The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1883-01-11
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape OF Well known ex.Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
baltimore Americana

Messrs. Editors:
l seldom appear publicly in print,
but the facts connected with my eXpe-
rience which follow are so striking.
and bear so closely upon the expert
ence of others, that l venture to re-
produce them entire:
In the month of September, 1879.
was practicing medicine In New Or
leans. The summer had been Excess
sively hot and everybody was COM
planning of being exhausted and feel
ing tired. 1t was not an unfrequent
occurrence to have patients ask for
something to relieve this weary SEN
sation, and that ! should also partake
of the same universal lassitude or
weakness, did not alarm me. 1 sup
posed that over-work and eX-
posture had produced a tenn
porary physical proStration; therefore
| made a trip to st. Paul, Minnesota,
thinking that a rest of a few weeks
in cooler climate would soon rein
vigorate me. Little did l dream.
however, what was in store for me.
After getting settled in my new quar-
tiers l took 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 increase became labor
ious and tiresome. During this time
had frequent dull aching pains in
my head, and through my back and
hips, occasional shooting pains in va
rious parts of the body, with soreness,
shortness of breath, and palpitation 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 an
other quite prOfuse. Then for days 1
would be perfectly free from this de-
sire and nothing seemed to be the
matter; nevertheless my debility grad
ually increased. My eyelids were
puffed out; my bowels were alternate
ly torpid and too active, the urine
would be clear some days, on others il
would be of high color and deposit a
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. l went
in vain from place to place and con-
suited the best medical authorities the
country affords; / would have chill
one day and burning fever the next.
suffered overwhelmingly with a
numbneSS of my feet and hands, and
at the base of the brain and between
my shoulders; at times my limbs and
body would bloat and physicians said
was suffering from the dropsy and
| could not recover.
How l could be SO blind to the ter
rible trouble that was devouring me,
do not know; but there are thou
sands 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 restlessness, and i
might say wildnesss, was followed by
Il dull, heavy, drowsy sensation.
was wasted to mere skeleton except
when the drOpsical Dloat occurred. j
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 Temporal
rily sojourning, given up TO die 10y
friends and physicians alike, when
there provldentlally came into my
hands1ittle pamphlet which p care
fully read, and from %xassh Agot
view OF my real condition, which 10
other agency had revealed. Actinp
on It's advice, had my water analyzed
aG once, and to my surprise, albumeu
and tube casts were found in large
Quantities. A skillful physician
was sent for and apprised of
the TACT. He said l had Bright's dis
ease, and that death was certain. NV
friends importuned me to take a REM
edy which had won a great reputa-
tlon Tor the cure of all forms of kid
ney diseases, and L therefore laid aside
nay prejudice and commenced it's use
AT first my stomach rejected it, and /
had to use small quantities; but after
the hrst five days my stomach retain
Ell full doses. This was one year ago
last October, and my Improvement
was rapid and permanent. l have re-
gained 81 of the 10 pounds of flesh /
lost during my illness, and | feel as
well to-day as ever did, and | can
unreServedly state that my life was
saved 10y Warmers Safe Kidney and
Liver Cure, the remedy used.
II may seem strange that L, being
physician and an e.k-army surgeon,
ND not have the water analyZed be-
Tore; but SUCH is the fact. Ihad the
symptoms of every other disease. and
l dld not suspect that my kidneys
We're In the least particular out of
order; and here is just where was in
me greatest danger, and where most
people who read this article are in |
LANCER. find that am only one of |
thousands who are suffering from
iidney disorders, which neglected |
urely terminate in Bright's disease
also Know that physicians may treat
heSe disorders for months with
ut knowing clearly what the t OIL.
ne Is, and even aft. slscer-
aiming the cause, be unable to
reVent it. When death, however,
nalIy overtakes the helpless victim
ney disguise its real use lttributIng
TO heart disease, commissions, apo
lexy,, vertigo, paralysis, spinal menin-
GUS Dlood and uremlc poisoning, ETC.,
Words, of course, fail to express my
hanks to ii. III. Warner g. Co., Of /
ochester, New York, for giving the
0rld such a needed and certain spe-
tic as the Safe Kidney and Liver
ure, but such as they are | gladly
We them; while to the thousands to
hom have lectured upon the laws
health and hygiene commend this a
tier most cordially, and warn them {
beware of the insidious nature of
disease over which physicians con-
S. they have no control and which <
one form or another, is CARRYING 4
ore people to untimely graves than o
y other malady. y
j. N. PORTER, NJ. d., r
Nd, "a Saratoga street.
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