The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1882-11-24
A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION.


liable source, that 1t is herewi h repub-
lished entire. In addition to the valuable
matter il contains, 1t Will be found exceed
ingly interest ng
To the Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle:
SR-My motives for the publication of the
mo unusual stat ements which follow are
first, gratitude for tn fact that have been
saved 4 ON most horrible death, and, sec
ondly, a desire to warn all who read tai,
statement against som of the mo It dece y
tive influences by whit n they nave ever bee
surrounded Ii il fact tlat to-day thou
sands OF people are within foot of the
grave and they do not know it. To tell how
! was caught away ON lust this Pc sition
and to warn others against nearing it are my
objects in this commitment. on
On the first day OF June, 1881, lay ut my
residence IN this city surrounded by my
fri ndS and waiting for nv d ath. Heaven
only knows the agonv / then endured for
words cun never describe it. And we f, III
few years previou' any one had told me
tina 1 was TO be brought so low, and by SO
terrible a disease, l should have scoffed at
the riei. l ha always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, had weighed over 2OU
pounds and hardly knew i'm my own expe-
rience, what pain or sickness were. Very
many people who Will read this staten emit
realize at times thlt they are unusually tired
an cannot account for l. They feel dull
and indefinite pains in various parts OF the
DOuN anu no nOJ uuutIStaDu IT, VI Jntv are
exceedingly hungry one day and entirely
without nppeJite the next This was lust
the way felt when the relentless ma a iy
which had fastened itself upon me first be-
gan. Still thought it was notning; that
probably l had taken cold VIII CHI
would soon pass away. Shortly after
this l noticed a dull, and ut times a
neuralg c. pain in my head, but as it would
come one day and be gone the next, paid
but little attention to it. However, my
stomach W s out OF order and my food o.
ten failed to digest causing at times great
inconvenience. Yet l hai no idea, even as
a physician, that these t ings meant any
thing serious or that a monstrous disease
was becoming fixed upon me. CandidIy, L
thought / was suffering from malatil and
so doctored myself accordingly. But got
no letter. l next not ced a peculiar color
and odor about The fluids was passing
also that there were arge quantities. one
day and very little he next and That q per-
sistent froLh and scum appeared upon the
surface, and a sediment settled in the bot
IN. And vet did not realize my danger,
for indeed, seeing these symptoms contin-
ually, l finally became accu toned to them,
and my suspicion was wholly disarmei by
the fact hat / had no pa n in the affected
org ms or in the r vicinity. Why | should
have been SO bind cannot understand
There is a terrible future for all physical
neg ect, and impending danger alwa brings
"a per on to his senses ven though 1t may be
O ate | realiz d, Mt last, my crit Cal con-
dition and aroused IN, sir To overcome IL
/ consulted the best IN d cal skill in the
land l visited ali the prominent springs in
America and Travelled from Nj line TO Ca ifor-
mia ST. grew worse. No two phys clans
agreed as TO my malady. One said was
troubled with hpinal irritation; another,
nervous pros ration; another, malaria; an
other dyspepsia; another, heart sease;
IN tAer, general debi y; ano her, eonges-
ton of the base Of the brain; and 80 on
through IA long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of ali of which really had. In
this way several years passed during
al of which time l was steadily growing
worse NV cond ion had really become
pitiable. The slia ht symptoms l at first ex
perienced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders-the little twigs OF pain
had grown TO oaks o, agony My weight
had been reduced from 207 to 100 pounds
NV life was torture to myself and friends
/ could retain no food upon my stomach,
and lived wholly by injections was liv-
ing mass of pain My pu Sc was uncontron-
the floor, convulsIvely clutched the carpet
and prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadeuing the pain For six
days and nights had tn, death premonitory
hiecougts constantly Ny urine was filled
with tube casts aud albumen was strug-
CLING with Bright's disease Of the kidneys In
It's last stages.
While suffering thus / received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, Hector OF st.
Pulls chur h, or this city. felt that 1t
was our last interview, but in the course OF
convers tion he mentioned remedy or
which had heard much, but had never used
DR. Foote detailed TO me the many remark
able cures which had come under his Or
seryatiOn by means OF this remedy, and
urged me to try it, AS practlc n physi-
clan and "A graduate of the schools, cher
ished tnc ~ ejudice both natural and com
mon with al reg ular practitioners, ana de-
ridcd he idea OF any medicine outside ne
regu ar channels being he cas- beneficial
S solicit US, however, was DR.. Foo e, that
finally promised / wo id wave my preiu-
die and try the remedy he so ighiy recon-
minded. began It's use on he first day or
jun, and took II according directions
At hrst it sickened me; but his thought
was II good 81 II Tor me In my debll tated
condition continued to axe it; the sick.
ening sensation de arte and | was
able TO retain food uuon my stomach.
j few days l noticed decided chan re
for the better, as also did my VIE
and riends. Ny hccoughs ceased and ex
perienced less pain than formerly. was so
rejoiced at tn impr we'd condition that,
upon what hal believed but few days be-
fore was nv diving bed, vowed, IN the
presence of nv family and friends, should
recover would both publicly and priv tie v
humanity. wherever and whenever had an
opportunity. / also determined that would
give course of lectures in the CORN han
Academy of Music of this city, stating in full
the ~ mptoms and almost hopelessness of
my disease and the remarkable mems by
which have been saved Ny imp ovement
was constant from that time and in less
than TIN ee months had gained twenty-six
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
PAIN and l believe l owe my life and present
condition wholly to Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver ure, the rene v which / used
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
invest igated the subject OF kidn y difficulties
and Bright's disease, and he truths devel-
oped are astounding l therefore state, de-
hbsrately, and as physici n, that / believe
that more thin one-half the deaths which
occur in America are caused by Bright's
disease of the kidneys. This may sound like
a rash s, atement, but am prepared to fully
verify it, Bright's disease has distinctive
symptoms of it's own Indeed, it often de-
veops without any pain whatever in the
kidneys or heir vicini w. but has the symp-
toms of nearly every other known COM
plain. Hundreds people die dai y, whose
burials ale authorized by physi ian's GER
ficate of Heart Disease. ZAP, p exy,"
paralysis" spinal Complaint, @Rheuma-
tism, Pneumonia, and other common COM
plants, when in reality it was B'ight's ID s.
ease of the Kidneys Few physic ans, and
fewer people, realize the extent of this
di ca e. or its dangerous and iusidious nat
t. a. l..