The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-01-09
A srRANaE REMINIscENcE.
The Escape ofa Well Known ex.Army
Surgeon From an Unforeseen Danger.

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The Escape of a Well Known ex.Army
| Surgeon From an Unforseen Danger.
baltimore American.
ME.sRs. EDlToRs:-I seldom appear pub
licly III print, but the facts connected with
my experience which follow are so striking
and bear so closely upon the experience OF
others, that ] venture to reproduce them
entire:
In the month o.. September, 1879, l was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
everybody was complaining Of being ex-
hausted and feeling tired. II was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have patients ask
for something to relieve this weary sensa-
ton, and that should also partake Of the
same universal lassitude or weakness, did
not alarm me. l supposed that over
work and exposure had produced tenn.
porary physical prostration; therefore /
made a trip to st. Paul, Mimi, thinking
that rest OF few weeks in cooler climate
would soon reinyigorate me. Little did /
dream, however, what was in store 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 | 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 and hips,
occasional shooting pains 10 various parts
OF the body, with soreness, short
ness OF breath and palpitation OF the
heart. My feet and hands would
ka ltba ION nna 1av and hmm NTH hadt
the next. / had no desire for food, and
what did eat distressed me; my sleep be-
came 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; nevertheless 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 sedi-
ment, and at still others there would be a
whitish appearance and thin greasy scum
wonld rise 10 the top. The pains in my
head, back, chest joints, bowels and bones
were horrible in the extreme. went in
vain from place to place and consulted the
bestmedical authoritiest the country affords;
would have chill one day and burn
ing fever the next. suffered excruciat- |
ingly 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 physicians said |
l was suffering from dropsy and could not
recover. ,-.. -. ..r
How could be SO blind to the terrible
trouble that was devouring me, l do not
know; but 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 it would be like saffron,
and this terrible restlessness, and might
say wildness, was followed by a dull, 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 medicine and all kinds OF doctors. Still
no help came. l lay at my hotel in Phila-
delphia, where was temporarily sojourn.
ing, given up to die BY friends and
physicians alike, when there providentally
came into my hands little pamph-
let which l carefully read, and from /
which L got view OF nv real con-
dition, which no other agency has reveal
ed. Acting on its advice, l had my water
analysed at once, and to my surprise, albu.
men and tube casts were found in large
quantities. A skiilful physician was sent
for and apprised Of the TACT. He said l had |
Brights Disease, and that death was Ger.
tain. My friends importuned me 10 take
u remedy which had won great 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 quaint.
ties; but after the first five days my stom.
ach retained full doses. Thiswas one year
ago last October, and my Improvement
was rapid aud permanent. have regain
ed so Of the Is pounds OF flesh 1 lost during |
my illness, and feel as well to-day as |
ever did, and | can unreservedly state that |
my life was saved by Warmers Sale Kidney
and Liver Cure, the remedy used.
It may seem strange that ], being ply |
stefan and an 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, aud where most
people who read this article are in danger.
l find that j am only one OF thousands
who are suffering from kidney disorders,
which, neglected, surely terminate in
Bright's disease. Ialso know that hysicians
may treat these disorders for months with
out knowing clearly what the trouble is,
and even after ascertaining the cause, be
unable TO prevent it. When death, how.
ever, finally overtakes the helpless victim
they disguise its real cause, attributing It to
heart disease commissions, apoplexy, yer.
tigo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood and
uremic poisoning, etc, etc.
Words, OF course, fail to express my
thanks to Fl. Fl. Warner & Co., Of Rochest.
er, n, Y, for giving the world such
needed and certain specific as the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as they
are gladly give them; while to the thou.
sands to whom have lectured upon the
laws Of health and hygiene commend this
letter most cordially, and warn them to be-
ware Of the insidious nature OF disease
over which physicians confess they have
no control and which in one form or an.
other, is carrying more people to I'm.
timely graves than amy other malady.
]. N. PORTER, NJ. D.
Baltimore, Nd, 81 Saratoga street.