Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-01-21
A RErrAKkAnLE srArEmENr.
THE UNUSUAL EXPERIENCE OF A PROMI-
NENT MAJ MADE PUBLIC.

NENT MAJ MADE PUBLIC.
The following article from the Dem
ocrat and Chronicle, OF Rochester, n. I
Y, is of so striking a nature, and en-
anates from so reliable a source, that |
it is herewith re-pubhshed entire. In |
addition to the valuable matter it con-
tains, it will be found exceedingly in
teresting:
To the Editor ofthe Democrat and Cltgon-
icte;
Shiny 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, desire
to warn all who read this statement
against some of the most deceptive
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
it. To tell how was caught away
from just this position and to warn
others against nearing it, are my OBJ
jects in this communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, lay
at my residence in this city surrounded
by my friends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony | then
endured, for words can never describe
it. And yet, if few years previous,
any one had told me that | was to be
brought so low, and by so terrible
disease, / should have scoffed at the
idea had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
two hundred 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 cannot account for it. They feel
dull and indefinite pains in various
parts of the body and do not under
stand it. Or they are exceedingly hun
CRY one day and entirely without appe-
| tite the next. This was Just the way |
felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itselfupOn me first began.
Still l thought it was nothing; that
! probably | had taken cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after
| this | noticed a dull, and at times neu-
ralgic, pain in my head, but rs it would
come one day and be gone the next, |
paid but little attention to it. How
ever, my stomach was out of order and
my 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 monstrOus disease was becoming
fixed upon me. Candidly, | thought |
was suffering from Malaria and so doc
tored myself accordingly. But l got
no better. | next noticed a peculiar
1 oh 4, 7
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
sediment settled III the bottom. And
yet l did not realize my danger, for,
indeed, seeing these symptoms con-
| tinually, / finally became accustomed
| to them, and my suspicion was wholly
disarmed by the fact that | had no pain
| in the affected organs or in their vi
cinity. Why | should have been so
! blind | cannot understand
There is terrible future for all ply
steal neglect, and impending danger
usually brings a person to 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 | CON
suited the best medical skill in the
| land | visited all the prominent
mineral springs in America and trav-
! eled from Maine to California. Still /
grew worse. Notwo physicians agreed
as to my malady. One said | was trou-
bled with spinal irritation; another,
nervous prOstratiOn; another, malaria;
another, dyspepsia; another, heart di-
sease another general debility; another,
congestion of the base of the brain;
and so on through long list OF COM
mon diseases, the symptoms of all of
which 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 exper-
| fenced were developed into terrible
and constant disorders-the little twigs
of pain had grown to oaks of agony.
| Ny weight had been reduced from 2G7
| to $50 pounds. Ny life was q torture
| to myself and friends. | could retain
no food upon my stomach and lived
| wholly by injections. | was Il living
mass OF pain, My pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony | frequently
tell upon the floor, convulsively clutch
ed the carpet, and prayed for death
| Morphine had little or no effect in
deadening the pain. For siX days and
nights | had the misrepresentation
hiccoughs constantly. My urine was
| filed with tube casts and albumen.
I was struggling with Brights Disease
of the Kidneys in its last stages,
While suffering thus | received a
call from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote,
| Rector of st. Pauls Church, OF this
city. | felt that it was our last inter
view, but in the course of conversation
| ne mentioned remedy OF which |
! had heard much but had never used.
| DR.. F0Ote detailed to me the many
remarkable cures which had come I'M
| der his observation, by means OF this
remedy, and urged me to try it. As
practicing physician and graduate of
the schools, | cherished the prejudice
both natural and common with all
| practitioners, and derided the idea of
any medicine outside the regular chan
nels being the least beneficial. So
solicitOus, however, was DIR. FoOte, that
| finally promised | would waive my
prejudice and try the remedy he so
! highly recommended. | began its use
on the first day OF June and took it
according to directions. At first it
siokened me; but this | thought was a
good sign for one in my debilitated
condition. I continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and was
able to retain food upon my stomach.
In few days l noticed a decided
change for the better as also did my
wife and friends. My hiccOugh ceased
and ] experienced less pain than for
merly. | was so rejoiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what I
had believed but a few days before was
my dying bed, vowed, in the presence
of my family and friends, should 1 re-
cover l would both publicly and pri-
vately make known this remedy for
the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever I had an opportunity /
also determined that | would give a
| course of lectures in the Corinthian
Academy of Music of this city, stating
in full the symptoms and almost hope
lessness of my disease and the remark
able means by which | have been
saved. My improvement was constant
from that time, and IN less than three