Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-06-30


striking o nature, and emanstes from go re-
liable source, that it is herewith repub-
lished entire. In addition to the valuable
matter it contains, it will be found exceed
ingly interesting:
To the Editor Of the Democrat and Chronicle:
SIR My motives for the publication of
the most unusual statements which follow,
are, first, gratitude for the fact that l have
| been saved from a most horrible death, and,
secondly, desire TO warnisll who read this
statement against some of the most deceptive
Influences by which they have ever been sur
roun5ed. 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 II, are my objects
in this communication.
On the frss dsy of June, 1881, lay st my
residence in this city, surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven only
knows the agony | then endured, for words
can never describe it. And yet, If q few
years previous, anyone had told me that !
was TO be brought 30 low, and by so terrible
a disease, l ehould have scoffsd at the ides.
l had always been uucommonly strong and
healthy, had weighed over 200 pounds and
hardly knew, In my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize ct Times
that they aTe unusually tired aud cannot &C
count for it. They feel dull and indefinite
pains in various parts of the body and do not
understand il. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appe-
tite the next. This was just the way felt
when the relentless malsdy which had last
ened itself upon ne first began. Sill
thought it was nothing; that probably had
taken q cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this 1 noticed hesvy, and
at times a neuralgia, pain in my head, but
IS il would come one day and be gone
the next. l paid but little attention to
it. However, my stomach wss out OF
order and my foo1 often failed to digest,
causing at times great Inconvenience. Yet
had 10 idea, even as q physician, that these
things meant anything serious or that mon
strous disease was becoming nxed upon me.
Candidly, thought was suffering from ma
lsris, and so docto.ed myself accordingly.
Bu5 got no better. ] next noticed g pscu-
liar color aud odoT about the fluids l was
p3ssing-Blso chat there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and that q
persistent froth aud scum appeared upon the
surface, and . sediment settled In the bottom.
And yet 1 did not realize my danger, for, H.
deed, seeing these symptoms continually, l
finally became accustomed TO them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact
that had no pain IN che affected organs or
in their vicinity. Why | should have been
go blind | cannot understand.
There is 3 terrible future for al physical
neglect, and impending danger always brings
person to his senses. even though it may
then be too late. l realized at last my crit
cal condition, and aroused myself TO over
come it. Aud. oh, how hard l tried l
=. 1 L.
| visited all the prominent mir era springs Ia
America, and travelled from Maine to Csli-
fornia. Sill grew worse. No two physi-
CiaIs agreed % to my nalady. Oae saiG l
was troubled with spinal irritation another,
nervous pTostration another, malaria az
ogher, dyspepsia; an other, heart disease
another, general debility; another, congss-
tion OF the bsss of the brain; and so on
through long list OF common disease, the
symptoms of all Of which l really had. II
snis way several years passed, during all OF
which time [ was steadily growing worse.
My condition had really become pitI-
able. The slight symptoms [ at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and con
SAINT disordeEs-tde little twiys Of pain had
grown TO oaks OF agony. My Wsight hsd been
reduced from 207 TO $50 pounds. Ny life was
a torture to myself and friends. l could re-
tain no food upon my stomach, and lived
wholly By injections. L was living mass of
pain. My pulse YES uncomfortable. In my
agony frequently fell upon the floor. con-
vulsively clutchsd the carpet, and prayed for
death. Morphine had littls or no effect in
deadening the pain. For SIX days and rights
had the death p;emonitory hiceoughs con
stantly. My uriae was filed with tube caste
and albumen. was struggling with BEight's
disease of the kidneys IN It's iSs5 stages.
While sutf ring thus l received call from
my pastor, the Rev. Dr.. Foots. rector of ST
Paul's Church, of this city. l felt that i
was our last interview, but in the c0srse Of
conversation he mentioned a remedy Of which
1 had heard much but had never used. DR..
Foote detailed 10 me- the many remarkable
cures which had come under his observation,
by means of this remedy, and urged me 30 try
il, AS a prscsicing physician and 3 grad
uste of the schc ols l cherished the prejudice
both natural and common with all regular
practitionets, and derided the idea Of any
medicine outside the regular char nels being
the least beneficial SO sohcitous. however
was Dr.. Foote, thst [ finally promised l
would waive my prejudice ard try the remedy
he so highly recommended. began its use on
tbs 1st of June, and took It according &c drec.
tionF. At first it sickensd me, bus this
thought was a good sign for me IN my de-
bilitated CONDITION. | continued TO take
it; the sickeniug sensation departed
and l was able to retain food upon my
stomach. Ia a few days I noticed de-
cided change for the better as also did my
wife and friends My hiccoughs ceased and
[ experienced less paia than formerly. | was
so reioiced at this improved condition that,
upon what l had believed but few days be.
fore was my dying bed, | vowed, il the pre-
eeuce of my family and friends, should re-
cover ! would both publicly and privately
FL sar4xr fnrs he 4 D
humanity, wherever aud whenever l had an
opportunity l also determined that l would
give course of lectures Ia the Cosinthisn
Academy OF Music III this city, stating il
full the symptoms and almost hope essences
Of my disease and the remarkable
means by which I have been saved. My i'm
proyement was constant from That time, and
IN less than three months | had gained
twenty-six pounds in flesh, became entirely
free from p8ia, sad believe l owe my life
and present condition wholly to Warmers
Safe Cure, the remedy which | used.
Since my recovery [ nave thoroughly re-
investigated the rubjecs of kidney difficulties
and Bright's disease, and the truths devel-
oped are astounding [ therefore state de-
hoerately, and as physician, that bsileve
more than one-hsif she deaths which occur III
America axe caused by BrigbJ's disease Of the
kidneys. This may sound Ike rash state
ment, but L AN prepared TO Iuiiy verify It,
Bright's disease has no 0lstiEctlye symptoms
Of its own (iudeed, it often develops without
any psia whichever in the si3neys or their
vi5inityl tu5 has the symptoms Of nearly
ever kuown complaint. Hundreds of people
die daily, whose barials are author
izsd BY physician's certificate OF
Heart Disease" "Apnpezy," Paralysis"
Spinal Complaint" Rheumatism" 'Pneu-
monia," and other common diseases, when
in reality it wss Brights disease
of the kidneys. Few physicians, and
fewer people, realizs the extent of
this disease or its dangerous and H.
sidious nature. It steals into the system
like a thief, manifests It's presence by the
commonest symptoms, and fastens itself upon
the constitution before the victim is aware.
It is nearly as hereditary as consumption,
quite as common and fully as fatsl Entlre
families, iGheriting 1t from their an
! cessors, have died, ard yet none of
the number knew or realized the mysteri-