Charlotte messenger. [volume] (Charlotte, Mecklenburg Co., N.C.) 1882-18??, 1883-01-27
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of a Well Known ex-Army sur.
NeOn from an UnfOreseen Dnnger.
baltimore American.)

baltimore American.
MeSSrs. Editors.
facts connected with my experience which
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
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and every
body was complaining of being exhausted
occurrence to have patients ask for some
thing to relieve this weary sensation, and
| that Ishould also partake of the same uni
versal las5itude or weakness, did not alarm
me. Isupposed that overwork and exposure
had produced a temporary physical prostra-
ton; therefore | made trip to St. Paul.
Mimi, thinking that rest of few weeks in
u cooler climate would soon reinvigorate me.
Little did l dream, however, what was in
store for me. After getting settled in my
now quarters 1 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 beclme laborious and tiresOme.
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 palpitation 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 to urinate. The quantity of fluid
passed would at one time be small and at
another quite profuse. Then for days ]
would be perfectly free from this desire and
nothing seemed to be the matter; never
theless my debility gradually increased. My
eyelids were putfed out; my bowels were
alternately torpid and too active, the urine
tvOul1 ha RlQar 10 va m ntbaru ~ xvOuld
be of high color and deposit a brick-dust
sediment, and at still others there would be
a 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 consulted the
best medical authorities the country affoyls
l would have a chill one day and burning
fever the next. l suffered excruciatingly
with 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 1 was suffer
ing from the dropsy and could not recover.
How could be so blind to the terrible trouble
that was devouring me, do not know; but
there are thousands to-day who are suffering
from the same cause and are "a 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 rest
iessness, and | might say wildness, was fol-
lowed by dull, heavy, drowsy sensation. I
was wasted to mere skeleton except when
the dropslcal bloat occurred. l tried all the
celebrated mineral waters of this country
and Europe; all kinds of II licine and all
kinds of doctors. Still no help came. | lay
Mt my hotel in Philadelphia, where l was
temporarily sojourning, given up to die by
friends and physicians alike, when there
provjdentially came into my hands little
sot.
which l got view of my real condition,
which no other agency had revealed. Acting
on its advice, l had my water analysed at
once, and to my surprise, albumen and tube
casts were found in large quantities A skill
full physician was sent for and apprised of
the fact. He said 1 had Bright's Disease,
and that death was certain. My friends i'm
portuned 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 stomach rejected it and
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. !
have regained fifty of the sixty-fve pounds
Of flesh lost during my illness, and feel as
well to-day as l ever did, and l can unreserv-
eddy state that my life was saved by Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
used.
1t may seem strange that l, being physi-
clan 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 did no. suspect that my kid
neys were in the least particular out of order;
and here is just where l was in the greatest
danger, and where most people who read this
article are in danger. L find that l am
only one of thousands who are suffering
from kidney disorders, which, neglected,
surely terminate in Brights disease. / also
know that physicians may treat these dis
orders for months without knowing clearly
what the trouble is, and even after ascertain
ing the cause be unable to prevent it, When
death, however, finally overtakes the helpless
victim teey disguise its real cause, attribu-
ting it to heart disease commissions, apo
plexy, vertigo, paralysis, spinal meningitis,
blood and uremic poisoning, etc, etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanks
to Fl. II. Warner d. Co., of Rochester, n, Y,
for giving the world such a needed and GER
tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, but such as they are gladly give them;
while to the thousands to whom | have lee
tured upon the laws of health and hygiene l
commend this letter most cordially, and
warn them to beware of the insidious nature
OF disease over which physicians confess
they have no control and which in one form
or another is carrying more people TO un-
timely graves than any other maady.
J. M. PORTER, M. D.,
Baltimore, Nd, "a Saratoga street.