Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-12-06

ast has lust made the following state
,ent which is herewith reprinted en-
ire:
To the Editor of the Herald: II
I have always shrunk from appear
ng rominently before the public, put
sense of the duty l owe humanity
md the world prompts me to ask TINS
for making q brief sta'e-
ment in your paper.
Whether it be true with others can
not say, but during my entire lie l
have frequently been conscious tnat
was slowly and silently
working to undermine my health ana
life. What it was 1 could not tell, but
that some enemy of my being was ue-
vourine me within I was certain. At
times I would seem comparatively well
and then / would be attacked with the
most distressing symptoms. | wouia
feel peculiar pains in various parts OF
INV body, nv head would seem heavy II
NV respiration labored my appetite
would be ravenous one day ana L
would loathe food the day following.
Then again I would lose all interest IN
life !: would feel weary without exer-
ton; would become sleepy at midday
and restless at night Occasionally my
breathing would be labored and my
heart almost motionless, while at other
times It would palpitate violently. l
thought these troubles were the result
Of malaria, and 1 treated them accord
ingly, but l got no better. SHORTY
a terward nv stomach became derang-
ed, nv food failed to digest, and the
fluids I passed were OF peculiar door
ard color. And yet did not realize
trat these things meant anything
serious. Finally consulted a number
of eminent physicians, each one OF
whom took different view as to the
cause Of my troubles. One said was
suffering from brain disease; another
spinal difficulty Others heart affection,
kidney disease, etc. My symptoms
were terrible, and in the hope OF relief
| / was cauterized, cupped, blistered and
subjected to almost every known form
of treatment. During one Of these at
| tacks. while at Red Bank, N. D., q
physician was called, and left q pre-
scription. After be had gone, l re-
ouested a friend to 60 and ask hin
what he thought of my trouble: Ine
reply was: "Oh, he will be all righ1
in q few days; it is only an attack Q
delirium tremens." He was at once In
formed that this was impossible, as
had never used any kind of intoxicat
ing drinks; whereupon he returned
made inquiries, and changed his pre-
scription. But all the care OF ny
friends and physicians availed nothing
lIerew worse constantly, and what
most terrible to think OF. | did no
know what allied me, nor could L hnt
any one who did.
During the summer and fall OF las
year my pulse ranged from 20 to ~
Der minute :. l had no relish for food
and was indeed most pitiable object
I continued in this state until last DE
cember, when I became unconsclou
and lost my reason, though l had tw
physicians in whom myself and friend
placed implicit confidence. In this con
dition I was taken to Brattleboro, VT
for the purpose of being placed in tn,
insane asylum. remained there unit
last April, being attended all the Will
by nv faithful wife who never left M
and believed that some disease and no
insanity was tne cause OF all m
trouble. regained consciousness II
March last and insisted upon bein
taken home. The physicians advises
that 1 remain, but I insisted upo
leaving, and we began the journey
travelling slowly. l was met at tn
ldock by a friend whom I recognize
! and then became again unconsciou
and remained 80 for over weel
When I once more recognized m
friend and knew my surroundings l dt
termined to try, as a last resort, trea1
ment of which I had heard much bu
knew nothing. Neither myself no
friends bad much faith that it or any
thing could help me, but we resolve
to try. We accordingly dismissed tn
physicians, gave up all other remedies
and rejoice to say that with the bless
ing of Him who guided US, am to-da
we'll man, having not been 30 vigol
GUS for many years, and I owe it all
the wonderful, almost miraculous, pow
er of Warmers Safe Kidney Cure, th
remedy which l used.
You can well imagine how gratefr
must feel under the circumstances
and, like the new convert, I earnestl
: desire that all who arc suffering shoul
| know and avail themselves of thi
means of recovery. Had it not bee
for the remedy above named / shoul
doubtless now be within the walls {
an asylum or in my grave. Th
great trouble with my cas-
was that no one seemed to know wha
was afflicted with, and l am pos
tive that thousands of people in Amer
lea to-day are in the same or simils
condition, and do not know its cause
Kidney troubles are the most decel
tive of all diseases. They have u
symptoms of their own, but often sho'
the symptoms OF nearly every know
complaint. I know that people ar
dying every day from supposed col
sumption, apcpiexy, heart diseas'
spinal complaint. and many other di
eases, when, could the real cause /
known, it would be found to original
in the kidneys. In their advance
stages kidney troubles are the mos
: terrible of all known maladies, as m
own experience can fully verify. Th,
had Bright's disease of the kidney
there can be no doubt. That the sym
toms were those of many other di
eases is equally certain, and that wt
doomed to terrible death had 1 nj
been saved as 1 was, am positiv'
The following letters just received, col
= firm this:
VERMONT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE,
| RpATTIrRoRO VT Oct 20 1892