The Elk County advocate. [volume] (Ridgway, Pa.) 1868-1883, 1882-02-02
EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER,.
The Commotion Cuused by the statemen
of n Dhvs1Cipus


An unusual article Il ON the Rochester, N.
Y, Democrat and Chronicle, was republished
in this paper recently and has been the SUBJ
ject OF much conversation both in professional
circles and on the street. Apparently it caused
even more commotion in Rochester, as the fol-
lowing from the same paper shows:
DR.. ]. B. Henion, who is well known not
| only in Rochester but in nearly every part of
| America, sent an extended article to this paper
few days since which was duly published, de.
| failing his remarkable experience and rescue
| from what seemed to be certain death. It
| would be impossible to enumerate the personal
| inquiries 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 representative of this
paper called on Dr. Henion, at his residence on
| 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 in, and
the way you were rescued such as you can sus-
tain2"
"Every one of them and many additional
ones. Few people ever get SO near the grave
| rs did and then return, and am not sur
prised that the public think it marvellous. 1t
| was marvellous"
"How. in the world did you, physician,
| come to be brought 30 low2"
| By ne6lectlng the hlSt anu most simple
symptoms l did not think was sick. 1t is
true had frequent headaches; elt tired most
J 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 l did not
thiuk it meant anything serious"
| But have these common ailments anything
to do with the fearful Brght's disease which
took so firm hold on you2"
"Anything2 Why they are the sure indica-
tions of the first stages of that dreadful mala
| dy. The fact is, lew people know or realize
| what ails them, and am sorry to say that too
| few physicians do either"
"That is a strange statement, Doctor.''
| But 1t is true one. The medical profess
sion have been treating symptoms instead OF
diseases for years, and it is high time it ceased.
| We doctors have been clipping of the twigs
when we should strike at tho root. The symp-
| toms l have just mentioned or any unusual
action or irrltai ion of the water channels indi
cate the approach Of Brights disease even
more than cough announces the coming of
| consumption. " o do not treat the cough but
try to help the lungs. We should not waste
our time trying to relieve the h adache, stom-
| ach, pains about the body or other symptoms.
but so directly to the kidneys, tho 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
|
is Bright's disease in some one of its many
forms. 1t is Hydra-headed monster, and the
slightest symptom should strike terror to every
one who has them. I can look back and re-
call hundreds of deaths which physicians at the
time declared were caused by paralysis, apo
plexy, heart disease, pneumonia, malalial
fever and other common complaints, which l
see now were caused by Bright's disease"
And did all these cases have simple symp-
toms at first?"
Tnp Of opI iO1,t bou
cured as l was by the timely use of the same
remedy-Warner's Safe KiI iIney and Liver Cure.
am getting my eyes thoroughly opened IN
this matter, and think 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
go and sec 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
l can. Go, too, and see DR.. baltimore, the
chemist, at the University. Ifyou want facts
there are any quantity of them showing the
alarming increase Of Bright's disease, its
simple and deceptive sympi oms, and that there
is but one way in which it can be escaped"
Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the
Doctors words the reporter bade him good
day and called on Mr.. Warner at his establish
ment on Exchange street. At frat Mr.. Warner
was inclined to be reticent, but learning that
the information desired was about the alarm
ii
changed instantly and he spoke very earnestly:
at is true that Bright's disease has in
creased 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 1t has carried off: Everett, Sumner,
Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and
others, This is terrible and shows q greater
growth than that of any other known COM
plant. 1t must be PLAIN to every one that
something must be done to check this increase
or there is no knowing where it may end.'
"Do you think many people are afflicted with
it to-day who do not realize it, Mr.. Warner 2"
Hundreds of thousands. | have striking
example Of this truth which has just come to
my notice. prominent professor in New Or
leans medical college was lecturing before lis
class on the subject of Bright's disease. He
had various fluids under microscopic analysis,
and was showing the students what the indca-
tions OF this terrible malady were. In order to
draw the contrast between healthy and un.
healthy fluids he had provided vial, tho con-
tents OF which were drawn from his own per-
son. And now, gentlemen he said, 'as we
have seen the unhealthy indications, l will
show you how it appears in state OF perfect
health, and he submitted his own fluid to the
usual test As he watched tho results his
countenance suddenly changed-hs color and
command both left him, and in trembling
voice he said: 'Gentlemen, 1 have made PAIN
ful discovery; have BIight's disease Of the
Kidneys and in less than q year he was dead"
You be love- then, that it has no symptoms
of its OVID, and is frequently unknown even by
the person who is afflicted with it p
at has no symptoms of its own and very
often none at all. Usually no two people have
the same symptoms aud frequently death is
the first symptom. The slightest indications of
any kidney difficulty should be enough to strike
terror to any one. / know what ! am talking
about, for l have been through all the stages OF
| kidney disease"
" You know of DR.. Henion's case2"
| "Yes. have both read and heard of it."
"lt is very wonderful, is ii not 2"
"A very prominent case, but no more so than
| great many others that have come to my no.
tice as having been cured by the same means"
"You believe, then, that BriSnt's disease can
| be cured"
81 know it can. know il from the expert
ence OF hundreds Of prominent persons who
were given up to die by both their physicians
and friends"
you speak of your own experience, what
was It 70
"a fearful one. bad felt lsnguid and un-
fitted for business for years. But / oil not
| know what allied me. When, however, l found
it was kidney difficulty l thought there WAS
! little hope, and 50 did the doctors. / have
since learned that one of the physicians of this
| CITY pointed me out TO gentleman on the
street one day, saying: There goes man who
will be dead within a year, | believe his
words would have proven true if had not for
tunately secured and used the remedy now
known as Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
| Cure"
And this caused you to manufacture it ?"
| mo, 1t caused me to investigate. L went to
the principal cities with DR.. Craig, the discov-
erer and saw the physicians prescribing and