Milford chronicle., 1883-01-26
A srRANGE REMINIsCENCE.
The Escape Of Wen Known ex-Army Sur
geOn from an Unforeseen Danger.
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baltimore AmericaR.)
Messrs. Editors.
/ seldom appear publicly in print but the
facts connected with my experience which
4 follow are so striking, and bear so closely
upon the experience Of others, that venture
to reproduce them entire
In the month of September, 1879, was
practising medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and every
body was complaining of being exhausted
! and feeling tired. It was not an unfrequent
occurrence to have patients ask for some
] thing to relieve this weary sensation, aud
1 that / should also partake of the same uni
! versal lassitude or weakness, did not alarm
me. / supposed that overwOrk and exposure
had produced a temporary physical pros,r5-
ton; therefore / made trip to st. Paul,
Mimi. thinking that a rest of a few weeks III
/ cooler climate would soon reinvigorate me.
4 Little did l dream, however, what was IN
store for me. After getting settled IN my
I new quarters / took n short walk every day,
] and patiently awaited q return of strength,
but in spite of all my efforts l seemed to be
/ losing strength; aud even any shght eN-
ercise bCclme labOrlOus and uresome.
During this time ! had frequent dull aching
pains IN my head, and through my back and
hips, occasional shooting pains IN various
parts of the body, with soreness, shortness
of BREATH and palpitatioa of the heart. My
feet and hands would be like ice one day, and
burn with the heat the next. Ihad no desire
for food and what | did eat distressed me ;
my sleep became disturbed with the frequent
desire 10 urinate. The quantity Of fluid
passed would at one time be small and a
another quite prof1se. Then for days ]
would be perfectly free from this desire and
nothing seemed to b2 the matter; never
theless mydebiiity gradually increased. My
cyelids were pulled out; my bowels We're
alternately torpid aRd too active, the-HFiHe
would be clear some days, on others it would
be of high color and deposit brick-dl5t
sediment, and at still others there would be
a whitish appearance and thin greasy
scum would rise to the top. The painsln my
head, back, chest, joints. bowels and bone
were horrible in the extreme. l went IN
vain from place TO place and consulted the
best medical authorities the country affords
l would have a chill one day and a burning
fever the next. I suffered excruciatingly
with numbhess of my feet and hands, ard
at the base of the brain and between ms
shoulders; at times my limbs and body
would blOat and physicians said / was suffer
ing from the dropsy and could not recover.
How could be 50 blind TO the terrible trouble
that was deyouring me, | do not know; but
there are thousands today 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 10
would be like saffron, and this terrible rest
les5ness, and might say wildness, was fol-
lowed by a 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 ail
kinds of doctors. Still no help came. l lay
at my hotel in Philadelphia, where l was
temporarily solourning, given up to die by
friends and physicians alike, when there
providentally came into my hands a little
pamphlet, which / carefully read and from
which | got a view OF my real condition,
which no other agency had revealed. Acting
on its advice, | had my water analyZed at
once. and to my surprise. albumen and tube
casts were found in large quantities. A skill
ful physician was sent for and appriSe1 of
the fact. He said | had Bright's Disease.
and that death was certain My friends i'm
Portuned me to take a remedy which had
won a great reputation for the cure of all
forms of kidney diseases. and | therefore
laid aside my prejudice and commenced its
use. At first my stomach rejected it and |
had to use small quantities; but after the first
five days my stomach retained fall doses.
This was one year ago last October and my
Improvement was rapid and permanent
have regained fifty of the sixty-five pounds
of flesh ! lost during my illness, and / feel dis
well to-day as | ever did. and / can unreserv-
edly state that my life was saved by Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy |
used.
1t may seem strange that I, being rhysi-
clan and an eX-army surgeon, did not have
the water analyzed before; but such is the
fact. l had the symptoms Of every other
disease, and did no. suspect that my kid
neys were in the least particular ont of orders
and here Is Just where l was in the greatest
danger, and where most people who read this
article are in danger. / find that l am
only one of thousands who are suffering
from kidney disorders, which, neglected,
surely terminate in bri1h.'s disease. l also
know that physicians may treat these dis
orders for months without knowing clearly
what the trouble is, and even fer ascertain
ing the cause be unable to prevent it. When
death, however, finally overtake the helpless
victim they disguise its real cause attrbu-
ting It TO heart disease, commissions, apo
DleXy, vertigo, paralysis, spinal meningitis,
blood and uremlc poisoning, ETC., etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanks |
10 ii. Il. Warner IL Co, of Rochester, n. Y,
for giving the world such a needed and GER
tain specific as the Sale Kidney and Liver
Cure, but such as thes are gladly give them; |
while TO the thousands 10 whom l have lee
-ured upon the laws OF health and hygiene l |
this letter most cordially, and |
warn them to beware Of the insidious nature |
IF a disease over ~hicl physicians confess !
hey have no control and which in one form |
u another IS carrying more people to un- |
lmely graves than any other malady.
j. III. PORTER, NJ D., !
Baltimore, Nd, 81 Saratoga street.