The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1882-12-01
A Minister'S Escape.
FROM THE ASYLUM TO THE BOSOM or Ills
noME--How 1T WAS DONE,

FROM THE ASYLUM TO THE BOSOM or HIS
noME--How IT WAS DONE,
A prominent minister residing at the
east has just made the following state
ment, which is herewith reprinted en-
tire:
TO the Editor Of the Herald:
Lave always shrunk from appearing
prominently before the public, but a
sense of the duty | owe humanity and
the world prompts me to ask this op-
portunity for making brief statement
in your paper
Whether it be true with Others can
not say, but during my entire life I
have frequently been conscious that
something was slowly ard silently
working to undermine my health and
life. What it was ! could not tell, but
that some enemy of my being was de
vouring me within | was certain. At
times / would seem comparatively well
and then would be attacked with the
most distressing symptoms. would
feel peculiar pains in various parts of
my body, my head would seem heavy /;
my respiration labored; my appetite
would be ravenous one day and | would
loathe food the day following. Then
again would lose all interest in life !;
would feel weary without exertion !;
would become sleepy at midday and
restless at night. Occasionally my
breathing would be labored and my
heart almost motionless, while at other
times it would palptate violently. |
thought these troubles were the result
of malaria, and / treated them accord
ingly, but | got no better. Shortly
afterward my stomach became de-
ranged, my food failed to digest, and
the fluids l passed were of a peculiar
odor and color. And yet did not re-
alize that these things meant anything
serious. Finally / consulted number
sof eminent physicians, each one of
whom took a different view as to the
cause of my troubles. One said l was
suffering from brain disease; another
spinal difficulty; others heart affection,
kidney disease, etc. My symptoms
were terrible, and in the hope of relief,
/ was cauterized, cupped, blistered aud
subjected to almost every known form
of treatment. During one of these at
tacks, while at Red Bank, N. j., a
physician was called, and left pre-.
scription. After he had gone, | re
quested a friend to 90 and ask him
what he thought of my trouble. The
reply was: "Oh, he will be all right in
a few days; it is only an attack of de-
lirium tremens." He was Mt once in
formed that this was impossible, as l
had never used any kind of intoxica-
ting drinks; whereupon he returned,
made inquiries, and changed his pre-
-seriptien. But all the care of my
friends and physicians availed nothing.
L grew worse constantly, and what is
most terrible to think, | did not know
what allied me, nor could | find any
one who did.
During the summer and fall of last
year my pulse ranged from 100 to 1870
per minutes l had no relish for food,
and was indeed most pitiable object.
l continued in this state until last
December, when l became unconscious
and lost my reason, though 1 had two
physicians in whom myself and friends
placed implicit confidence In this
condition l was taken to Brattleboro,
VT, for the purpose of being placed in
sthe insane asylum. / remained there
until last April, being attended all the
while by my faithful wife who never
lef me and believed that some disease
and not insanity was the cause of all
my trouble. | regained consciousness
in March last and insisted upon being
taken home. The physicians advised
that l remain, but l insisted upon leav-
ing, and we began the journey, travel
ing slowly. | was met at the dock by
a friend whom | recognized and then
l became again unconscious and re-
mained so for over a week. When
once more recognized my friend and
knew my surroundings / determined to
try, as last resort, a treatment of
which had heard much but knew moth
ing. Neither myself nor friends had
much faith that it or anything could
help me, but we resolved to try. We
accordingly dismissed the physicians,
gave up all other remedies, and | re-
joice to say that with the blessing of
Him who guided us, | am to day a
well man having not been so vigorous
for many years, and l owe it all to the
wonderful, almost miraculous, power of
Warmers Safe Kidney Cure, the remedy
which used.
You can well imagine how grateful |
feel under the circumstances, and, like
new convert, | earnestly desire that
all who are suffering should know and
avail themselves of this means of recov-
cry. Had it not been for the remedy
above named should doubtless now be
within the walls of an asylum or in my
grave. The great trouble with my case
was that no one seemed to know what
was afflicted with, and / am positive
that thousands of people in America to-
day are III the same or similar condition
and do not know its cause. Kidney
troubles are the most deceptive of all
SS~S'' Abcg nave Ho SlIupJOllls OI
their own, but often show the symp-
toms OF nearly every known complaint.
know that people are dying every
day from supposed consumption, apo
plexy, heart disease, spinal complaint,
and many other diseases, when, could
the real cause he known, it would be
found to originate in the kidneys. In
their advanced stages kidney troubles
are the most terrible of all known
maladies, as my own experience can
fully verify. That l had Brights dis
ease of the kidneys there can be nc
doubt. That the symptoms were
those of many other diseases is equally
certain, and that | was doomed to a
terrible death had not been saved as
was, | am positive. The following
letters just received confirm this;
VERMONT ASYLUM FOR THE INSANE, }
Brattleboro, Vermont, Oct. 80, 1882. 7
Req h. ID. Hopkins: