Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1882-10-14
rHErLowER CITY rURoRE.
The Cosnmofion Caused by the
Statement of n Physician.


recently and has been the subject OF
much conversation both in profess
sional circles and on the street.
Apparently it caused more commo-
ton in Rochester, as the following
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 extended article 10 this pa
per, a few days since which was
duly published, detailing his re-
markable experience and rescue
from what seemed to be certain
death. 1t would be impossible To
enumerate the personal enquiries
which have been made at our uIlivc
as to the validity oil the article, but
they have been So numerous that
further investigation OF tine subject
was deemed an editorial necessity
With this end in view "a rcprooeiI-
tative of this paper called on Or.
HeniOn, at his residenceOu st. Paul
street, when the following Interview
occurred:
"That article OF yours, Doctor, has
created quite whirlwind. Are
the statements about the terrible
condition you were i'll, and the way
you were rescued such rs you can
sustain ="
EVERY one of them and many
additional ones. Few people ever
get so near the grave as 1 did and
then return, and 1 anI not surprised
that the public think ii marvellous.
1t WAS marvellous"
Chow in the world did you, ii
physician, come To bc brought so
low ?"
"By neglecting the first and most
simple symptoms. 1 did not think
l was sick. 1t is true had frequent
headaches; felt tired most Ui the
time; could eat nothing one day
and Was raVenOus the next; felt
dull indefinite pains and my atOn
ach WAS out OF order, but 1 did not
think it meant anything serious"
''But have these common ailments
anything 10 do with the fearful
Bright's disease which took SO ii! m
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
ails them, and | am sorry to say
that too few physicians do either"
THAT is Il strange statement, Doc
tor"
''But il is Il true one. The medi-
cal profession have been treating
symptoms 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 l have
just mentioned or any unusual ac-
ton or irritation of the water chan
nels indi ate the approach of
Bright's disease even more than
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 try
ing to relieve the headache, stom-
ach, pains about the body or other
symptoms, but 90 directly to the
kidneys, the source of most of these
ailments"
"This, then, is what you meant
when you SAID that more than one
half the deaths which occur arise
from Bright's disease, is it doctor ?"
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 Hydra-headed mon
ster, and the slightest symptoms
oh Fri IN
who has them. l can look back and
recall hundreds of deaths which
declared at the time were
by paralysis, apoplexy, heart
disease, pneumonia, malarial fever
and other common complaints which
L see now were caused by Bright's
disease"
"And did all these cases have
simple symptoms at first ?''
Livery one of them, and might
have been cured as l WAS by the
timely use of the same remedy
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure. am getting my eyes thor
Oughly opened in this matter and
think l am helping others to see the
facts and their possible danger also.
Why, there are no end OF truths
bearing on this subject. Ii you
want to know more about it 60 and
zee Mr.. Warner himself. He was
sick the same as l, aud is the health
lest man in Rochester today. He
mas made a study of this subject
and can give you more facts than |
IAN. Go, too, and see DIR. baltimore,
he chemist, at the University. If
you want facts there are any guam
ity of them showing the alarming
Increase of Bright's disease, its SIM
pie and deceptive symptoms, and
hat there IS but one way by which |
t can Ire escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and |
'orce of the Doctors words, the re-
porter babe him good day and called
IN Mr.. Warner at his establish ment
IN Exchange street. AT first Mr..
Warner was inclined to be reticent,
)ut learning that the information
desired was about the alarming in
.rease of Bright's disease, his man.
Ter changed Instantly and he spoke
'ery earnestly:
at is true that Bright's disease
las increased wonderfully, and we
ind, by reliable statistics, that in
he past ten years its growth has
)een $50 per cent. Look at the
men it has carried off:
everett, Sumner, Chase, Wilson,
Bishop Haven and 9TH
rs. This is terrible, and shows
,reater growth than that of any
ther known complaint. 1T should
re plain to every one that something
must be done to check this increase
II there is no knowing where it
nay end"
"Do you think many people are
with it to-day who do not
ealize it, Mr.. Warner ?"
Hundreds of thousands. l have Il
triking example of this truth which
as just come to my notice. a
professor in New Or
cans medical college was lecturing
efOre his class on the subject OF
sright's disease. He had various
uIds under microscopic analysis,
nd was showing the students what
le indications OF this terrible NAL
dy were. In order to show the
Ontrast between healthy and I'M
ealthy fluids, he had provided a
ial the contents of which We're
rawn from his own person. And
ow, gentlemen he said, 'as we
ave seen the unhealthy indications,
will show you how it appears in Il
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