Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1882-10-18
BUTLER CITIZEN
! PROFEsSIONAL CONFEs-
SION.
The Unusual Experience oil u
Prominent Man Mace
Pubiic.

2 ia OF so Strikl y DatIio, ono
nanates from 40 reliable a source,
hat il herewith re-published entire. In
.,Id;tion to the valuable matter 1t con-
aims it will be found exceedingly In
seresting.
To the Editor of the Democrat and
Chronicle
S.R:-My motive for the publlca-
ticn of the most unusual statements
which follow are, 81 st, gratitude for the
fact that I have leen saved from
most horrible death, and, secondly,
desire to warn all who read this state
ment against some oftbe most deceptive
influences by which they have ever
been surrounded. 1t is fact that to-
day thousands of people are within
foot of the grave and they do not know
it. To tell how l was caught away
from just this position and to warn
others against nearing it, are my oo-
iects in this communication
On the first day of June, 1881, lay
at INV residence in this city surround
ed by nv friends and waiting tor my
death. Heaven only knows the agony
/ then endured. for words can never
describe it. And yet, if a few years
previous. any one had told me that
was to be brought 80 low, and by 80
terrible q disease, ] should have sconed
at the idea. / had always been un-
commonly strong and healthy. had
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly
knew in nv own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many
people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it They
feel dull and indefinite pains in various
parts Of the body and do notunderstand
it. Or they are exceedingly hungry
one day and entirely without appetite
the next. This was just the way
felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began,
Still I thought it was nothing; that
probably had taken cold which
would soon past away. Shortly after
this / noticed dull, and at times
neuraleic, pain in my head, but as it
would come one day and be gone the
next. | paid but little attention to 1t.
However, my stomach was out OF order
and nv food often failed to digest,
causing at times great inconvenience
Yet had no idea, even as physician,
that these things meant anything
serious or that monstrousdisease was
becoming fixed upon me. Candidly, L
thought / was suffering from Malaria
and 30 doctored myself accordingly.
Bot got no better. / neAt noticed a
peculiar color and odor about the fluids
/ was passing-also that there were
large quantities one day and very little
the next, and that persistent froth
and scum appeared upon the surface,
and a sediment settled in the bottom
And vet did not realize my danger,
for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, / finally became accustom-
ed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that l had
no pain in the affected organs or 10
their vicinity. Why / should have
been 30 blind / cannot understand.
There is terrible future for all
physical neglect, and impending dauger
always brings q person to his senses
even though 1t may then he too late. ]
realized, at last. my critical condition
and aroused myself to overcome it.
And. Oh how hard l tried J | con-
suited the best medical skill in the
land. visited all the prominent
mineral springs in America and Travelled
from Maine to California. Still j
grew worse. No two physicians
agreed as to my malady. One said ]
was troubled with spinal irritation ;
another, nervous prostration {; another,
malaria another, dyspepsia another,
heart disease another. general debili,
ty; another, congestion Of the base of
the brain and 30 on through long
list of common diseases, the symptoms
of all Of which I really had. In this way
several years passed, during all of which
time was steadily growing worse. My
condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms / at first expert.
enced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders-the little twigs OF
pain had grown into oaks Of sgony.
My weight had been reduced from 297
to 100 pounds. My life was torture
70 myself and friends. ] could retain
no food upon my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. / was living
mass Of pain. Ny pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony / frequntly fell
upon the floor, convnlsively clutched
tie carpet, and prayed for death.
Morphine had little or no effect in
deadenIng the pain. For six days and
nights i had the death hiccoughs con-
stautIy. My urine was filed with tube
casts and albumen. struggling with
Bright's Disease Of the Kidneys in its
last stages.
While suffering thus | received a
call from my pastor, the Rev. DR.
Foote. rector OF St. PauPs Church OF
this city. ] felt that it was our last
bat in the. course Of con-
Ycr86LiOu Uc lucuNOuIh On iSbiDAJ VI
which I had heard much but bad never
used. DR.. Foote detailed to me the
many remarkable cures which had
come under his observation, by means
Of this remedy, and urged me to try it.
As a practicing physician, and a
graduate of the schools | cherished
the prejudice both natural and common
with all regular practitioners, and
derided the idea Of any medicine
outside the regular channels being the
least beneficial. So solicitous. howe
er was Dr. Foote, that ] finally prom,
ised would waive my prejudice and
try the remedy he 30 highly recon-
mended. / began its use on the lst
day Of June and took it according 10
At first it sickened me but
this thought was good sign for
me iD my debilitated condition: l
continued to take it the sicken-