The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1883-01-10
A STRANGE REMINISCEN CE.
THE ESCAPE OF WELL KNOWN Elk ARMY
SURGEON FROM AN UNFORESEEN
DANGER.
Baltimore Amer CAM

| seldom appear publicly in print, but
the facts connected with my experience
which follow are so striking, anc bear so
closely upon the experience of others, that
| venture to reproduce them entire:
In the month of September, 1879, l was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
everybody was complaining Of being ex-
hausled and feeling tired. 1t was not an
unfrcquent occurrence to have patients ask
for something to relieve this weary sensa-
! ton, and that should also partake of the
same universal lasstude or weakness, did
not alarm me. l supposed that over-work
and exposure had produced temporary
| physical prostratlon therefore made trip
TO st. Paul, Mimi, thinking that rest of a
few weeks in cooler climate would soon
reinvigorate me. Little did dream, how
ever, what was in store for me. After get
ting settled in my new quarters | took
| short walk every day, and patiently await
ed return OF strength, but in spite of all
my efforts | seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise 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 various parts of the body,
with soreness, shortness of breadth, and
palpitation of the heart. My feet aud
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
another quite profuse. Then for days
would be perfectly free from this desire and
nothing seemed to be the matter; neverthe-
less 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.
dust sediment, and at still others there
| would be whtish appearance and thin
greasy scum would rise to the top. The
pains in my head, back, chest, joints, bow
| els aud bones Were horrible in the extreme.
| went in vain from place to place and CON
suited the best medical authorities the
country affords; 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 physi-
clans said was suffering from the dropsy
and could not recover.
How could be 50 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 aud 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, aud
this terrible restessness, aud might say
widness, was followed by a dull, heavy,
| drowsy sensation. was wasted to a mere
skeleton except when the dropscal bloat
occurred. tried all the celebrated 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 so.
| journing, given up to die by friends and
| physicians alike, when there providentially
came into my hands little pamphlet,
which carefully read and from which |
got view of my real condition, which no
other agency had revealed. Acting on its
advice, | had my water analysed at once,
and to my surprise, albumen and tube casts
were found in large quantities. A skilliul
| physician was sent for and apprised OF the
fact. lie said | had Bright's Disease, and
that death was certain. My friends i'm.
portuued me to take remedy which had
won agreat reputation for the cure Of all
forms of kidney diseases, and 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 NY improvement was rapid and pefma.
nent. have regaincd 80 of the 65 pounds
of flesh lost during my illness, and feel
as well today as I ever did, aud can I'm.
reservcdly state that my life was saved by
Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the
remedy used.
1t may seem strange that l. being a ply.
stefan and an ex.army surgeon, did not
have the water Analysed before; but such
is the fact. had the symptoms of every
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