Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1883-03-01
A STRANGE RENAISSANCE
The Escape Of a Wei known ex-Arn,y
Surgeon from an UnforC seen Dan
Baltimore kmefican.)

the facts connected with my experience
which follow are so striking, and bear so
closely upon the experience of others,
that l venture to Reproduce them entire:
In the month of September, 1879. was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
everybody was complaining of being ex-
hausted and ferling tied. 1t was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have patients
ask for something to relieve this weary
sensation, and that I slOuld also partake
OF the same universal lassitude or
weakness, did not alarm me. [ sup
posed that Over-wOrk and exposure had
produced temporary physical prostra-
ton; therefor [ made { trip to st. Paul,
Mimi, thinking that a rest of few
weeks in q cooler clim:te would soon Te-
invigOrate me. Little lid l dream, how
ever, what was in stoIe for me. After
getting settled in my new quarters l took
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 anyslight exercise be-
came labOrious and tresOme. During
this time | had frequent dull aching
pains in my head and through my back
and hips, occasional shooting pains in va
rious 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 heat the
next. | had no desire 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 an
other quite profuse. Then for days I
would be perfectly free from this desire
and nothing seemed to be the matter;
nevertheless my debility grad
ualIy increased. Ny eyeIids were
pulled 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 a
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 the eX-
IRENE. went in vain from place to
place and consulted the best medical au-
thOrities the country affords; [ would
have chill one day and burning fever
the next. | suffered excruciatingly with
a nTmbness 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 dev0uring me, do not
know; but there are thousands to-day
who are suffering from the same cause
and are as ignorantof its nature as was.
My skin was the cdor of marble at one
time, and then again it would be like SAT-
fOn, and this terrible restlessness, and |
might say wildness was followed by a
dull, heavy, drOwY sensation. L was
wasted to q mere skeleton except when
the drOpsical blOatoccurred. | tried all
the celebrated mineral waters of this
country and EurOpe; all kinds Of medi-
cine and all kinds of doctors. Still no
help came. | lay at my hotel in Phila-
delphia, where [ was temporarily So
jOurning, given up to die by friends and
physicians alike, when there providen-
TALLY came into my hands a little
pamphlet, which ] carefully read, and
from which got aview of my real con
ditiOn, which no other agency had re
vealed. Acting on its advice l had my
water analysed at once, and to my sur
in large quantities A skillful physi-
clan was sent for and appraised of the
fact He said I had Bright's Disease,
and that death was certain. Ny friends
importuned me to take a remedy which
lad 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. Al first nv stomach re-
jected it and [ badto use small quanti-
ties; but after the first five days my
stomach retained sull doses. This was
one year ago last October, and my inn
prOvement was rapid and permanent l
have regained 50of the So pounds of
flesh I lost during ny illness, and 1 feel
rs well to-day as ] ever did, and I can
unreservedly state that my life was saved
by Warmers Safe Kidney and Liver Cure,
the remedy used.
1t may seem strange that I, being a
physician and ex-army surgeon, did not
have the water analysed before; but such
is the fact. had the symptoms of every
other disease, and did not suspect that
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 disorders, which, neglected, surely
terminate in Brightis Disease. 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 overtakes
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 Ell. III. Warner & Co., of
Rochester, n. Y, for giving the world
such a needed and certain specific as
the Safe Kidney ane Liver Cure, but such
as they are I gladly give them; while to
the thousands to whom [ have lectured
upon the laws of health and hygiene
[ commend this letter most cordially,
and warn them to beware of the insidi-
Gus nature of q disease over which
physicians confess they have no control
and which in one form or another is
carrying more people to untimely graves
than any other malady.
j. NJ. PORTER, M. d.
Baltimore, Md, Saratoga ST.