The Carbon advocate. [volume] (Lehighton, Pa.) 1872-1924, 1882-10-14
A Professional CoNrEssION.
The Unusual Experience Of a Prominent
Man Made Public,


10 tic E,iitor Of Tic Democrdt and Cdromcie.
S.R;-My motives for the publication Of
the nost unusual statements which follow,
are, FIRST, gratitude for the fact thnt have
been saved frctn q most horrible death. aud
secundly,a desire io warn all Who read this
statement aga inst so,lie Of the most decep
tive influences by which they have ever
been surroupded. 1t Is a TACT that to-day
thousands Of people are within II rort NJ the
grave aud they do not know IL. To tell how
! was caught away from just this position
and To warn others against nearing III are
my objects IN this communication.
On the first day Of June 1881, I lay at my
residence In this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for my death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, for
words cannot describe it. Aud yet. If few
years previous, any one had told inc that
was to be brought so low. and by 81 terrible
a disease, should have scuiled at the idea
/ had always been unconimonly strong and
healthy, had weighed over 200 pounds aud
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
cannot account for it. They feel dull and
indefinite pains in various parts Of the body
aud do not understand il. Or they are ex.
ceedingly hungry one day and entirely
without appetite the next. This was ist
the way felt when the relentless maludy
which bad fastened itself upou me lrst be-
gan. Still thought it was nothing that
probably had taken a cold witch would
soon pass away. Shortly after this motto.
ed dull, and OF times neuralgc, pain in
my head, but as il would come one day and
~, Al. 7 4 al.
to it.. However, my stomach was out Of or
der and my food often failed u digest ,caus-
| ing at times great Inconvenience. Yet
had no idea, even as physician, thet these
things meant anything serious or that
monstrous disease was becrming fixed upon
me. Candidly, | thought | was suffering
from Malaria and so doctored myself ac-
cordingly. But | got no better. | next
noticed peculiar color aud oder about the
! fluids was passng-also that there were
! large quantities one day and very little the
next. and that pressteh. fruts aud scum
| appeared upon the surface; and a sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet | did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symp oms continually, | finally became &C
custumed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly dlsarmed by the fact that | had no
pain in the affected organs or in their vicin-
ity. Why should have been so blind
cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always
brings person 10 his Senses even though it
may then be too late. realized, at last
my critical condition and aroused myself to
overcome it, And, oh how hard tried |
consulted the best medical skill in the land.
| visited all the prominent mineral springs
in America aud travelled from Maine u
California. Still | grew worse. No two
physicians agreed as to MY maady. One
said was troubled with spinal irritation !;
another, nervous prostration, another, ma
laria another, dyspepsia another, heart
disease another, general debility: another,
congestion Of the brain ; and SO on through
a long list Of compon diseases, the symp
toms of which ! really had. In this way
Sc, eral years passed, during all Of which
time was steadily growing worse. My
condition had really become pitiahle. The
slight symptoms at first experienced were
developing into terrible and constant dis
1rders-the little twigs Of pain had grow q
into oaks of agony. Ny weight had been
reduced from 207 10 1870 pounds. My life
was a torture To myself and friends.
could retain no food upon my stomach, and
lived wholly upon injections. | WAS a liv
ing mass of pam. My pulse was uncon troll
shle. In my sgony ! frequently fell upon
the floor, cobvulsiyely clutch:ng the carpet
and prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadening the pain. For six
days and nights had the death -rremohi-
tory hiccoughs constantly. My urine was
filled with tube casts and albumen. wa:
struggling with Brighl's Disease Of the Kid
neys in its last stages.
While suffering thus ! received call
from my pastor, the Rev. Dr.. Foote, rector
Of st. Paul's church, oi this city. | felt that
it was our last interview, but in the cours,
OF conversation he mentioned a remedy
"f which ! heard much but had meyer used
DR.. Foote detailed to me the many remark
, able cures which had cSme under his obser
vatinn, by means of this remedy, and urged
me to try it. AS Dracticing physician and
= graduate OF the schools, | cherished III,
prejudice both natural and common with al
, regular practitioners, and derded the idet
OF any medicine outside the regular chan
nels being the least beneficial So solici
tous, however, was DR.. Foote, that finally
promised | would waive my prejudice anC
, try the remedy he So highly recommended
| began its use nn the first day of June an,
took it according To directions. At first i
? slckened me, but this thought was gooC
sign for me in my debiIitated condition.
| continued TO take il; the sickenIng sensa
tiOn departed aud | was able TO retain fooC
upon my stomach. In few days notice.
decided change for the better as also di,
my vile and friends. My hcccughs cease,
and experienced less pain than fnrnerly
| was so reiOiced at this improved cnndilluI
. that, upon what had believed but a few
r days before was my dying bed, vowed, il
the presence OF my family and friends
should | recover | would both publicly anr
privately make known this remedy for tn,
g"od of humanity, wherever and wheneve
, | had an opportunity. | also determine,
that | would give a course of lectures in tn,
Cornthian Academy of Music of this cill
stating in full the symptoms and almoS
{ hopelessness OF my disease and the remark
, able means by which | have been saved
, My Improvement was constant rom tha
time, and in less than three months hac
, gained 26 pounds IN flesh, became entirri,
rec from pam, aud believe owe nv III,
aud present condition wholly To Warner
Sale Kidney aud Liver Cure, the remei,
D which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
. investigated the subject of kidney diflicut
les aud Brighrs disease, aud the TRUTHS de
yelnped are astounding. | therefore state
. deliberately, that as a physician, that be
4 lieye that more than one half the d. ath
which occur in America are caused bl
Bright's disease OF the kidneys. TINS MAJ
. sound like y rash statement, but am pre-
r pa led To fully verify It, Brght's diseas
# has u" distinctive symptom al its own, lin
deed, it often develops without any phil
whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity
b but has the symptoms Of nearly every 9th
e or known complaint. Hundreds oi peopl
s die daily, whose burials are authorized b.
a physicians certe6rate of Heart Disease,
i "APoplexy," Paralysis" "Spinal Com
Is plant" "Rheumatisn, "Pneumonia," )" an
q other common complaints, when M Teal lii
it was Bright's Disease ofthe Kidneys Fe,
~ physicians, AMI fewer people, realize the eS
tent ui tins disease or it's dangerous and N
re sdious nature. IL steals INTO the system lik
-. thlrt manieSts ITS presence by the con
munest symptoms, aud las,ens itself upo
o' the constitution before the victim is awar
At # is nearly as hereditary as consumption
,e quite ss common and fully as fatal Emit
4 families, inherting it from their ancestor
have died and yet none Of the number knU
ie or real zed the mysterious power which W,
t. removing them. Instead of common SYM
"a tnms il often shows none whatever, b'
!, brings death suddenly, and as such is us,
lie ally supposed to be heart disease. As o.
ne who has suffered, aud knows better 4