Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1882-02-25
REMARK +, 81 ST4TEuEN1.
II. Lnusudi Elperi~"ce of q Pronl1-
nent Nan Made Puttfc.


IS Of So striking q nature, and enianates
from 50 reliable a source, that 1t Is here
with re-publlshed entire. In addition &c
the valuable matter it contains, it will De
found exceedingly interesting.
To tie Editor Of tie Democrdt ana
CHrouicle .
sII:-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. and
secondly, q desire to warn all who read
this statement against some Of the most de-
ccptive influences by which they have ever
been surrounded. 1t is a fact that to-day
thousands Of people are within a foot Of
the grave and they do not know 1t. 10
tell how | was caught awayfrOm just this
position and TO warn others against nearing
ii, are my objects in this communication:
On tie first day Of June 1851, | lay al
my residence IN this CITY surrounded by
nay rlends and waiting tor death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, FOL
words cal never describe 1t. And yet, II
a few years previous, any one had told me
that | was to be brought so low, and by so
terrible u disease, | should have sconed at
the idea. | had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, had weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, in my own expe-
rience, wha. pain or Sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times tina they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it. They feel
dull and indefinite pains ia various parts OF
the body and do not understand 1t. Or
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entirely without appetite the next. This
was just the way | felt when the relentless
malady which had fastened itself upon me
first began Still l though: 1t was moth
lng that probably had takena cold which
woGld soon pass away. Shortly after this
| not cod a dull, and at times neuralgia,
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
was out Of order and my food often failed
to digest, causing at times a great lncen-
vcniencc. Yet | had nc idea, even as a
physician, that these things meant anything
serious or that a mOnst-Ous disease was be-
coming fixed upon me. Candidy y, !
thought / was suffering from Malaria and
50 doctorcd myself accordingly. But
got no better. | next noticed a peculiar
color and odor about the fluids | was pass.
ing-also that there were large quaint ties
one day and very little the next, and tha,
a persistent froth and scum appeared upor
the surface, ami a sediment settled in thu
bottom. And yet l did not realize m,
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptom!
continually, finally became accustomed
to item, and my suspicion was wholly dis
armed by the fact that HAD no pain in tn
affected organs Or in their vicinity. VIII,
| should have been SO blind | cannO I'd
ders,and.
There is a terrible future for all physica
neglect, aud impending danger usual,
brings a person to his senses even thong
Ii pq1 aMX Nv tt eff},ehH Us ct5AhRu,( }fA}s, and aroused my
self to overcome 1t. And, Oh! how bar,
/ tried -. | consulted the best medical ski
III inc l.uL. l VISITED all the prolniuen
mineral springs in America and traye,e
from Maine to California. sill | gre,
worse. No W physicians agreed as t
my malady. One said | was troubled Wit
spinal irritation: aaother, nervous pros
tratiOn oh malaria another, dvs
pepsia another, heart disease; another
general debility another, congestion % tn
base Of the brain and so on through a lon
list of common diseases, the symptoms q
all of which | really had. In this wa
, several years passed, during all Of whicI
time | was steadily growing worse. Nj
condition had really become pltiable. Tn
slight symptoms | at first experienced wer
developed into terrible and constant disor
: dcrs-the little twig5 of pam had grown t.
, oaks of agony. My weight had been re
duccd from 2n7 to 80 pounds. My lif
was a torture y myself and friends.
could retain no food upon my stomach, an,
lived wholly 10y injections ! was a Twin.
mass # pain. My pulse was uncontrolla
bic. La my agony | frcIuently fell upo,
the floor, conyulsivey ciu,chcd the caroet
and prayed Tor death. VI ,Iphlnc had lirtlt
or no CT CT IN deadcnlny the pain. Fol-
six days and nigit5I had the death-n re
monltory h~icc"lghs constantly. Nv urine
was filed with tube Gusts and aibumcn.
was struggling With l'riCht's Disease ot
the Kidneys III its las, stages.
Wni,e suffering ;hus | received a call
/, from my pa>.1r. The Rev. DR.. F,ptc, r.cto,
, of -. PauFs Church, of this CITY. e.,
{ that il was our .aSt ~intcrvleWA but in TIA,
course OF conversation he mentioned a rem.
e!y OF which | had heard much bu, naa
never USED. 1T, Fbptc utIdt4C | tD me tht
/, may remarkable cures wAicn hai com.
under his observation, by means Of thi:
remedy, and urged me II try il. AS q
practicing physician and q graduate of the
schools. | cherished the prejudice both ma
turaI and common with all regular prac.
ttioners, and Gcridyd tnc idea OF any me
dictne outside the regular channels being
the least beneficial. 80 solcltous, hOwev.
er, was DR.. FpOte. that | finally promised
| would waive my prejudice and try tht
remedy he So highly recommended. be.
gan It's use on the first day Q. June anu
took II according 10 directions. AT first il
sickcned me bu, this | thought was a gool
sign forone in lay ietilitaiei condition.
continued 10 tax II the sickening senSa
tl.u departed anu ! was able 10 retain foot
upon NY stomach In u few days | notlce
/ u tieQiacd change for ,he better as ais,
; III! nv wife ahi friends. Ny hiccouSh
-castu auu / experienced less pain llau
, formerly. was 81 rejoiced-at this. i'm.
proved condition that, upDn what | had
believed but a few days before was my
lying bed. vowed in the presence OF my
family and friends. should | recover
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