The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1883-01-26
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape Of a WeIl-Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen Danger.
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surgeon rom an Unforeseen Danger.
baltimore Americana
Ecssrs. Editors:
seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected with my experience which
follow are SO striking, and bear so closely
upon the experience Of others, that vent
ure to reproduce them entire
In the month of September, 1879 was
practcing medicine in New Orleans The
summer had been excessively hot and every
body was complaining of being exhausted
and feeling tired Itwas not an infrequent
occurrence to have patients ask for some
thing to relieve this weary sensation,
and that 1 should also partake
of the same universal lassitude or weakness,
did not alarm me. / supposed that over
work and exposure had produced a tempo
rary physical prostration; therefore / made
"a trip to 81. Paul, Mimi, thinking that rest
or n few weeks in a cooler climate would
soon reinvigorate me. Little did / dream.
however, what was in store for me. After
getting settled In my new quarters 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 became laborious
and tiresome. During this time had fire.
quent dull, aching pains in my head and
| through my back and hips, occasional shoot
ing pains in various parts OF the body, with
OF the heart Ny feet and hands would be
like ice one day and burn with heat the next
had no desire for food, and what did eat dis
tressed me; my sleep was distressed 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 i
would be peri city free from this desire and
nothing seemed TO be the matter; neverthe-
less my debility gradually increased. Ny
| eyelids were pulled out; my bowels were
nj faIx
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
a whitish appearance and n thin greasy
| scum would rise TO the TOP. The pains in
my head back, chest, Joints, bowels and
bones were horrible in the ex; RENE went
in vain from place TO place and consulted
| the best medical authorities the country
affords; l would have chill one day and
| burning fever the next l suffered ex-
| cruciatingly with a numbness OF my feet
and hands, and at the base of the brain and
between my shoulders; mt 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 devouring me, 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. Ny skin
| was the color of marble at one time, and
| lnen again III WOulu ike kdlIIOn, anu UIllS
| terrible roStlcSSneSS, ana i might say Wild
ness, was followed by dull heavy, drowsy
sensation. ] was vast d TO a mere skeleton
| except when the dropsical bloat occurred
! l 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. l lay at my hotel in Philadelphia,
where was temporarily sojourning given
UP TO die by friends and physicians alike,
when there providentially came into my
hands a little pamphlet, which | carefully
read and from which L got a view of my
real condition, which no other agency
| had revealed Acting on It's advice,
| had my water analysed at once
and, to my surprise, albumen and tube casts
were found in large quantities. skillful
| physician was sent for and appraised Of the
| fact He said had Bright's Disease, and
| that death was certain. My friends impor-
| tuned me TO take remedy which had won
a great reputation for the cure of all forms
| of kidney diseases, and i therefore laid aside
| nv prejudice and commenced its use. At
| first my stomach rejected 1t 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 my improve
ment was rapid and permanent | have re-
gained fifty of the sixty-five pounds of flesh
| i lost during my Illness and / 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 /, 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 l was
in the greatest danger, and where most peo-
pie who read this article are in danger. - l
| find that am only one of thousands who
are suffering from kidney disorders, which,
neglected, surely terminate III Brights dis
ease / also know that physicians may treat
| these disorders for months without knowing
clearly what the trouble is and, even after
ascertaining the cause, be unable TO prevent
Ii. When death, however, finally overt axes
| the helpless victim they disguise its real
cause attributing il to heart disease. con-
vuIsions, apoplexS, vertigo, paralysis, spinal
meningitis, blood and urenic poisoning,
etc, etc.
Words OF course, fail to express my thanks
to III III. Warner x Co, of Rochester, Y,
for giving the world such a needed and GER
tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Liver
| Cure but such AZ they are / gladly give
them; while to the thousands TO whom
have lectured upon the laws of health and
| hygiene l commend this letter most cor
| daily, and warn them to beware of the in
| sidious nature of disease over which ply
sicians confess they have no control, and
which, in one form or another, is carrying
more people to untimely graves than any
other nalady. j. NJ PORTER, NJ D.
BALTIAioRE, Md 81 Saratoga street