Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1883-02-22
A STRANGE REMINIsCESCE.
rhe Escape ofa Well known x-srmy
Surgeon from an Unforeseen Dan.
baltimore American.)

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1lssrs Eiitors:
seldom appear publicly in print but
The facts connected with my experience
which follow are SO striking, and bear ST.
closely upon the experience of others.
that / venture to reproduce them entire:
in the month of September. 1879. was
practicing in New Orleans The
summer had been excessively hot and
everybody was complaining of being cN-
lmusted and ferling tired. 1t was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have patiepts
ask for something to relieve this weary
enaatlon, and that | should also partakc
Of the same universal lassitude OF
weakness. did not alarm me. l sup
uOScd that oyer-WOrk and exposure had
produced Q temporary physical prostra-
ton; therefor ! made d trip to st. Paul.
Mimi thinking that rest of few
| weeks in q cooler climate would soon re-
iuvigorate me. Little did dream, how
ever, what was in store for me- After
getting settled III mynew quarters took
a short walk every day, and patiently
awaited a return of strength, but in spite
Of all my efforts | seemed to be losing
strength; and even any slight exercise be-
came laborious and tiresome During
this time | had frequent dull aching
pains in my head and through my back
aud hips, occasional shooting pains in va
rious parts of the body. with soreness,
shortpcss 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 food and what l
did eat distressed me; my sleep became
disturbed with the frequent desire to
urinate. The quantity of fluid passed
would at enc time be small and at an
other quite profuse. Then for days |
would be perfectly free from this desire
and nothing seemed to be the matter;
nevertheless my debility grad
ually increased Ny eyelids were
puffed out; my bowels were al
ternately torpid and too active, the urine
would be clear some days, on others it
would be of high color and deposit
brick-dust sediment, and at still others
there would be a whitish appearance and
a thin greasy scum would rise to the top,
The pains in my head, back chest, joints,
bowels and bones were horrible in thecx
treme. l went in vain from place to
place and consulted the best medical au-
thorities the country affords; | would
have chill one day and a burning fever
the next l 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
suffering from the dropsy and could not
recover
How could be so blind to the terrible
trouble that was devOuring me, l do not
know; hut 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 ii would he like SAT
| fon, and this terrible restlessness, and l
! might say wildness, was followed by a
| duh, 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 medl-
| cine ana all kinds of doctors. Still no
| help came. | lay at my hotel in Phila-
| delphia, where | was temporarily so
iourning. given up to die by friends and
physicians alike, when there proyiden-
TALLY came into my hands a little
! pamphlet. which / carefully read, and
from which ! got view Of my real con
| dition, which no other agency had re
vealed. Acting on its advice / had my
water analysed at once, and to my sur
| prise, albumen and tube casts were found
in large quantities. A skillful physi
clan was sent for and apprised of tho
| fact. He said / had Bright's Disease
and that death was certain. My friends
| importuned me to take remedy which
had won a great reputation for the cure OF
| all forms of kidney diseases and there
fore laid aside my prejudice and com
menced its use. AT firstmy stomach re-
| jected it and had to use small quanti-
| ties; but after the first five days my
| stomach retained full doses. This was
one year ago last October and my inn
provement was rapid and permanent
have regained so of the 60 pounds OF
flesh lost during my Illness and fee
as well to-day as / ever did, and / car
unreservedly state thatmy life was saved
| by Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure
the remedy used.
1t may seem strange that ], being &
| physician and eX-army surgeon, did moi
have the water analysed before; but sucl
is the fact. had the symptoms of every
other disease, and did MS su,pect thai
! my kidneys were in the least particular
out of order; and here is Just where ]
was in the greatest danger, and where
most people who read this article are in
danger. | find that | am only one OF
thousands who are suffering from kid
ney disor lers, which, neglected, surely
terminate in Bright's Disease. l also know
that physicians may treat these disorders
| for months without knowing clearly
what the trouble is and even after ascer-
tanning the cause be unable to prevent it.
When death, however, finally oyertake9
the helpless victim they disguise its real
cause, attributing it to heart disease
commissions, apoplexy, vertigo, paralysis,
spinal meningitis, blood and uremic
poisoning, etc.
Words of course, fail to express my
thanks to H. H. Warner & Co, OF
Rochester, n. y, for giving the world
such a needed and certain specific rs
the Safe Kidney ane Liver Cure, but such
as they are gladly give them; while to
the thousands to whom / have lectlTed
upon the laws of health and hygiene
commend this letter most cordially,
and warn them to beware of the insidi-
Gus nature Of a disease over which
| physicians confess they have no control
and which in one form or another Is