Weekly expositor. (Brockway Centre, Mich.) 1882-1894, 1883-01-18
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape Of a Well-Lnown ex-Arm!
Surgeon From AN Unforeseen Danger.


Baltimore American.
seldom appear publicly in print, but
the facts connected with my experience
which follow, are SO striking, and bear
so closely upon the experience of 9TH
ers, that | venture to reproduce them
entire:
In the month of September, 1879, l
was practicing medicine in tho city OF
New Orleans. The summer had been
excessively hot and everybody was COM
planning of being exhausted and feeling
tired. 1t was not an unfrequent occur
renee to have patients ask for some
thing to relieve this weary sensation.
and that l should also partake of the
same universal lassitude or weakness,
did not alarm me. / supposed that
over-work and exposure had produced
a temporary physical prostration; there
fore made trip to st. Paul, Mimi,
thinking that rest of few weeks in q
cooler climate would soon reinvigorate
me. Little did l dream, however, what
was in store for me. After getting
settled in my new quarters l took a
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 ex-
ercise became laborious and tiresome.
During this time l 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 and shortness of breath, and
palpitation of the heart. Ny feet and
hands would be like ice one day and
burn with heat the next. had no de-
sire for food, and what | did eat dis
tressed me; my sleep became disturbed
with the frequent desire to urinate. The
quantity of fluid passed would at one
time be small and at another quite pro-
fuse. Then for days would be perfect
ly free from this desire and nothing
seemed to be the matter; nevertheless,
my debility gradually increased. My
eyelids were pulled out; my bowels were
alternately torpid and too active. the
urine would be clear some days; on
others it would be of high color and
deposit brick-sediment, and ut still
others there would be a whitish appear
ance 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. / went
in vain from place to PLACE and consult
ed the best medical authorities the coun-
try affords; would have chill one
day and burning fever the next. /
suffered excruciatingly 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 suffer-
ing from the dropsy and could not re-
cover.
How could be so blind TO the terri
bic trouble that was devouring me, l
do not know but there are thousands to-
day who are suffering from the same
cause and are as ignorant of its nature
as was. My skin was the color of
marble at one time, and then again it
would be like saffron, and this terrible
restlessness, and / might say wildness,
was followed by dull, heavy drowsy
sensation. / was wasted to mere
skeleton except when the dropsical
bloat occurred. tried all the celebrat-
ed mineral waters of this country and
Europe; all kinds of medicine and all
kinds of doctors. Still no help came.
lay at my hotel in Philadelphia, where
was temporarily sojourning, given up
to die by friends and physicians alike,
when there providentially came into my
hands little phamphlet, which l care
fully read and from which l got q
view of my real condition, which no
other agency had revealed. Acting
on its advice, had my water annaliz-
ed at once. and to my surprise, al
bumen and tube casts were found in
large quantities. A skillful physician
was sent for and appraised of the fact.
He said had Bright's Disease, and that
death was certain. My friend impor-
tuned me to take remedy which had
won great reputation for the cure of
all forms of kidney diseases, and l
therefore laid aside my prejudice and
commenced its use. At first my stom-
ach rejected it and l had to use small
quantities; but after the first five days
my stomach retained full doses. This
was one year ago last October, and my
improvement was rapid and permanent.
l have regained so of the 65 pounds of
flesh / lost during my illness. and feel
as well to-day as l ever did, and l can
unreservedly state that my life was
saved by Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure, the remedy l used.
1t may seem strange that i, being a
physician and an ex-army surgeon, did
not have the water analysed before; but
such is the fact / had the symptoms
of every other disease, and l did not
suspect that my kidneys were in the
least particular out of order; and here
is just where / was in the greatest dam
ger, and where most people who read
this article are in danger. find that
am only one of thousands who are suf-
fering from kidney disorders, which
neglected, surely terminate in Brights
disease. also know that physicians
may treat these disorders for months
without knowing clearly what the
trouble is, and even after ascertaining
the cause. be unable to preventit. When
death, however, finally overtakes the
helpless victim they disguise its real
cause, attributing it to heart disease,
commissions, apoplexy, vertigo, paraly-
sis. spinal meningitis, blood and uremic
poisoning, etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my
thanks to H. III. Warner & Co., of Roch-
ester, N. T., for giving the world such
needed and certain specific as the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as they
are l gladly give them; while to the
thousands to whom l have lectured up
on the laws of health and hygiene com
mend this letter most cordially, anc