The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1883-01-31
oprIcB; No. Zh WEST ErGHTH STREET,
O. ANDERSON, NJ. d., SUPERINTENDENT;
IlInCISNhTI o.. Dec. z, lSS2

o. ANDERSON, NJ. w., puPhHnI' n.a : 1870
Ne,srs. Edito4sl
i lave, during my professional career, OF
many years. practice, treated large number
Of various disorders, Of which, Perhaps, none
have given me more trouble thih tDc mystic.
rlous disease known as acute nephrit 81 anu
while 1t Elay seem strange, it Il, hSTertheiess,
true, that the physician Is generally greatly
annoyed by this mysterious trouble, especia y
when the case Il OF hereditary origin. IL Is,
DOUBTLESS, the frat stage OF the weil-known,
but terrible BrgBts d'selse,, a. the kidneys
contain large quantities OF Rllutncn; and
while children and young people arc rs ecla!.
ly liable toJts attacks, II Is prevalent WIN ali
81. sses, and usually continues until late In lie.
One obstinate case which came under my
observation, was that OF fireman OF this city
who a1plied TO ne for treatment. Inc case
was diagnosed phrenchymatOis iiephrit.s.
The man was twenty.four yeais " aye pie
thoric and light Completed. lie stated that
lie had sutferel from urinary troubles from
childhood anl that he had "doctorcd"
hundred times each tini5 improving some
after which. In short while, he would relapse
| to his former state OF misery. prescribed
the usual therapeutics knlwn TO the pro'es'
sion with the same result that my colleagues
had obtained. lie got better for q while and
then worse again; III 4 O., so bad that he had
to lay of for some time. He suffered intense
pain so much SO that ! confess had to re-
sort TO hypodernic injections OF morphia NJ,
drug gist, who knew how Disguised was with
the cas-, although not willing to Desert the
man, adyiaei me to try remedy from which
he (the druggist) himself hsd derived great
benefit. AS drowning mati cGtchcH vt a straw,
prescribed this remedy, not letting my pa
tent, however, know what was giving him
aud, although not q believer In nor atron
| OF ~ atent medicines" / II ust confess that
| after my fireman had taken one bottle he
| grew much better. ! made him continue its
use for period Of two months, with the most
gratifying results; 1t really worked wonders
and he owes his cure and present perfec.
health solely to the remarkable power OF
W rner's Safe kidney and Liver Cure, tie
remedy which prescribed, and he used.
| since the recovery Of the IN above men
toned, have given considerable thought to
| the subject OF acute nephritis, or kidney dill
| Guilty, and find that its manifestations are
most remarkable. II often appears without
| any special symptoms Of Its own, or possibly
as a sequel ~ some other disease. II may he
a sequel to sscarlatina, diphtherii, and 9TH
| er illnesses, and even ariss from pregnancy.
The first symptoms frequently show them
selves In the form Of high, fierce and intense
pains in the lumbar region, "the small OF the
back" troublesome IN cturitiOns and frequent
| Changes in the color OF the urine which at
times diminishes perceptibly. II the urine Il
entirely suppressed, the case probably will
terminate fatally In very few days. Dropsy
is n consequence Of the suppression of urine
and the sevcreness Of It is governed By the
proportion of retention The nervous system
becomes prosttated with subsequent convul.
sions and Irregular circulation OF the blood
which, In my estimation, eventually might
cause diseased heart 10 give out. As Ihavs
remarked in many kidney diseases-yes, even
In Bright's disease itself-there is no perccpti
bic pain In the back, and these troubles ofte
assert themselves In various symptons-fDl
Instance, In troublesome diarr9,, blood
poison, impaired eyesight nausea, loss Of
appetite, disorlered digestion, loss Of con
seriousness, husky voice and many other com
| plants too numerous to mention. Indeed
thousands Of people are suffering from the
FIST stages OF Brights disease to-day, ant
hey do not kaow u.
IN conclusion, would like to state that
have since my success with the fireman, 70
peatedly prescribed Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, and IL my professional brethren
could only be brought so far as to oyerc ,me
their prejudice against proprietary medicine,
they would undoubtedly find themse vcs rec
ompensed for their supposed crilce Of Ito
ertv, as We / as by the great benefits that woult
accrue 10 the world. Most sincerely,
o. ANDERSON, NJ D.,
Superintendent.