The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1882-03-15
4 uEMsREARLE STaTEuENr.
The Unusual Experience of ~ PronI
nent Man Made PubIIc.

The following article from the Damn
crI' AMI GrpHici', Of Rochester, y. Y,
is of 50 striking nature, aud emdnates
from 81 relithle source, that il is here
with re.publi-hei entire. In addition
to the valuable matter it contains il
will he found exceedingly interesting;
EiiifOr DrmOcr,U and NrOHiclc.
SIR. My motives for the publication
Of the most unusual statements which
follow are, first, gratitude for the fact
that | have been saved from a most
horrible death, aud, secondly, "a desire
to warn all who real this statement
against some Of the most deceptive in.
fiuences by which they have ever been
surrounded. II is "a fIct that to-day
thousands of people are within foot Of
the grave aud they do not know IT, To
tell how was ciush, away from just
such "A position, and to warn Others
against nearing il, are my objects in
this com munication.
On the first day Of June, 1881, lay
at my residence In this city, SURF lund-
ed 10y my friends and waiting for death
Heaven only knows the agony then
endured for words can never describe
II. And yet, il "a few years previous,
any one had told me that ] was to he
brought 50 low, and by 50 terrible "a dis
ease, | should have scOfftd at the idea.
! had always been uncommonly strong
and healthy, had weighed over POO
pounds, and hardly knew in my own
experience what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and csnnot account for
it. They feel dull and indefinite pains
in various parts of the body and do not
understand it. Or, they are exceeding
ly hungry one day aud entirely with
out appetite the next. This was just
the way ! felt when the relentless
malay which had fastened itself upon
me first began. Still thought 1t was
nothing; that probably had taken a
cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed dull, aud
at times neuralgia, pain in my head
hut as il would come one day and be
gone the next paid but little attention
To it. However, my stomach was out
of order and my food often failed to
digest, causing at times great incOnve-
nience. Yet ! had no idea, even as a
physician, that these things meant any
thing serious or that mOnstrous dis
ease was becoming fixed upon me.
Candidly, thought ! was suffering
from Malaria and so doctOred myself
accordingly. But ! got no better |
next noticed peculiar color and odor
about the fluids was passing -alsO that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, aud that persist
ent froth and scum appeared upon the
surface, and sediment settled in the
bottom. And yet did not realize my
danger, for Indeed, seeing these symp-
toms continually, | finally became ac-
customed to them, and my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by the fact that |
had no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why should have been
so blind cannot understand.
There is n terrible future for all physi-
cal neglect, and impending danger
usually brings "A person to his senses,
even though 1t may then he too late.
I realized at last my critical condition
and aroused myself to overcome it.
Aud oh, how hard tried! consulted
the best medical skill in the land.
visited all the prominent mineral
springs in America, and Travelled from