Green-Mountain freeman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1844-1884, 1882-06-07
IN UNUsUAL FCRORE
A Fseeeut Excitement Investigated By the
Herald and the ResuIis Made Public
fCsrsiana tO.) ReralS.l


4 few weeks ago We copied into our co..
umns from the Rochester, y. T., Dsuoera'
and Chronicle "A Remarkable Statement,
made by j. B. Henion, NJ. D., gentlenls'
who Is well known in this city. Ia that ar
ticle DR.. Henion recounted q wonderful cz-
psrisnce which befell him, and few days
thereafter We published from the same paper
a second article, giving an account Of The
Excitement in Rochester caused by D..
Henion statement. In the first srtio'a u
Henion stated that for 4 number Of Jcsrg
up TO last June, be had been sflicter VIZ.
what seemed at first q most mys.,li-Gi
trouble. He felt unaccoun:sbly tir1d G.,
frequent intervals he had dull and inds.in-
tie pans in various parts of his bocy o.: g..
head, and was very hungry one day an1 Gle
tirely without appetite the next. Howevcr,
az q physician be thought, and SO did his
fellow physicians that he was suffering !rCl
malaria. But yet he grew worse, and was
finally obliged to give up large snd lucrs-
tive practice. Still he was not conscious #
his danger, nor that monstrous disease "F=
becoming fixed upon him, although all hs
organs had become gradually weakened.
The symptoms above described COntinuee.
accompanied by others of an aggravated
nature, and he noticed a peculiar color md
odor about the fluids he was passing; thst
they were abundant one day and very scantv
the next, and were covered with froth or
filled with brickdust sediment. But even
then he did not realize his real and slar:G-
ing condition. Al last, however, he was
brought face to face with the fact tina; lc
was victim of a most terrible disease, eqd
he made heroic efforts for recovery. lie
travelled extensively and consulted the best
physicians, but they could give him only
temporary relief, and that principally in the
form of morphine. And so he grew steadily
and constantly worse until his life became Il
torture. His pulse was uncomfortable. He
lived wholly by injections, and for six days
and nights he had the hiccoughs constantly.
which are considered the sure indications Of
coming death.
When hope and life were nearly exhausted
his pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector of st.
Pauls Church, strongly urged him to try
means which the reverend gentleman had
seen used with remarkable results. He Oh
jected at first, but finally Inserted, and
was conscious of an improved condition the
6rst week. His pains gradually disappeared;
his stomach resumed digestion; his heart be-
came regular; his headaches disappeared; he
had no moro chills and fever, or scidity OF
the stomach; he gained twenty.six pounds
in three months, and is we'll man to-day,
being entirely cured of NEST pronounced
case Of Bright's disease.
Although conscious of the consequences
from his professional brethren, still rs duty
TO his fellow-men, and according to vow
he made on what he thought was his dying
bed, he published card detailing his illness
and remarkable cure. Since my recovery
he says, ~ have thoroughly reinvestigated
the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright's
disease, and believe MORE THAN oNEHALT
THE DEATHS WHICH OCCUR IN AMERICA
ARE CAUSED BY BRIGHT's DISEASE OF THE
KIDNEYS. 1t has no distinctive symptoms
of its own (indeod, it often develops without
any pain whatever in the kidneys or their
vicinity, but has the symptoms of nearly
every other known complaint. Hundreds
OF people die daily whose burials are author
ICED by physicians certificate of Heart
Disease, 'Apoplexy,' Paralysis Spinal
Complaint, Rheumatism 'Pneumonis,
and other common complaints, when in
reality it was Brights disease OF the kidneys
Few physicians, and fewer people, realize
the extent of this disease or its dangerous
and nsidious nature. it steals into the sys-
tenn like a thief, manifests its presence BY
the commonest symptoms and fastens itself
upon the life before the victim is aware. 1t
is nearly as hereditary rs consumption quite
as common and fully as fatal. Entire fam
lilies, inheriting it from their ancestors, have
died, and y ct none OF their number knew or
realized tho mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead of common symp-
to us it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly. and as such is usually
supposed TO be heart disease"
] he second srticlr, entitled Excitement
in Rochester, was made up Of interviews
with DIR. Henion himself who confirmed ali
said in his card, and also with Mr.. II. Il.
Warner. The latter gentleman did not re-
gard DR.. Henion's case IS particularly excep-
tional, because be had know n OF very many
such cures by the same means in all parts
of the land Kidney diseases, he said, are
carrying off tens Of thousands every year,
while Brights disease is If Creasing $50 pcr
cent. o decade, and yet the people do not
realize it or seek 10 check it until too late
lie related how New Orleans medical pro-
fessor, lecturing on this disease, thinking to
show his class what healthy fluids were,
subjected some of his own TO O chemical test,
and, although he had no suspicion of it before,
discovered that he, too, had the dreaded dis
ease, which proved fatal in less than year.
There was also an interview with the cele-
brated chemist of the New York State
Board of Health, Dr. S. A. baltimore, who
said he had analysed the remedy which
cured DR.. Henion, and found that it was
entirely free from any poisonous or delete
Iious substances