Huntsville gazette., 1883-01-27


Afessrs Editors:
/ have, during my professional career OF
many years. practice, treated a large number
of various disorders, of which, perhaps, none
have given me more trouble than the myste-
rlous disease known as acute nepnrlt ); ana
while it may seem strange, it is, nevertheless,
true, that the physician is generally greatly
annoyed by this mysterious trouble, especia ly
when the case is of hereditary origin. 1t is,
doubtless, the first stage of the well-knoWn,
but terrible Bright's disease, as the kidneys
contain large quantities OF albumen; and
while children and young people are eS jeclal-
ly liable to its attacks it is prevalent with all
classes, and usually continues until late in HE.
One obstinate case which came under my
observation, was that of fireman Of this city
who aDplied to ne for treatment. The case
was diagnosed parenchymatCu5 nephrtis.
The man was twenty-four years of age; pie
thorc and light completed. He stated that
he had suffered from urinary troubles from
childhood and that he had "doctOred" a
hundred times, each time improving some
after which. in short while, he " ould relapse
Into his former state of misery. prescribed
the usual therapeutics known to the profes-
sion with the same result that my colleagues
had obtained. He got better for while and
then worse again; in ct, so bad that he had
to lay off for some time. lie suffered intense
pain; so much so that / confess had to re-
sort to hypodermic injections of morphia. My
druggist who knew how disgusted | was with
the case, although not willing to desert the
man. advised me to try remedy from which
he (the druggist) himself had derived great
benefit AS drowning man catches at straw,
| prescribed this remedy, not letting my pa
tient, however know what | was giving him; I;
and, although not a believer in nor Iatron
of "patent medicines" | must confess that
after my fireman had taken one bottle he
grew much better | made him continue its
use for period of two months, with the mos t
.fxvf..
and he owes his cure and present perfect
health solely to the remarkable power of
Wgrner's Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, tie
remedy which prescribed, and he used.
Since the recovery of the man above mem
toned, have given considerable thought to
the subject of acute nephrits. or kidney diff
Guilty. and / find that its manifestations are
most remarkable. 1t often appears without
any special symptoms of its own, or possibly
as sequel to some other disease. 1t may be
a sequel to osscarlatina diphtheria, and 9TH
er Illnesses, and even arise from pregnancy.
The first symptoms frequently show them
selves in the form of high, fierce and intense
pains in the lumbar region, 1.-THE small of the
back troublesome m cturitions and frequent
changes in the color of the urine which at
times diminishes perceptiby. II the urine IS
entirely suppressed, the case, probably, Will
terminate fatally in very few days. Dropsy
is a consequence of the suppression OF urine,
and the severeness OF it is governed by the
proportion of retention The nervous system
becomes Frustrated with subsequent convul-
sions and Irregular circulation of the blood,
which, in my estimation, eventually might
cause a diseased heart to give out. AS have
remarked, in many kidney diseases-yes, even
in Bright's disease itself-there is no percepti-
bic pain in the back, and these troubles often
assert themselves in various symptoms-for
instance, in troublesome diarrhel, blood
poison, impaired eyesight, nausea, loss Of
appetite, disordered digestion, loss of con-
sciousness, husky voice and many other com
plants too numerous to mention. Indeed,
thousands of people are suffering from the
first stages of Bright's disease to-day, and
Mey do not k,aoW ii.
In conclusion, | would like to state that /
have since my success with the fireman, re-
peatedly prescribed Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, and if my professional brethren
could only be brought so far as to overcome
their prejudice against proprietary medicines
they would undoubtedly, find themselves rec
ompensed for their supposed sacrifice of lib
ertv, as vel as BY the great benefits that would
accrue to the world. Most sincerely,
0. ANDERSON, NJ. D.,
Superintendent