The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1883-01-18
A STRANGE REMrNIsCENcE.
The Escape Of q Well Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger
baltimore Amcrtcun.)

The Escape Of q Well Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
Baltimore AmcrtcdnJ
Messrs Editors:
seldom api err publicly in print, but the
facts connected v it'll ny experience which
follow are so striking, and bear so closely up
on the experience of others, that l venture to
repro iucc them entire:
In the Ia onth of September, 1879, / was
practicing me iicine in New Orleans. The SUM-
Was combining OF being exhausted and feel
ing tired. 1t was not IN uufrequenS occur
fence to have patients ask for something to
relieve this weary Sc station, and that / should
also partake OF tue same universal lassitud5
or weakness, did not alarm me. / supposedA
that o'er-work and exposure had pro iuced a
temporary physical prostitution; therefore l
made a trip To st. Paul. MIMI, thinking that
q rest of a few weeks In a cooler climate
would soon r~einvigorate me. Little did I
After getting settled in my lew gu rters 1
took q short walk every day. and patiently
ava ted q return of strength, but in spite OF
all my efforts 1 seemed to be losing strength;
borious and tlresome. During this time
l had frequent dull aching pains iu
my head, and through my back and
hips, occasion Il Shooting pains In various parts
Va an " ShSA
and palpita tion of the heart. My feet and
hands would be like ice one day, and burn with
heat the next. hid no desire for food, anG
what | did eat distressed me-; my sleep be-
urinate. The quantity Of fluid passed would
at one time be small and at another quite
profuse. Then for days I would be per
fectly free from this desire and nothing seemed
gradually increased. My eyelids were pulled
out; my bowels were alternately torpid and
too active, the urine would be clear some days,
on others 1t would be Of highcolor and deposit
q brif k-dust sediment, and at still Others iere
would be q whitish appearance and q thin
greasy scum would rise to the top. TIT pains
in my head, back, chest. joints, bowels nd
bones were horrible In the extreme. I went
IN vain fro II place to place and consulted the
best medical authorities the country affords
Iwould have q chill one day and . burning
fever the next. 1 suffered excruci ltingly with
q numbness OF my feet and hands, and at the
at timea my limbs and body would b!oat and
physiians sad was suffering from the dropsy
and could not recover. -.
How / could be 90 blind to the terribl,
know; but there are thousands to-day WI
are suffering from the same C use and are a
ignorant Of its nature a. I was. My skin va
the color OF marble at one time, and thel
again it would be like saffron, and this terri
BILE restlessness, and I might say wildness
was followed by q dull. heavy, drowsy sensa
ton. was wasted to . mere skeleton e1
oept when the dropsic,l bloat occurred.
tried all the celebrated mineral waters Of thi
country and Europe; all kinds Of medicin,
and all kinds Of doctors. Still no help came
l lay at my hotel in Philadelphia, where l wa
temporarily soiourning, given up to die 3
friends and physicians alike. when ther
providentially came into my hands Q httl
pamphlet, which 1 .retully read, and fror
which / got q view Of my real condl
ton, which no other agency had revealed
Acting on its advice, had my wate
bumen and tube casts were found
large Quantities. A skillful physicisn wa
sent for and apprised Of the fact He said
bad Brlght's Disease, and that death wa
cert4in. My friends fmportuned me to tax
the cure OF all forms Of kidney diseases, and
therefore laid aside my prejudice and CON
menced its use. At first my stomach rejecte
It and l had to use small quantities but afte
the first five days my stomach retained fu
doses. This was one year ago last Octobel
and my improvement was rapid and perm,
nent I have regained 50 Of the 65 pouads {
flesh l lost dur, ng my Illness, and l feel 8
ly state that my life was saved by Warner
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
used.
clan and an ex-army surgeon, did not have til
water analysed before; but such Is the I Ct
/ had the sym. IONS Of every other disease
and ! did not suspect that my K dneys were 1
tn. least particular out of order; and here
Just where I Was in the gre .test danger, an
where most people who read this article az
in danger. I Il. d that / a,H only one of thot
sands who are suffering from kidney DISC
ders, which, neglected, surely terminate
Bright's disease. I also know that physician
may treat these disorders formonths withot
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and eve
, after as SCREAMING the cause, be unable to pr
vent it. When death, however, finally ovel
! tnkes the helpless victim they 81 ~ uise its re;
} cause, attributing It to heart-dise'se, convul
lions, apoplexy, vertigo, paralysis, spin;
meningetis, blood and uremfc poisoning, etc
etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanh
/, to h. H.. Warner q Co., of Rochester, N. 7
for giving the world such a needed and ce
! tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Liv,
Cure, but such as they are ] gls dlv give then
while to the thousands to whom ] have lee
ured upon the liws of health and hygiene
t commend this letter most cordially, and wa,
, them to beware of the iisidious Dature Of
, disease over which physicians confess the
have no control and which. in one form
another, is carrying more people to untimea
8 graves than any other malady.
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