Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-07-02
NO HOME EXEMPT.
The Source of Those Mysterious Trou-
bles That Come to Every Household


puDUS0eQ 6nIlfe. III duulllOn " tut Ndi-
liable matter it contains, it will be found
exceedingly interesting:
To the Editor Of the Democrat and ChrOni-
Gle:
SIR-MY motives for the publication of
the most unusual statements which fol-
low, are, first, gratitude for the fact that
l have been saved from most horrible
death, and, secondly, a desire to warn all
who read this statement against some of
the most deceptive influences by which
they have ever been surrounded 1t is
fact that to-day thousands Of people are
within a foot of the grave and they do not
know it. To tell how was caught away
from Just this position and to warn others
against nearing it, are my objects In this
communication.
On the first day of June, 1881, lay at
my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends aud waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony / then endured, tor
words can never describe it. And yet, if
a few years previous, any one had told
me that / was to be brought so low, and
by so terrible a disease, should have
scoffed at the idea, | had always been
uncOmmonly strong and healthy, had
weighed over two hundred pounds, and
hardly knew, in nv own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize at
times that they are unusually tired and
cannot account for it. They feel dull and
indefinite pains in various parts of the
body and do not understand it. Or they
are exceedingly hungry one day and en-
tirely without appetite the next. This
was lust the way felt when the relent-
less malady which had fastened itself
upon me first began. Still / thought it
was nothing; that probably had taken
a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this | noticed a heavy, and
at times a neuralgia, pain in my head,
but as it would come one day and be gone
the next, paid but little attention to it.
However, my stomach was out of order
and my food often failed to digest, caus-
ing at times great inconvenience. Yet
l had no idea, even as ply
stefan, that these things meant any
thing serious or that mOnStrOuS disease
was becoming fixed upon me. Candidly,
l thought ] was suffering from malaria
and so dOctOred myself accordingly. But
l got no better. 1 next noticed a peculiar
color and OdOr about the fluids / was
passng-alsO that there were large guam
titles one day and very little the next,
and that a persistent froth and scum APP
Deared upon the surface, and sediment
settled in the bottom. And yet | did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l finally be-
came accustomed to them. and my sus-
piciOn was wholly disarmed by the fact
that | had no pain in the affected organs
or in their vicinity. Why | should have
been so blind | cannot understand.
There is a terrible future for all physi-
cal neglect, ana impending danger always
bTings person to his senses, even though
it may then be too late. / realized, at
last, my critical condition, and aroused
myself to overcome it. And, oh! how
hard | triedl l consulted the best medi-
oil IN, hn Inn / foff n1 oil fhn
prominent mineral springs in America
and travelled from Maine to California.
Still l grew worse. No two physicians
agreed as to my malady. One said l
was troubled with spinal irritation;
another, nervous prOstratiOn; another,
malaria; another, dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility;
another, congestion of the base of the
brain; and so on through a long list of
| common diseases, the symptoms of all of
which l really had, In this way several
years passed, during all OF which time |
was steadily growing worse. My cOndi-
ton had really become pitiable. The
slight symptoms ] at first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disOrders-the little twigs of pain had
grown to oaks of agony. My weight had
been reduced from POT to 100 pounds. My
life was torture to myself and friends.
l could retain no food upon my stom-
ach, and lived wholly by injections, ]
was a living mass of pain. My pulse was
uncomfortable. In my agony frequently
fell upon the floor, cOnvulsiYely clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
phine had little or no effect in deadening
the pain. For six days md nights | had
the ath-premonitOry hiocOughs COM
stantly, My urine was filled with tube
casts and albumen. | was struggling
with Bright's Disease Of the kidneys in its
last stages.
While suffering thus l received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. FOote, rec
tor of st. Paul's church, of this city. l
felt that it was our last interview, but in
the course of conversation he mentioned
remedy of which l had heard much but
had never used. DIR. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures which had
come under his observation, by means of
this remedy, and urged me to try it. AS
practlcing physician and a graduate of
the schools, cherished the prejudice both
natural and common with all regu-
lar practitioners, and derided the
idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being the least beneficial.
SOsolicitOus, however, was DR.. Foote, that
| finally promised | would waive my pref
udice and try the remedy he so highly re-
commended. | began its use on the 1St
day of June and took it according to di-
rectiOns. At first it sickened me, but
this l thought was good sign for me in
my debilitated condition. l continued to
take it; the sickening sensation departed
and Was able to retain food upon my
stomach. In few days | noticed a de-
cided change for the better as also did my
wife and friends. My hiccOugns ceased
and / experienced less pain than formerly.
l was so rejOiced at this improved cOndi-
ton that, upon what had believed but a
few days ago was my dying bed, / vowed
in the presence of my family and friends
should | recover | would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever l had an opportunity. | also
determined that would give course of
lectures in the Corinthian Academy of
Music in this city. stating in full the
symptoms and almost hopelessness of my
disease, and the remarkable means by
which | have been saved, My improve
ment was constant from that time, and in
less than three months / had gained rs
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain, and l believe / owe my life and
present condition wholly to Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy which / used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly
reinvestigated the subject of kidney diff
culties and Brights disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. / there
that | believe more than One-half the
deaths which occur in America are caused
by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This
may sound like a rash statement, but l
am prepared to fully verify it. Brights
disease has no distinctive symptoms of
its own (indeed, it often develops with
out any pain whatever in the kidneys
or their vicinity, but has the symp-
toms of nearly every other known COM
plant. Hundreds of people die daily,
whose burials are authorized by a physi-
clans certificate of "Heart Disease"
"ApOpleXy," paralysis" "Spinal Com
plaint," rheumatism ''Pneumonia,"
and other common diseases, when in
reality it was Brights Disease of the kid
neys. Few physicians, and fewer people,
realize the extent of this disease or its
dangerous and insidiOus nature. 1t
steals into the system like thief, mani
tests its presence by the c0mmOnest
symptoms, and fastens itself upon
the constitution before the vic
tim is aware. 1t is nearly
as hereditary as consumption,
quite as common and fully as fatal. En-
tire families, inheriting it from their an
cestors, have died, and yet none of the
number knew or realized the mysterious
power which was removing them. In
stead of common symptoms it often shows
none whatever, but brings death sudden
". and as such is usually supposed to be
heart disease. AS one who has suffered,
and knows by bitter experience what he
saws. implOre every one who reads these
words not to neglect the slightest symp-
tom of kidney difficulty. Certain agony.