The Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1877-1885, 1882-01-10
EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER,
The commotion Caused by the Statement Of 8
Physician.

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A An unusual article from the Rochester
In. Y. De,nocrat and Chronicle, was repub
lishe1s in this paper yesterday and was
subject of much conversation in this cit.
lduring the day, both in professional cirele'
and On the street. Apparently it caused
leven more connection in Rochester, as thu
following from the same paper shows;
DR.. J. B. Henion, who. is well-knowf
not only in Rochester but In nearlv every
part of America, sent an extended article
to this paper few days since, which was
duly published, detailing his remarkable
Experience and rescue from what seemed
to be certain death, Itwould be impossf'
Bile to enumerate the personal enquiries
which have been made at our office as &c
the validity of the article, but they have
been so numerous that further investiga
ton of the subject was deemed an editorial
necessity.
With this end in view a representative oil
this paper called on DIR. Henion, at his res
| idence on St. Paul street. when the follow
ing interview occurred: That article OF
| YOURS, Doctor, has created quite Whlrl-
wind Are the statements about the ter
rible condition you were in, and the way
lyou were rescued such as you can sus-
tain?"
Every one of them and many addition
al ones. Few people ever get so near the
grave as did and then return, and L am
not surprised that the public think it mar
Vicious. 1t was marvellous"
| ssHow in the world did you, physician,
| come to be brought so low2"
| by neglecting the first and most sim
pie symptoms. did not think | was sick.
| 1t is true | had frequent headaches; felt
tired most of the time; could eat nothing
one day and was ravenous the next; felt
dull, indefnite pains and my stomach was
out of order but [ did not think it meant
anything serious"
| but have these common ailments any
thing to do with the fearful Bright's dis
ease which took so firm a hold on YOUR
| Anything? Why, they are the sure in
dications of the first stages of that dread
ful 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 strange statement abector.
''But it is a true one. The medical pro-
| fession have been treating symp-
toms instead of diseases for years and it
| is high time ita ceased. We doctors have
been Chipping 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 head
ache, stomach, pains about the body or
other symptoms. but go directly to the
| kidneys, the source of most of these All
ments."
This, then, is what you meant when
YOU said that more than one-salf the deaths
which occur arise from Bright's disease is
| it Doctor"
| Precisely. Thousands of so-called dis
eases are torturing people to-day, when,
| in reality, 1t is Bright's disease in some one
of its many forms. 1t is a hydra-headed
monster, and the slightest symptoms should
! strike terror to every one who has them.
Z can look back and recall hundrees 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 caused by Bright's disease"
| 'eAnd did all these cases have simple
| symptoms at nrst?
| Every one of them, and might have
been cured as L was by the timely use of
the same remedy-Warner's Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure. I am getting my eyes
[ am helping others to see the facts and
| and their possible danger also. Why,
| there are no end of truths bearing upon
| this subject. If you want to know more
about it go and see Mr.. Warner himself He
was sick the same as |, and is the healthi-
/ est man in Rochester to-day. He has made
a study Of this subject, and can give you
more facts than can. Go, too, and see
Dr. baltimore, the chemist, at the Univer-
sity If you want facts, there are any
quantity of them showing the alarming in
crease of Bright's disease. its simple and
deceptive symptoms, and that there IS but
one way by which it can be escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and force OF
the Doctors words the reporter bid hin
good dav and called on Mr.. Warner at hi.
establishment on Exchange street. A
first Mr. Warner was inclined to be retic
ent. but learning that the information de
sired was about the alarming increase o
Brights disease. his manner changed IN
stantly and he spoke very earnestly.
1T is true that Brights disease has in
creased wonderfully, and we find, by reli
able statistics, that in the past ten year it
growth has been ESQ per cent. Look a
the prominent men it has carried OFT: Ev
erett, Sumner Chase, Wilson, Carpenter
Bishop Haven and others. This is terrible
ana SHOWS q greater grow III tAldu tilal VI an
other known complaint. 1t must be plaiI
to every one that something must be don
to check this increase or there is no know
| ing where it may end"
do you think many people are afflicted
with it to-day who do not realize it, MI
Warner
Hundreds of thousands. | have
striking example of this truth which ha
Just came to my notice. A prominen
professor in a New Orleans medical colleg
was lecturing before his class on the subJec
of Bright's disease. He had various fluid
under microscopic analysis and was show
ing the students what the indications c
this terriable madaly were. In order t
draw the contrast between healthy an
unhealthy fluids he provided vial tn
contents of which were drawn from hi
own person. and now, gentlemen Ia
said, as we have seen the unhealthy indies
tions. will show you how it appears in
state of perfect health and he submitte
his own fluid to the usual test. As b
watched the results his countenano
suddenly changed his color an
command both left him and in trenholm
voce he said: Gentlemen, have made
painful discovery; l have Brights diseas
of the Kidneys and in less than year
was dead"
You believe then that it has no SYM
! toms of its own and Is frequently unknow
even by the person who is afflicted wit