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The Source of EnOsc Mysterious
Troubles That Come tn Every
Household Explained.

The Source of EnOsc Mysterious
Troubles That Come tn Every
Household Explained.
The following article from the
Democrat and Chronicle, of Roch-
ester, n. Y, is of so striking ma
ture and emanates from 50 reliable
a source, that it is herewith re-pub-
lished entire. In an addition to the
valuable matter it contains, 1t will
be found exceedingly interesting !:
To tie Editor Ofthe DemOcrCet and
Chronicle:
Shiny motives for the publ
cation of the most unusual state
ments which follow, are, first, graf
! itude for the fact that have been
saved from 4 most horrible death,
and, secondly, Il desire 10 Warn all
who read this statement against
| some of the most deceptive iuflu-
ences by which they have ever been
surrounded. 1t is IL fact that tU-day
thousands of people are within
foot of the grave and they do NJ t
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 sur
rounded by my friends and waiting
Tor death. Heaven only knows the
agony | then endured, for 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, l /
should have scolfed at the idea.
had always been uncOmmonly
strong and healthy, had weighed
over 800 pounds and hardly knew,
in my own eXI erience, what pain
or sickness were. Very many PEG
pie who will read this statement
realise at times that they are unsu-
ally tired and cannot account for it.
They feel dull and indefinite pains
in various parts of the body and do
not understand if. Or they are eX
ceedingly hungry one day and en-
tirely without appetite the next. !
This was just the way ! felt when
the relentless malady which had |
fastened itself upon. me fist began. |
Still thought it was nothing; that
probably had taken Il cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly az |
ter this | noticed Il heavy, and at |
times neuralgia, pain in my head,
but us it would come one day and |
be gone the next, | paid but little |
attention to it. However, my stOm-
ach was out OF order and my food |
often failed TO digest, causing at
az 4
had no idea, even as a physician,
that these things meant anything |
serious or that Il INDUSTRIOUS disease |
was becoming fixed upon me. Can
didly, | thought | was suffering
from Malaria and SO dOctored my
self accordingly. But [ got no bet
ter. L next noticed peculiar color
and odor about the fluids | Was pas
sing-also that there were large |
quantities one day and very little
the next, and that persistent froth |
and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and a sediment settled in the
bottom. And yet did not realise |
my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my |
suspicion was wholly di5armed by |
the fact that | had no pain in the |
effected organs or in their vicinity. |
Why l should have been so blind | |
cannot understand.
There Is a terrible future for all |
physical neglect and impending |
danger always brings a person TO
his senses, even though it may be too
late. l realised, at last, my critic
al condition and aroused myself to
overcome it. And, Oh how hard |
| tried consulted the best medI-
cal skill in the land. | visited all |
the prominent mineral springs in
America and travelled from Main
to California. Still | grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as to my
malady. One said / was troubled
with spinal irritation another, ner-
vOus prOstration ; another, malaria
general debility another
of the base of the brain
and 50 on through long list of com
which j really had. In this way |
which time | was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiable. The slight symp-
toms / at first experienced were de-
into terrible and constant
little twigs of pain
had grown to oaks of agony. My
weight had been reduced from 20z
10 1870 pounds. My life was torture
to myself and friends / could retain
no food upon my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. | was a liv-
ing mass of pain. My pulse was I'M
In my agony fire.
Iuently fell upon the floor, cOnvul-
Sively clutched the carpet, and pray
ed for death. Morphine had little
Or no effect in deadening the pain.
For six days and nights l had the
leath- premonitOry hiccoughs con-
SANITY. My urine was filled with
.ube casts and albumen. / was sirug-
Cling with Bright's Disease of the
in its last stages. /
While suffering thus | received q
,all from my pastor, the Rev. DR..
FoOte, rector of st. PauPs church,
If this city. l felt that it was our
asst interview, but in course Of con-
he mentioned a remedy of
which Ihad heard much but had
never used. DIR. FoOte detailed to
ne the many remarkable cures
which had come under his Observa-
ion, by means of this remedy, and
Urged me to try it. AS praeticing
physician ana a graduate of the
l cherished the prejudice
10Th natural and common with all
ocular practitioners, and derided
he idea of any medicine outside
he regular channels being the least
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