Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1883-01-13
A sTRANGE RRmaNrscENUE.
The Escape of a Well-knovvn ex.
Army Surgeon from am Un-
foreseem Danger.
Baltimore American.

Baltimore American.
MEssERs EDITORS 81 seldom
appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected with my experience
which follow are so striking, and
bear 80 closely upon the experience
of others, that venture to repro
duce them entirely:
In the month of September, 1879,
/ was practicing medicine in New
Orleans. The summer had been
excessively hot and everybody was
complaining of being exhausted
and feeling tired. 1t was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have
patients ask for something to re-
lieve this weary sensation, and that
/ should also partake of the same
universal lassitude or weakness, did
not alarm me. / supposed that
over-work and exposure had pro-
duced temporary physical prostra-
ton ; therefore / made trip to st.
Paul, MIMI, thinking that a rest of
a few weeks in cooler climate
would soon reinvigOrate me. Little
did / dream, however, what was il
store for me. After getting settled
in my new quarters L took a short
walk every day, and patiently
awaited return of strength, but in
spite of all my efforts l seemed to
be losing strength /; and even any
| slight exercise became laborious
and tiresome. During this time l
had frequent dull aching pains in
my head, and through my back and
hips, occasional shooting pains in
various parts of the body, with sore
ness, shortness of breath, and palpi-
tation 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 at one time be
small and at another quite profuse.
Then for days l would be perfectly
| free from this desire and nothing
seemed to be the matter; neverthe-
less my debility gradually increased.
My eyelids were pulled out my
bowels were alternately torpid and
too active, the urine would be clear
some days, on others it would be of
high color and deposit brick-dust
sediment, and at still others there
would be 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 extreme. /
went in vain from place to place
and consulted the best medical
authorities the rountry affords; /
would have chill one day and a
burning fever the next. / suffered
excruciatingly with numbness of
my feet and hands, and at the base
of the brain and betw cen my Shout
ders; at times my limbs and body
would blOat and physicians said l
was suffering from the dropsy and
could not recover.
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 suffering
from the same cause and are as
ignorant of its nature as l was. My
skin was the color of marble at one
time, and then again it would be
like saffron, and this terrible res
tlessness, and might say Wildness,
was followed by dull, heavy,
drowsy sensation. / was wasted to
a mere skeleton except when the
dropsical bloat occurred. ] tried
all the celebrated mineral waters of
this country and Europe all kinds
of medicine and all kinds of doctors.
Still no help came. L lay at my
hotel in Philadelphia, where L was
temporarily sOjOurning, given up to
die by friends and physicians alike,
when there providentially came in
to my hands little pamphlet,
which ! carefully read and from
which / got view of my real con-
dition, which no other agency had
revealed. Acting on its advice,
had my water analysed at once,
and to my surprise, albumen and
tube casts were found in large guam
titles. A skillful physician was
sent for and apprised of the fact.
He said IShad Bright's Disease, and
that death was certain. My friends
impOrtuned me to take a remedy
which had won great reputation
for the cure of all forms of kidney
diseases, and / therefore laid aside |
my preju dice and commenced it's
use. AT first my stomach rejected
it and 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 rPgained 80 Of |
the IS pounds of flesh l lost during
my illness, and [ feel as we'll to-day !
as | ever did, aud can unreserved-
ly state that my life was saved by |
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, the remedy l used.
1t may seem strange that |, being
Il physician and an eX army sur
geon, did not have the water anal
yZed before; but such is the fact. /
had the symptoms OF every other
and L did not suspect that
my kidneys were in the least partic-
ular 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 am only one of thousands
who are suffering from kidney dis
orders, which, neglected, surely
in Bright's Disease. [
also know that physicians may
treat these disorders for months
knowing clearly what the
trouble is, and even after ascertain
ing the cause, be unable to prevent
t. When death, however, finally
)vertakes the helpless victim they
disguise its real cause, attributing it
% heart disease, commissions, apo