The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1883-07-05

Anything? Why, they are the
sure indications of the first stages of
that dreadful malady. The fact is,
few people know or realize what ailS
them, and am sorry to say that too
few physicians do either"
"That is strange statement, doc
tor"
But it is true one. The medi-
cal profession have been treating
symptoms instead of diseases for
years, and it is high time it ceased.
We doctors have been clipping off the
twigs when we should strike at the
roots. The symptoms | have just
mentioned or any unusual action or
irritation of the water channels indi-
cate the approach of Bright's disease
even more than cough announces
the coming Of consumption. We do
not treat the cough, but try to help
the lungs. We should not waste our
time trying to relieve the headache,
stomach, pains about the body or
other symptoms, but go directly to
the kidneys, the source of most of
these ailments"
This, then, is what you meant
when you said more than one-half
the deaths which occur arise from
Bright'S disease, is it, doctor ?"
Precisely. Thousands OF so-called
diseases are torturing people to-day,
when in reality it is Bright's disease
in some one of its many forms. 1t is
Hydra~headed monster and the
slightest symptoms should strike ter
ror to every one who has them. l can
look back and recall hundreds of
deaths which physicians declared at
the time were caused by paralysis,
apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia.
malarial fever and other common
complaints which l see now were
caused by Bright's disease"
"And did all these cases have SIM
pie symptoms at first?"
Every one of them, and might
have been cured as l was by the time
Safe Cure. l am getting my eyes
thoroughly open in this mattes and
think l am helping others to see the
facts and their possible danger also.
Why, there ave no end of truths bear
ing on this subject. If you want to
know more about it go and see Mr..
Warner himself. He was sick the
same as L, and is the healthiest man
Ill hOCuOoGCl W uetg. liz heto LI1buO q
study of this subject and can give you
see DR.. baltimore, the chemist, at the
University. If you want facts there
are any quantity of them showing the
alarming increase of Bright's disease,
it's simple. and deceptive symptoms,
and there is but one way which it can
be escaped"
E,,IIu coficfo6 nf tho truth an6
force of the doctors words, the re-
porter bid him good day and called
on Mr.. Warner at his establishment
on Exchange street. At first Mr..
Warner was inclined to be reticent,
but learning that the information. de-
sired was about the alarming increase
of Bright's disease, his manner
changed instantly and he spoke very
earnestly:
at is true that Bright's disease has
increased wonderfully, and we find,
by reliable statistics, that in the past
ten years it's growth has been $50 per
cent. Look at the prominent men it
has carried off: Everett, Sumner,
Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishops
Haven and Peck, and others. This is
terrible, and shows a greater growth
than that of any other known COM
plant. 1t should be plain to every
one that something must be done to
check this increase or there is no
knowing where it may end
DO you think many people are af-
flicted with it to-day who do not rea-
lie it, Mr. Warner?"
Hundreds of thousands. / have a
striking example of this truth which
has just come to my notice. A prom
inent professor in New Orleans
medical college was lecturing before
his class on the subject of Bright's
disease. He had various fluids under
microscopic analysis, and was show
ing the students what the indications
of this terrible malady were. In order
to show the contrast between healthy
and unhealthy fluids, he had pro-
vided vial, the contents of which
were drawn from his own person.
And now, gentlemen he said, 'as we
have seen the unhealthy indications,
| will show you how it appears in a
state of perfect health, and he sub
mitted his own fluid to the usual test.
As he watched the results his coun-
tenance suddenly changed-his color
and command both left him, and in a
trembling voice he said: Gentlemen,
/ have made painful discovery; /
have Bright's disease of the Kidneys
and in less than year he was dead"
"You believe, then, that it has no
symptoms of its own and is frequent
ly unknown even by the person who
is afflicted with 1t 2"
at has no symptoms of its own and
very often none at all. Usually no
two people have the same symptoms,
and frequently death is the first
symptom. The slightest indication of
any kidney difficulty should be enough
to strike terror to any one. / know
what am talking about, for | have
been through all the stages of kidney
disease"
"You know of DIR. Henion's case?"
Eyes, have both read and heard
of it,
.It.ls very wonderful, is it not ?"
"a very prominent case, but no
more so than great many others that
have come to my notice as having
teen cured by the same means"
"You believe, then, that Bright's
disease can be cured ?"
81 know it can. / know it from the
experience of hundreds of prominent
persons who were given up to die by
both their physicians and friends"
"You speak of your own experience.
What was it ?"
"a fearful one. / had felt languid
and untitled for business for years.
But / did not know what allied me.
When, however, 1 found it was kid
ney difficulty, l thought there was
little hope, and so did the doctors. II
have since learned that one of the
of this city pointed me out !
to gentleman on the street one day
saying, there goes man who viii be
dead within year. believe his
words would have proven true if / /
had not fortunately secured and used