National Republican., 1883-01-05
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape OF wen Known ex-Arniy
Surgeon from nm Unforeseen Danger.

Surgeon from nm Unforeseen Danger.
Bdttimoe american.
Messrs. Editors: 1 seldom appear publicly in
print, but the facts connected with my ex-
perience which follow are so striking, and
bear soclosely upon the experience of others,
that | venture TO reproduce them entire;
In the month of September, 1879, was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot, and every
body was complaining of being exhausted and
feeling tired 1t was not an unfrequent occur
rcnce to have patients ask for something to
relieve this weary sensation, and that should
also partake Of the same universal lassitudc or
weakness, did not alarm me. / supposed that
over work and exposure had produced u tenn
porary physical prostration, therefore |
made q trip to st. Paul, Mimi. thinking
that n rest of few weeks in q
cooler climate would soon reinvigorate me.
Little did ] dream however, what was
in store for me. After getting settled in my
new quarters | took u short walk every day,
and patiently awaited n return of strength,
but in spite of all my efforts | seemed to bo
losing strength and even any slight exercise
became laborious and tiresome During this
time had frequent dull, aching pains in my
head and through my back and hips, occa-
sional shooting pains in various parts of the
body, with soreness shortness of breath, and
palpitation of the heart. My feet and hands
would be like ice one day, and burn with
heat the next. | had no desire for food, and
what did eat distressed me my sleep became
disturbed with the frequent desire to urinate.
The quantity of fluid passed would mt one time
be small and at another quite profuse. Then
for days would be perfectly FREQ from this
desire, and nothing seemed to be the
matter; nevertheless my debility grad
ualy increased. My eyolids were puiIed
out; my bowels were alternately torpid
and too active the urine would be clear some
days, on others IL would be of high color and
deposit a brick-dust sediment and at still
others there would be II whitish appearance
and thin greasy scum would rise TO the top.
The pains in my head, back, chest, joints
bowels, and bones were horrible in the eX-
trcme. i went in vain from place to place
and consulted the best medical authorities the
country affords. l would have a chill one day
and n burning fever the next. / suffered eX-
crucatingly with numbness of my feet and
hands and at the base of the brain and be-
| tween my shoulders. At times my limbs and
body would bloat, and physicians said l was
suffering from the dropsy and could not re-
cover.
How I could be SO blind to the terrible
trouble that was devouring me do not know,
but there are thousands to-day who are suf-
| fering from the same cause and are as igno-
rant of its nature as / was. My skin was tho
color of marble at one time, and then again
it would be like saffron, and this terrible rest
lestness, and | might say wildness, was fol-
lowed by dull, heavy, drowsy sensation.
was wasted to mere skeleton except when
the dropsical bloat occurred l tried all the
celebrated mineral waters of this country and
| Europe; all kinds of medicines and all kinds
of doctors. Still no help came. lay at my
hotel in Philadelphia, where l was tempo
rarily soiourning, given up to die by friends
and physicians alike, when there providen-
fn11 t,Ntn haY, l1nf
which carefully read and from which got
view of my real condition, which no
other agency had revealed. Acting on its
| advice had my water analyzed at once, and
| to my surprise albumen and tube casts were
found in large quantities A skillful physi-
clan was sent for and apprised of the fact. He
| said i had Bright's Disease, and that death
was certain. My friends importuned me to
take remedy which had won a great repu-
| tation for the cure of all forms of kidney
diseases, and / therefore laid aside my preju-
dice and commenced its use. At first my
stomach rejected it, and l had TO use small
quantities; but after the first five days my
stomach retained full doses. This was one
year ago last October, and my improvement
was rapid and permanent. have rogained
fifty of the siXty-fve pounds of flesh ! lost
during my illness, and L feel as well to-day as
l ever did, and l can unreservedly state that
my life was saved by Warmers Safe Kidney
ana Liver euro, the remedy uSed,
1t may seem strange that l, being physi'
clan and an eX-army surgeon, did not have
the water analysed before but such is the
fact. had the symptoms of every other dis
ease, and l did not suspect that my kid
ncys were in the least particular out of order;
and here is Just where / was in the greatest
danger, and where most people who read this
article are in danger. / find that l am only
one of thousands who are suffering from kid
ney disorders, which, neglected, surely termi
nate in Brights disease. l also know tha
physicians may treat these disorders fo
months without knowing clearly what thu
trouble is, and even after ascertaining thu
cause be unable to prevent it. When death
however, finally overtakes the helpless vic
tim, they disguise its real cause, attributing /
to heart disease, cOnvulsions, apoplexy, yer
tgo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood, ant
uremic poisoning, &C., &c.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanks
to Ii. ii. Warner g. Co., of Rochester, n. Y.
for giving the world such needed and Ger
tain specific MS the Safe Kidney and Live
Cure, but such as they are gladly give them
while to the thousands to whom have lee
tured upon the laws of health and hygiene
commend this letter most cordially, and war;
them to beware of the insidious nature of
disease over which physicians confess the.
have no control, and which in one form o
another, is carrying more people to untimel,
graves than any other malady.
j. NJ. PORTER, M. d.
BALTIMORE, Nd, 94 Saratoga street.