, was republished in
this paper recently, and has been subject Of
muen conversation, both in professional circles
and on the street. Apparently it caused even
more commotion in Rochester, as the follow
ing from the same paper shows:
DR.. j. B. Henion, who is well known not
only in Rochester but in nearly every part Of
America, sent an extended article to this pa
per few days since, which was duly pub
lished, detailing his remarkable experience
and 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
investigation of the subject was deemed an ed
itorial necessity.
With this end in view preventative Of
this paper called on DR.. Henion, at his resi-
dence on St. Paul street, when the following
interview occurred: THAT article of yours,
Doctor, has created quite whirlwind. Are
the statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way you were rescued,
such as you can sustains"
every one of them and many additional
ones Few people ever get SO near the grave
as did and then return, and am not sur
was marvellous"
elbow in the world did you, physician,
come to be brought so Iowa" .,st -,,
"By neglecting the first and most simple
symptoms. l 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 indefinite
pains and my stomach Wa out of order, but
did, not think it meant anything serious.
HBut have these common ailments anything
to do with the fearful ,Bright's disease which
took SO firm hold on YOUR" 1..t-',' 3D.
."Anythinga Why they are the sure indi-
cations of the first stages of that dreadful
malady. The fact Isl few people know or real-
lie what ails them, and 4 am sor ry to say that
too few physicians deeither.'} ylfu..,.
aThat is a strange statement, Doctor a.
but It is true one. The medical profess
sion have been treating symptoms instead Of
diseases for years, audit is high time it ceased.
when we should strike at the root, The symp-
toms have just mentioned or. any unusual
action or irritationl of the water channels indi-
cate the approach of Brights disease even
more than 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, stom-
ach, pains about the body or other symptoms,
but go directly to the kidneys, the source Of
most Of these ailments ',,s.....t
"This, then, is what you meant when you
said that more than one-haf the deaths which
occur arise. from Bright's disease, is it Doc
tora'' &" W. ~ .''.'5t" t'p}3t.fE ~
"Precisely' Thousands Of so-called dis
eases 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 every one who has them. / can look
back and recall hundreds Of deaths which ply
sicans declared at the time were caused by
paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia,
malarial fever and other common complaints
which see now were caused by Bright's dis
ease.n an -r..., -,tH
"And did all these cases have simple symp-
toms at irst?"
EVERY one of them, and might have been
cured as was by the timely use of the same
remedy - Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. I 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. If you want to know
more about it go and see Mr. Warner himself.
He was sick the same as |, and is the health
lest 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 DIR. Latti-
more, the chemist, at the University. If you
want facts there are any quantity OF them
showing the alarming increase OF Bright's dis
ease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, and
that there is but one way by which it 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 establish
ment on Exchange street. At first Mr.. War
ner was inclined to be reticent, but learning
that the information desired was about the
alarming increase of Bright's disease, his
manner changed instantly and he spoke very
earnestly: . .,
creased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable
cfQtiStinc that in the rs ST its prnyth
has been $50 PEI cent. Look at the prominent
men it has carried sff Everett, Sumner,
Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and
Others. This is terrible and shows a greater
growth than that of any other known COM
plant. It must be plain to every one that
something must be done to check this increase
Or there ID no knowing where it may end.n
"Do you think many people are afflicted
with it to-day who do not realize it, Mr..
Warnersn ~ .fi# "a.
Hundreds of thousands. Ihave striking
example of this truth which has just come to
my notice. A prominent professor in New
Orleans medical college was lecturing before
his class on the subject of Bright's disease.
He had various fluids under microscopic analy-
sis and was showing the students what the in
dications of this terrible malady We're. In
order to draw the contrast between healthy
and unhealthy fluids he had provided vial
the contents of which were drawn from his
own person. And now, gentlemen, he said,
= as we have seen the unhealthy Indications, /
will show you how it appears in state of per-
feet health and he submitted hiso fluid to
the usual test. As he watched the results his
.countenance suddenly changed his color and
command both left him and id a trembling
voice he said: Gentlemen have made a
painful discovery; Ihave Bifght's disease of
the kidneys" and in less than year he was
dead.' go
"You believe then that it has no symptoms
of its own and is frequently unknown even by
the person who is afflicted with ita''' o. '!5'
/ +" 1t has no symptoms Of its own and very
often none ut all. Usually notwo people have
the same symptoms, and frequently death is
the first symptom. The slightest Indications
strike terror to any one I know what I am
talking about for have been through all the
stages of kidney disease"