Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1882-10-26
THE FLOWER CITY FURORE.
The Commotion Caused by the State
ment Of q Physician.


ment Of q Physician.
An unusual article from the R0ches-
ter, N. Y, Democrat and Chronicle, was
published in this paper recently and
has been the subject of much converse
ton both In professional circles and on
the street. Apparently it caused more
commotion In Rochester, as the follow
ing 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 extend
ed article to this paper, few days
since which was duly published, detail
ing his remarkable experience and res
cue from what seemed to be certain
death. 1t would be impossible to enum-
crate 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 ne
cessity.
With this end in view a representa-
tive of this paper called on DIR. Henion,
at his residence 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 sustain"
Every one of them and many ad-
ditiOnal ones. Few people ever get so
near the grave as did and then return.
and / am not surprised that the public
think it marvellous. 1t was marvel
GUS"
slow in the world did you, a physi-
clan, come to be brought so low"
"By neglecting the first and most
simple symptoms. 1 did not think 1
was sick. 1t is true l 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 Or
der, but l did not think it meant any
thing serious"
"But have these common ailments
to do with the fearful Bright's
disease which took so firm a hold on
you?"
Anything? Why, they are the sure
indications of the first stages of that
dreadful malady. The fact is, few
people know or realize what ais them,
and l am sorry to say that too few
physicians do either"
THAT is strange statement, Doc
tor"
"But it is true one. The medical
profession have been treating symp-
toms 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 CON-
sumption. 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 60
directly to the kidneys. the source of
most of these ailments"
"This, then, is what you mean when
you said that more than one-half the
deaths which occur al Use from Bright's
disease, is it dOctorp"
Precisely. Thousands of so-called
diseases are torturing people to-day,
when in reality it is Bright's disease
in some one of its many forms. 1t is
a Hydra-headed monster, and the
slightest symptoms should strike ter
ror to every one who has them. l 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 caused by Bright's
disease"
"And did all these cases have simple
symptoms at first ?"
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. 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 90 and see
Mr.. Warner himself. He was sick the
same as l, and is the healthiest 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
University. If you want facts there
are any quantity of them showing the
alarming increase 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
babe him good day and called on Mr..
Warner at his establishment on Elk
change street. At first Mr.. Warner
was inclined to be reticent, but learn.
ing that the information desired was
about the alarming increase of Bright's
disease, his manner changed instantly
and he spoke very earnestly:
1t is true that Bright's disease has
increased wonderfully, and we find, by
reliable statistics, that in the past ten
years its growth has been $50 per cent.
Look at the prominent men it has car
ried off: Everett, Sumner, Chase, Will
son, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and 9th
ers. This is terrible. and shows a
greater growth than that of any other
known complaint. 1t should be plain
IN avarv ono that oomafhip0 rouot no