Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1882-08-10
AN OPEN LETTER.
Some Outspoken statements of Great
Value from Parties of the Highest
standing

When the people of America become so
thoroughly aroused and on a subject Of
such serious Importance as the preserya-
ton of their lives and health, it is but
natural that the ones who have been large
ly instrumental in the origin of this
movement should speak frankly and d.
rectly to the people most interested 1t is
for this reason that we thus come before
the public and make the following revala-
tions:
Every careful observer who has sought
to keep pace with the march of events
has noted the alarming increase of certain
peculiar physical troubles within the past
few years. These troubles have come at
unexpected moments and in most treach-
erous way. They have manifested them
selves in innumerable forms, but they
have always had the same cause. They
have not afflicted the minor parts of the
body, but have gone direct to the strong
holds of the system, and their work has
usually been as prompt as it is fatal.
Their treacherous and deceptive nature
has often prevented a careful ANALYSIS of
what causes them, and, as result. intense
suffering and final disaster have usually
ensued. The real cause, however. has
been a arrangement OF the kidneys, and
all of these troubles are, in fact,
the first symptoms of the terrible Bright's
disease, which has cast its dark shadow
over so many homes in the land and
is increasing wonderfully and continually.
1t is now conceded by the ablest physi-
clans in every land and by eminent scicn-
lists the world over, that this disease is
the result of blood poisoning This roi-
sonlng is brought by wasted and unhealthy
kidneys that permit the poison TO remain
in the blood, instead Of throwing it from
the system. But it is equally evident to
all who have studied into the effects and
have become conversant with the facts,
that a disordered state of the kidneys and
liver produces most of the common COM
plants and pains which atfiict the human
race, and they can be traced to this source
Just as certainly as Can Bri9ht's disease.
To purify a stream we must 20 to it's
source, and to cure a disease we must re-
nlOre the cause. 1t being true, therefore,
that nine-tenths out of all human all
ments ale caused by diseased kidneys or
liver, the only certain way to cure these
troubles is by treating the organs which
cause them. How intimately the kidneys
are associated with the entire system may
be understood from the fact that over
1000 ounces of blood pass through them
every hour, being more than 200 gallons,
or nearly one ton in the course of twenty
four hours. This vast mass of living
fluid is sent to every part of the body,
and if the kidneys are diseased the i'm
purities that are in the blood are not re-
moved, and hence pass through the veins,
carrying disease In some one of it5 terri
bic forms. The horrors which accom-
pany most of the diseases caused by dis
ordered kidneys and liver cannot be de-
scribed in print, while the dangers sur
rounding them are even q eater than the
agony. And yet a person may be troubled
for months without knowing the cause of
the diseases that have attacked him.
Some of the symptoms of the first stages,
any one of which indicates disordered
kidneys or liver are these: Pains In
the back and around the loins, severe
headache, dizziness, in1amed eyes, coat
ed tongue and a dry mouth, loss of appe-
tite, chilly sensations, Indigestion (the
stomach never is in order when the kid
news or liver are deranged). a dryness of
the skin, nervousness, night sweats, mus
cuIar debility. dependency, tired feel
ing especially at night, putting or bloat-
ing under the eyes, etc. Ii any of the
following things are noticed about the
fluids passed from the system, it shows
that the kidneys and liver are out of or
der: A red deposit, a scum upon the
surface, and unusual thickness or thinness,
a very dark or very light color, burn
ing sensation in passing, an unusual odOr,
a retention, or frequent desire to void
and inability to do so.
The above are few of the hundreds of
symptoms which indicate the beginning
of aggravated cases of kidney or liver
difficulties, and they require instant at
tention. If these symptoms are not
checked at once, they are almost certain
to result in some one of the many terrible
diseases of the kidneys. But unpleasant
as all the symptoms and even these dis
eases may be, they are nothing compared
TO the last stages of the complaints. The
kidneys waste away by degrees, accompa-
MED by intense pains; the heart becomes
uncomfortable; the lungs are oppressed
the e3eballs grow glazy, and the entire sys-
tenn is reduced and debilitated. For
weeks before death comes the sufferer
looks forward to it as d blessed relief, and
anything that can furnish even temporary
help is gladly hailed. Then it is that
bloating begins; the face becomes puffy
and pallid; the breath can only be caught
In gasps, speech is impossible and mus
GUAR action suspended. The patient
finally sinks into a state of Inconsistencies
10 everything except the pains which are
racking him, and death comes by GER
tain but slow degrees. There can be
but one conclusion which all read
er5 of care and judgment will draw from
these facts, which is the necessity of treat
ing the disease az time and by that means
which has been proven the best and most
efficient.
1t has been our privilege to treat more
cases and effect more cures Of this terrible
com plant than has ever been known be-
fore In the history ofthe world. The won
derful sale which our remedies have at
tanned is due wholly to the fact that they
have cured the ones who have used them.
The power and value of ans remedy must
rest wholly on a basis Of worth. and here
Is Just where our Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure has found It's wonderful power and
success. But in this connection comes
one important fact. 1t has always been
true that articles of merit are subject to
limitations. No one seeks to counterfeit
the bills of a worthless bank. The produc-
tions of a cracked inventor or witles5 writer
are never copied. 1t Is just 50 with "a
healing remedy. If it possesses no merit
it will not lie subjected to limitations. If,
however, it has power and value, imita-
tions will spring up on every side. While
it is tribute to the value Of the medicine
that it has limitations. still, in justice to
those who are suffering, we feel that all
should be warned against them.
There is but one known remedy that has
ever been able to cure serious kidney
troubles or control these great organs when
once deranged, and that remedy is War
ner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure. There
are numerous nostrun.s on the market
claiming to be just as efficient and some