Vermont watchman and State journal. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1836-1883, 1883-05-30
A PROFESSIONAL CONFESSION.
The Unusual Experience of n Prominent
Man Made Public.

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lished entire. In addition TO the valuable
matter it contains, it will be found exceed
ingly interesting.
| 10 the E,iiior Of the Democrat and Chronicle.
SIN; My motives for the publication Of the
m. 1t unusual statements which follow are,
| first, gratitude for the fact that j have been
saved from most horrible death, and, sec
ondly, desire TO warn all who read this
| statement against some of the most decep-
tive influences by which they have ever been
surrounded. 1t is fact that to-day thou
sands of people are within n foot of the
| grave and they do not know IL. 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 surrounded by my
friends and waiting for my death. Heaven
| only knows the agony | then endured, for
words can never describe it, And yet, IL a
few years previous, any one had told me that
| | was to be brought so low, and by 30 terri
BILE n disease, | should have scoffed at the
| idea. Ihad always been uncommonly strong
and healthy, had weighed:over 200 pounds and
| hardly knew, i'll my own experience, what
| pain or sickness were. Very many people
| who will read this statement realize at times
| that they are unusually tired and cannot
account for it, They feel dull and in
| definite pains in various parts of the body
| ana 40 NOT understand II. VT lney arc eN-
| ceedingly hungry one day and entirely with
out appetite the next This was just the
way felt when the relentless malady which
| had fastened itself upon me first began.
Still thought it was nothing; that probably
| had taken cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this | noticed dull,
| and at times neuralgia, pain in my head,
but as it would come one day and be gone
the next, paid but little attention to it.
| However, my stomach was ont of order and
my food often failed to digest, causing at
times great Inconvenience. Yet L had
no idea, even as physician, that
that monstrous disease was becoming fixed
upon me. Candidly, thought was suffer
| ing from Malaria and SO dOctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better. l next
| noticed peculiar color and odor about the
fluids | was passing-also that there were
| large quantities one day and very little the
next, and that persistent froth and scum
| appeared upon the surface, and a sediment
| settled in the bottom. And yet did not re-
alize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, | finally became ac-
customed to them, and my suspicion was
| wholly disarmed by the fact that had no
pain in the affected organs or in their
| vicinity. Why | should have been so blind l
cannot understand.
There is terrible future for all physical
neglect and impending danger always brings
| person to his senses even though it may
| then be too late. | realized, at last, my crit
ical condition and aroused myself to over
come il. And, Oh how hard | tried l con-
| suited the best medical skill in the land.
| visited all the prominent mineral springs in
America and Travelled from Maine to Cali
fornia. Still grew worse. No two physi-
clans agreed as to my malady One said
was troubled with spinal irritation another,
nervous prostration another, malaria; an
other dyspepsia another heart disease; an
other, general debility another, congestion
| of the base of the brain; and so on through a
| long list of common diseases, the symptoms
of all of which l really had. In this way
several years passed. during all of which
time was steadily growing worse. My con-
dition had really become pitiable. The
| slight symptoms | at first experienced were
developed into terrible and constant dis
orders--the little twigs of pain had grown to
oaks of agony. Ny weight had been re-
duced from POI to 100 pounds. My life was
a torture TO myself and friends. l could re-
tain no food upon my stomach, and lived
| wholly by injections. | was living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrollabe
In my agony Frequently fell upon the floor,
| convulsively clutched the carpet, and prayed
for death. Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights l had the -premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My urine was filled with
tube casts and albumen. | was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the Kidneys in its
| last stages.
While suffering thus | received call
| from my pastor, Rev. DIR. Foote, rector
of st. Paul's church, of this city. / felt
| that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation he mentioned a
remedy of which had heard much but
had never used. DIR. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures which had come
under his observation, by means of this
remedy, and urged me to try it. As prac-
ticing physician and n graduate of the
| schools, cherished the prejudice both nat
ural and common with all regular practition-
ers, and derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being the least
| beneficial So SOLICITORS, however. was DIR.
Foote, that finally promised that would
waive my prejudice and try the remedy he so
| highly recommended. | began its use on the
first day of June and took il according to
directions. AT first il sickened me; but this
| thought was good sign for me in my de-
bilitated condition. | continued to take it;
the sickening sensation departed and was
able TO retain food upon my stomach. In a
few days i noticed decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and | experienced less pain
than formerly. | was so rejoiced at this i'm
| proved condition that. upon what had be-
leyed but n few days before was my dying
bed vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should recover would both pub
licly and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever | had an opportunity. l also de-
termined that | would give a course of lee
lures in the Corinthian Academy of Music
of this city, stating in full the symptoms and
almost hopelessness of my disease and the
remarkable means by which | have been
saved. My improvement was constant from
that time and in less than three months |
had gained PC pounds in flesh, became en-
tirely free from pain, and believe owe my
life and present condition wholly TO Warner
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
which l used.
Since my recovery | have thoroughly re-
Investigated the subject of kidney diiticul.
ties and Bright's disease. and the truths de-
veloped are astounding. | therefore state
deliberately and ms a physician. that believe
that more than one-half the deaths width &C.
cur in America are caused by Bright's dis.
ease of the kidneys. This may sound like q
rash statement, but | am prepared to full,
verify it. Brights disease has no distinctive
symptoms of its own (indeed, it often de
velops without any pain whatever in the kid
neys or their vicinity, but has the symptoms
of every other known complaint. Hundreds
of people die daily, whose burials are
authorised by a physicians certificate OF
"Heart Disease " Apoplexy,n Paralysis, >
"Spinal Complaint" rheumatism,
Pneumonia" and other common com
plants, when in reality il was Bright's Dis
ease of the Kidneys. Few physicians, Rnt
fewer people, realize the extent of this diseas,
or its dangerous and insidious nature
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