Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1882-11-02
THE FLOWER CITY FURORE.
The COmmOtion Caused by the Statement
of a Physician.

An unusual article from the Rochester, N.
Y, Democrat and Chronicle, was published in
this paper recently and has been the subject
OF much conversation both in professional
circles and on the street. Apparently it
caused more cOmmotion in Rochester, as the
following from the same paper shows:
DIR. j. b. Henion, who is well known not
only in Rochester, but in nearly every part Of
America, sent an extended article to this pa
per, few days since which was duly pub
lished, detailing his remarkable experience
and rescue from what seemed to be certain
death. 1t would be impossible to enumerate
the personal enquiries which have been made
at our Office as to the validity of the article,
but they have been SO numerous that further
investigation of the subject was deemed an
editorial necessity.
With this end in view a representative of
this paper called on DR.. Henion, at his resi-
dence on st. Paul street, when the following
interview occurred: THAT article of YOURS
Doctor, has created quite whirlwInd. Are
the statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way YOU were rescued
such as you can sustain?'
Every one of them and many additional
ones. Few people ever get so near the grave
as dill and then return, and l am not sur
prised that the public think it marvellous. 1t
was marvellous"
How in the world did you, a physician,
come to be brought so lOws'
By neglecting the first and most simple
X. IL
true had frequent headaches; felt tired most
OF the time; could eat nothing one day and
was raVenOus the next; felt dull indefinite
pains and my stomach was out of order, but
did not think it meant anything serious"
But have these common ailments anything
to do with the fearful Bright'S disease which
took so firm hold on you2'
''Anythingl Why, they are the sure indi-
malady. The fact is, few people know or
realize what ais them, and am sorry to say
that too few physicians do either.'
=" That is a strange statement, Doctor"
But 1T is a true one. The medical pro-
fession have been treating symptoms instead
OF diseases for years, and it is high time it
ceased. We doctors have been clipping off
the twigs when We should strike at the root
The symptoms / have just mentioned or any
unusual action or irritation of the water
channels indicate the approach of Bright's
disease even more than a cough announces
the coming Of consumption. Wedo not treat
the cough, but try to help the lungs We
should not waste our time trying to relieve
the headache, stomach, pains about the body
or other symptoms, but go directly to the kid
neys, the source of most OF these ailments"
1h1s, then, is what you meant when you
said that more than Oue-half the deaths which
occur arise from Bright's disease, is it doctors"
Precisely. Thousands of so-called diseases
are torturing people to-day, when in reality it
is Brlghts disease in some one of its many
1orms- 1t is q II ydTA- he lded monster, and the
slightest symptoms should strike terror to ev-
cry one who has them. can look back and
recall hundreds of deaths which physicians
declared at the time were caused by paralysis,
apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia. malarial
fever and other common complaints which
see now were cause by Bright's disease"
And did all these cases have simple symp-
toms at first9''
Every one of them, and might have been
cured as l was by the timely of the same
remedy-Warner's Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure l am getting my eyes thoroughly
opened in this matter and think am helping
others to see the facts and their possible dam
ger also. Why, there are no end OF truths
bearing on this subject. If you want to know
more about it go and see Mr. Warner himself
be was sick the same as /, and IS the healthi-
est man in Rochester to-day. He has made
study OF this subject and can give You more
facts tina L can. Go, too, and see DIR. Latti-
more, the chemist, at the University. If you
want facts there are apV quantity OF them
showing the alarming incre lse OF Bright's dis
ease, its sim. lie ana deceptive symptoms, and
that there is but one way By which 1t can be
escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the
Doctors words, the reporter babe him good
day and called on Mr.. Warner at his establish
ment on Exchange street At first Mr.. War
ner was inclined to be reticent, but learning
that the information desired was about the
alarming increase Of Bright's disease. his
manner changed instantly and he spoke very
earnestly:
ut is true that Bright's disease has in
creased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable
statistics, that in the past ten years its growth
has been go per cent Look at the prominent
men 1t has carried on: Everett. Sumner,
Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and
others. This is terrible, and shows greater
growth than that Of any other known com
plant II should be plain TO every one that
something must be done to check this increage
Or there is no knowing where it may end"