The Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Or.) 1862-1899, 1882-03-24
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
An Unusual Experience Of a Prominent Man
Made Public.

source, that it is herewith re-publish-
ed entire. In addition to the valu- |
able matter it contains, it will be |
found exceedingly interesting.
To the Editor otthe Democrat and
Chronicle:
SIR: My motive tor the pnbllca
,,on of the most unusual statements
which follow are, first, gratitude tor
the fact that | have been saved from
a most h orrible death, and, secondly,
a desire TO warn all VINO read this
statement against some of the most
deceptive influences by which they
lave ever been surrounded. 1t is
fac, that to-day thousands fpeople
are within loot OF the grave and
they do not know it. To tell how
was caught away from just the pc
sition and to warn others against
nearing it, are my objects in this
communication.
On the first day of June 1881,
law at my residence in this city SUR
rounded by my friends and waltIn"
for death. Heaven only knows the
auony I then endured, for words
can never describe it. And yet, 1t
IL few years previous, any one had
told me that I was to be brought so
low. and by so terrible a disease,
should have scoffcd at the idea. l
had alu ays been unco nmonly strong
and healthy, had weighed over 2of
pounds and hardly knew, in my own
experience, what pain or sickness
were. Very many people who will
read .his stat atement realize at times
that they are unusu ullIy tired and
cannot account for it. They feel dull
and indefinite pains in various parts
of the body and do not understand it,
Or they are exceedingly hungry one
day and entirely without APPETITE tn.
next. This was just the way l fell
when the relentless malady which
, had fastened itsc, f u,'"n me first bs
gan. Still thought it was nothing
that probably had taken a cole
which would soon pass away. Short
ly after this noticed dull, and a
Times neuralgia, pain in my head, bu
as it wonld come one day and b'
gone the next, | paid but little at
tenton TO it. However, my stomacl
was out of order and my food Otter
failed to digest, causing at time
great Inconvenience. Yet / had n
idea, even as physician, that thes
things meant ANYTHING serious o
that a monstrous disease was becon
ing fixed upon me. Candidly,
thought I was suffering from Malari
" and so doctoreh myself accordingl,
- But / got no better. l next notice
peculiar color and oder about tn
. fluids | was passing-also that ther
were large quantities one day an
very little the next, and that a pc
, sis;cnt froth and scum appeared upo
" The surface, and sediment settle
i'll the bottom. And yet l .lid ne
" realize my danger, for. indeed, Sc
ing these symptoms continually,
finally became accustomed to Their
and my suspicion was wholly di
armed by the fact that had no pai
e in the affected organs or in the;
IL vicinity. Why l should have be.
~ 80 blind / cannot understand.
y There is a terrible future for &
:. physical neglect, and impendin
:. danger usually brings person TO h
l., enses even though it may then
-. 100 late. / realized, at last, my or
icaI condition and aroused myself
=, overcome ii. And, Oh! how hard
: tried! | consulted the best medic
skill in the land | visited all :
Il. prominent medical springs IN Am
Ica and travelled from Maine to Ca
tornia. Still l grew worse. No t,
physicians agreed AZ to my malad
One said / was troubled witt. spin
- irrjtation; another, nervous prost
ton; another, malaria; another, d,
prpsia; another, heart disease; i:
~ other. general debility; another, ce
gestion of the base OF The brair; a
ho so on through lon. list of comm
in, diseases, the symptoms of all
~. which 1 really had. In this W
several years passed, din ing all
- which time l was steadily growi
worse. My condition had really
. come l,itiable. The slight sympto
| at first experienced were develop
into terrible and constant disorders
the little twigs of pain hal grown
W. oaks of agony. My weight had be
;, reduced from 207 to l30 poun
NY life was a torture to myself a
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