Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-07-04
NO HOME EXEMPT T.
The Source Of Those Mysterious Troubles That
Come to livery Household Explained.


do not know it. To tell how | was caugh
: away from Just this position aud to warn 9th
ers against nearing it, are my objects III this
communication.
On the first dav Of June, 1881, lay at my
residence in this city suTroundedbym friends
and waiting for death. Heaven only knows
the agony then endured. for words can never
describe it. And vet. if few years previous,
any one had told me that was to be brought
so low, and by SO terrible disease, [ should
have scoffed at the idea. | had always been
| uocOmmonlv strong and healthy. had weighed
| over 200 pounds and hardly knew. in my own
experience. what pain OF 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
indefinite pains in various parts of the body,
| and do not understand it. Or they ere exceed
| ingly hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next. This was just the way
felt when the relentless malady which had
| fastened itself upon me first began. Still l
| thought it was nothing; that probably l had
taken a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this [ noticed q heavy, and at
| times neuralgia pain in my head. but as it
would come one day and be gone the next, I
| paid but little attention to it. However, my
| stomach was out of order and my food often
failed to digest, Causing at times great incon-
venienCe. Yet | had no idea, even as physi-
| clan, that these things meant anything serious
|
! upon me. Candidlv. | thought / was suffer
| ing from Malaria and so doctored myself &C
| cordlngy. But got no better. Inext noticed
| & peculiar color and OdOr about the fluids was
! passlng-alsO that there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and that per-
| sistent froth and scum appeared upon the sur
| face, and a sediment settled in the bottom.
And yet did not realize my danger, for, in
| deed seeing these symptoms continually, /
finally became accustomed to them, and my
| suspicion was wholly dsarmed 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 a terrible future for all physical
| neglect and impending danger always brings
q person to his senses, even though it may
| then be too late. Irealized at last, my critical
| condition and aroused myself to overcome it.
And, Oil how hard l tried. I consulted the
! best medical skill in the land. 1 visited all the
| prominent mineral springs in America aud
| travelled from Maine to California. Still | grew
| worse. No two physicians agreed as to my
| malady. One said I was troubled with spinal
| irritation; another, nervous pros ration; an
| other, malaria; another, dyspepsia; another,
| heart disease; another. general debility;
| another, congestion Of the base Of the brain;
| and SO on through q long list Of common dis
| eases, the symptoms Cf all of which really
| had, In this way several years passed, during
| all of which time | was steadily growing worse
! Ny condition had really become pitlable. The
| sHgGt symptoms l at first experienced were de-
veloped into terrible and constant disorders
/ the little twigs of pain had grown TO oaks of
! agony. My weight had been reduced from 207
! to $50 pounds. Ny life was torture to my
/ self end friends. I could retain no food upon
| my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. l
! WAS living mass of pain. Nv pulse was IN
| controllable. In my agony l frequently fell
upon the floor, convulsIyely Clutched the car
/ pet. and prayed for death. Morphine had 1T
1 IL 49, i L. =
/ days and nights l had the death-premOnitorv
/ hiccoughs constantly. Ny urine was filed
| with tube casts and albumen. | was struggling
! with Brights Disease of the kidneys In its last
! stages.
While suffering thus received call from
my pastor, the Rev. Dr.. Foote. rector Of st.
| Iaups Church, OF this city. I felt that it
was our last interview, but ID the course of
| conversation he mentioned a remedy Of which
I had heard much but had never used. DR..
| Foote detailed TO ne the many remarkable
cures which had come under his observation.
by means of this remedy and urged me to try
| it. As practicing physician and a graduate
| of the schools, I cherished the prejudice both
natural and common with ali regular pfacti-
TONERS, and derided the idea of any medicine
outside the regular channels being the least
beneficial. So solicitOus, however, was DIR.
FoOte, that | finally promised ! would waive
my prejudice and try the remedy SO highly
recommended. l began its use ON the list day
OF June and took it according to directions.
| At first it sickened me, but this I thought was
a good sign for me in nv debilitated condl-
ton. / continued to take it. the sickening
| food upon my stomach In few DAYS / no
| ticed 6 decided change for the better as also
did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs
| ceased and l experienced less pain than for
merry. l was 50 rejoiced at this improved
condition that. upon what l had believed but
a few days before was my dying bed, vowed
| in the presence of MY family and friends,
should 1 recover / would both publicly and
privately make known this remedy for the
| good Of humanity wherever and whenever l
| had an opportunity. I also determined that
[ would give a course Of lectures IN the Cor
| inth!an Academy OF Music IN this city. stat
| lug III full the symptoms and almost hopeless
ness of my disease and the remarkable means
| by which / have been saved. Ny improve
ment was constant from that time, and in less
than three months Lad gained 26 pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain and
believe I owe my life and present condition
| wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy
which l used.
Since my recovery I nave thoroughly re- inves-
tigated the subject Of kidney difficulties and
Bright's disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. I therefore state. deliberately,
and as physician, that believe more than
one-baIf the deaths which occur in America
are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys.
This may SOUND IKE fasn statement, but
, am prepared to fully verify it. Bright's dis
ease has no distinctive symptoms of its own,
Nndeed, it often develops without any pain
whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity. but
: has the symptoms of nearly every other known
complains. Hundreds Of people die daily,
whose burials are authorized by physicians
certificate of ''Heart Disease" "Apoplexy, .
Paralysis" Spinal Complaint" g Rheuma
tism, . q Pneumonia" and other common dis
eases. when in reality it was Bright's Disease OF
the Kidneys. Few physicians. and fewer peo-
pie. realize the extent Of this disease or it's
dangerous and insldious nature. 1t steals into
the system like thief, msnifests its presence
by the commonest symptoms. and, fastenS itself
upon the constitution before the victim Ii
aware It is nearly as hereditary as consume
ton. quite as common and fully as fatal. En-
tire families, nheriting it from their ancestors
have died, and yet none of the number knew
. or realized the mysterious power which was Re
l moving them. Instead Of common symptoms
S it often shows none whatever, but brin q
5 death suddenly, and as such is usually sup
f posed to be heart disease. AS one who hal
: suffered. and knows by bitter experience wha
he says. I implore every one who reads thes'
, words not to neglect the slightest symptom O