Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-10
THE FLOWER CITY FURoRE.
The COmmotIon Caused by the Statement
OF q Physician.


An unusual article from the Rochester, N.
T., 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. y. Henion. who is we'll 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. Ii 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 a whirlwind Are
the statements about the terrible condition
you were in, and the way you were rescued
such as you can sustainin
Every one OF them and many additional
ones. Few people ever get SO near the grave
as di and then return, and ] am not sur
prised that The public think it marvellous 1t
was marVe,ous.n
"How in the world did you, a physician,
come to be brought so lowf'
"By neglecting the first and most simple
symptoms. / did not think was sick. 1t is
true had frequent he ada ches; 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 IL meant anything serious"
" But have these common ailments anything
to do with the fearful Bright's disease which
took so firm a hold on you!"
"Anythingi Why, they are the sure indi-
Of az Of hat MI
malady. The fact is, few people know or
realize what ails them, aud am sorry to say
that too few physicians do either"
That Is strange statement Doctor"
But IL is a true one. The medical pro-
lesion have been treating symptoms instead
OF diseases for years, and IL 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. We do 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 tie kid
neys, the source of must OF these ailments"
This, then, is what you meant when you
said that more than One-half the deaths which
occur arise from Brght's disease, is 1t dOctorP'
Precisely. Thousands OF so-called diseases
y,
Is Brtghts disease in some one OF its many
forms. II is HydrL-headed 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 causel by Bright's disease"
And did all these cases have simple symp-
toms at frsti"
A.
/ cured as was by the timely use OF the same
remcdy-Warner's safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. | am getting my eyes thorou lhiy
/ opened in this matter and think l am helping
| others TO see the facts and their possible dan
ger also. Why, there are no end of truths
/ Lear,Eg on this subject. II you want TO know
more about it 70 and sec Mr. Warner himself.
! lie was sick the same as /, and is the healthi-
/ est man In Rochester to-day. tie has made
study OF this subject and can give YOU more
| facts thar / can. Go, too, and see DIR. Iatti-
| more, the chemist at the University. If YOU
want facts there are any quantity of them
| showing the charming increase of Brights dis
ease, its SIM le and deceptive symptoms, and
that there is but one way b. which it can be
| escaped"
! Fully satisfied Of TIE truth and force of the
Doctors words the reporter babe him good
] day and called on Mr.. Warner at his establish
| mcnt on Exchange street. At first Mr.. War
ner was inclined to be reticCnt, but learning
that the information desired was about the
! alarming increase of Bright's disease, hi:
manner changed instantly and he spoke very
| earnestly:
''It is true thst Bright's disease has In
| creased wouderi uliy, and we find, by reliable
statistics, that in the past ten years its growth
has been 25O per cent. Look at the prominent
men it has carried oft: Everett. Sum er
| Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and
! others. This is terrible, and showsa greater
! growth than that of any other known com
| plant. It should be plain TO every one thai
| something must be done TO check this increas
| or there IS no knowing where { may end"
"Doyou think IN ny people are afflicted witt
/ 1t to-day who do not realize it, Mr.. Wsrner?
Hundreds OF thous uds. have striking
| examrle OF this truth which has just come Il
my notice. prominent professor in New
/ Orleans me 'icdl college was lecturing before
! bis cla.s on tn, subject Of Bright's disease
| He n Il various fluids under microscopic
! analysis, and WAS showing the students WhA
\ the Indications OF this terrible malady were
/ In order TO show the contrast between HEALTHY
and unhealthy fluids, he had prOvid d via
| the contents OF which Were drawn from hi
| own person. And now, gentlemen he said
'as We have seen the unhealthy indications,
will show you how it appears i'm n state o
| perfect health and he submitted his own fui,
| 20 the usual test. AS he watched the results
his cOuntenance suddenly changed-his colol
AMI command both left him, ami In a trem
bling voice he said: Gentlemen. have mad,
a painful discovery; have Bright's disease o
the Kidneys and ih less than year he wa
\ dead"
You telieve then that It has no symptom:
i OF its own and is frequently unknown even bl
| the person who Is afflicted with itl''
! lit has no symptoms of its own and YER
often none at all. Usually no two people have
| the same symptoms, and frequently death {!
the first symptom. The slightest indication!
OF any kidney difficulty should be enough K
str he terror TO any one. i know what / an
| talking about, for have been through all the
stages OF kidney disease"
| You know of DIR. Henion's casel"
| "Yes, have both read and heard OF it."
1t is very wonderful, is it notl'
/ "A very prominent case but no more Sc
than great many others that have come tC
my notice as having been cured by the same
/ meansn
"You believe then that Bright's disease car
| be curelr'
- know It can. / know IL from the expert
ence of hundreds Of prominent persons who
were given up to die by both their physician.
and friends"
You speak of your own experience, what
was it,"
"A fearful one had felt languid and IN.
| fitted for business for years. But did not
| know what allied me. When, however, found
| IL was kidney difficulty i thought there was
/ little hope and so did the doctors / have