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A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape Of Well Known cx-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
baltimore Americdn.)


| Messy Editors:
seldom appear publicly In print, but the
facts connected with my experience which
follow are so striking, and bear so closely up
on the experience Of Others, that venture to
repro luce them entire:
| In the month OF September, 1879, ] was
practicing medicine In New Orleans The sum
| iner had been excessively hot and everybody
was complaining OF being exhausted and feel
ing tired. II was not an unfrequent occur
renee to have patients ask for something TO
relieve this weary sensation, and that should
also partale OF the same universal lasstude
| or weakness, did not alarm me. i supposed
| that oyer-work aud exposure had produced
temporary physical prostration; therefore !
| made trip 10 81. Paul, Mimi, tnihkihR tnat
| n rest Of q few weeks IN cooler climate
| would soon reinyigorate me. Little uiu
| dream, however what was In store for me;
| After getting settled In my new quarters
| took short walk every day, ana patiently
ava ted return OF strength, but In spite OF
all my efforts | seemed to be losing Strength
End even any slight exercise became Ia
bohous aud tlrcsomc.. During this time
| had frequent dull aching pains In
my head, aud through my back and
hips, occasional shooting pains In various parts
OF the DO with soreness, shOrtness OF breath,
and palpiLatiOn Of the heart. My feet and
hands would be like Ice one day, aud burn with
heat the next. hid no desire for food, and
what did eat distressed me; my sleep be-
came disturbed with the frequent desire to
urInate. The quantity OF fluid passed would
| at one time be small and at another quito
proiuse. Then for days / would be per
| fcctly free IRON this desire aud nothing seemed
| 10 be the matter; nevertheless my debility
gradually increased. My eyelids we're pulled
| out my bowels were alternately torpid and
| too active, the urine wOuldbe clear some days,
on others II would be OF hi2hcolor and deposit
a brl l-dust sediment, and At still Others there
would he q whtish appearance and q thin
greasy scum would rise to the top. The palms
| In my head, back, chest joints, bowels md
bones were horrible In the extreme. went
| in vain fro-n place 10 place and consulted the
| best medical authorities the country Affords;
! would have chill one day aud burning
| fever the next. | suffered excruci ltingly with
| a numbness OF my feet and hands, and at the
| base OF the brain and between my shoulders;
4, ut times my limbs aud body would bloat and
! physi, ms said Twas suffering from the dropsy
aud could not recover.
low | could be 80 blind to the terrible
| trouble that was dey0uring me, 1 10 not
know; but there are thousands to-day who
are suffering from the same use anu are as
ignorant Of Its nature rs was. My skin was
the color Of marble at one time, and then
|
bic esllcesness, aud might say wildness,
was followed by n dull. heavy, drowsy sensa'
ton. was wasted to mere skeleton ex-
tept when the dropslc bloat occurred. i
| tried all the Celebrated mineral waters OF this
country and Europe; all kinds Of medicine
and all kinds of doctors. Still no help came.
lay at my hotel In Philadelphia, where ! was
temporarily sojourning, given up to die by
friends aud physicians alike, when there
| trnv on all lpot m hands n llttle
pamphlet, which c reluly read, and from
which ! got u view OF my real condi-
tlOn, which no other agency had revealed
Acting on its .advlce, | had my water
anilyzcl at once, and to my surprise. al
bumen and tube casts were found In
large quantities. A skillful physician was
sent for AMI apprised Of the fact. lie said
had Brght's Disease, and that death was
cert in. My friends importuned me to take
II remedy which had won great reputati on for
the cure OF all forms of kidney diseases, and
therefore laid aside my prejudice and CON-
mencei i.s use. AT frat my stomach rejected
1t and had to us: small quantities; but after
the first five days my stomach retained full
doses This was one year ago last October,
| mud my Improvement WAS rapid and perma-
nent. have rcgained 20 Of the Is pounds Of
flesh lost during my illness, and feel as
well tod y as ever did, and can uDreseryed.
| ~ state that my life was saved by Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy |
| used
1t may seem strange that /, being physl,
clan and an ex-army surgeon, did not have the
water analysed before; but such is the fact.
] had the SYM toms Of every other disease,
aud did not suspect that my k dneys were in
the least particular out Of order; and here Is
just where 1 was In the greltest danger, AMI
where most people who read this article are
IN danger i iind that am only one OF thou
sands who are suffering from kidney disor.
dcrs, which, neglected surely terminate Il,
Bright's disease. also know that physicians
may treat these disorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble Is and even
after ascertaining the cause, be unable to pre-.
vent II. When death, however, finally over
t,kes the helpless victim they disguise its real
cause, attributing II TO heart-disease, conyu-
sions, apoplexy, vertigo, paralysis, spina!
meningitis, blood and uremlc poisoning, etc.,
etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanks
to II. ii. Warner d Co., OF Rochester, N. Y,
for giving the world such needed and Ger.
tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, but such as they are gladly give them
| while TO the thousands to whom have lect-
ured upon the laws Of health and hygiene
commend this letter most cordially, and warn
;hem TO beware OF the insidlous nature Of a
disease over which physicians confess they
have, no control and which, In one form or
another, ia carrying more people to untimely
! graves than any other malady.
j. NJ. PORTER NJ. D.,
Baltimore, NJ, "a Saratoga Street.
Couldn't Really Wait for the Hanging,
"What's all this crowd around for?"
asked Mr.. McIver, of Texas, when the
captain OF the regulators caught up With
him.
"They've come to see the hanging"
said the Captain; "man going to be
hanged in minute; better wait and see
it,"
UIEraid WON'T haya tipao aa;d NJ.