The Aberdeen weekly. [volume] (Aberdeen, Miss.) 1878-1933, 1883-01-19
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of a Well Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
lBlt.mole Amcricdn.l


MeSsrs Editors:
seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected with ny experience which
follow are SO striking, and bear so closely up'
on the experience of Others, that venture to
repio luce them entire;
In the IL onth Of September, 1879, l was
practicing me licine in New Orleans. The sun
IL CIR had been exec ssvely hot and every body
Was COM Lining OF being exhausted and leei-
ing tired, 1t was not an unfrequent occur
renee to have patients ask for something to
relieve this weary sensation, and that SHOULD
also paiteke of the same universal lisstud,
or weakness, did not al.r.n ME. l supposed
that 0ye:-work and exposure hal poluced 4
temporary physical prostIatloni therefore !
made trip to st. Paul, Mimi, thinking that
n rest of Il few weeks in cooler climate
would soon reinvigordte me. Little did l
dream, however, what was in store Ter ne.
After getting sc tied III my Lew gu rtcrs !
took short walk every day, nd patiently
ava ted return of strength, but in spite OF
all my efforts seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercis, became Id
boious and tiresome. During this time
/ had frequent dull aching pains in
my bead, aud through my back aud
hips, occasion j shooting pains in various parts
of the BIO ly,with soreness, shUrtuess of breLth,
and palpitution OF the heart. My feet and
naluS WOulu DC llkclc one Jay, auu Durn W llu
heat the next. / h d no desire for food, and
what ! did eat distressed ne; 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 per
fectly free from this desire and nothing seemed
10 be the matter; nevertheless my debility
gradually increased. My eyeiids were pulled
out; my bowels were alternately torpid and
too active, the urine would he clear some days,
on others it would be Of high color and deposit
bri 'k-dust sediment, and at 81 Ii Others t'tero
would be whtish appearance aud thin
greasy scum woull rise to the top. The pains
in my head, back, chest, joints, bowels nd
bones were horrible in the extreme. | went
in vain fro place to place and consu'te the
best medical authorities the country affords;
Won d have chill one day and burning
fever the next | suffered excruci tingIy with
a numbness of my feet and hands, and at the
base of the brain and betwr en- my shoulders;
at times my limbs and body would boat and
phys ians sad was suffering from the dropsy
and could not recover.
How ! could be so blind to the terr.b!e
trouble that was deyouring ne, l do not
know: but there are thousands toby VINO
are suffering IRON the Sane use and are a $
ignorant of its nature as | was. My skin was
the color OF marble at ore time, aud then
again it would be like saffron, and this terri
was followed by dull. heavy, drowsy s-nsa-
ton. / was wasted to mere skeleton eX-
&c 1t when the dropsic ! bloat occurred. /
tried all the celebrated mineral waters of this
country and Europe; ali kinds Of me liriAe
and all kinds of doctors. Still no help came.
lay at my hotel in Philadel hia, whore | was
temporarily sojournng, Fivea up to die by
trends and phys tians alike, when there
providentially came into my haitds little
pamphlet, which / reiully read, and from
which l got a view OF my real tonll-
tien which no other agency had revealed.
Acting on its advice, | had my water
analyzel 1T once, and to my surf rise, al
large quantities. A skillful physician was
sent for an apprised of the fact lie sid |
had Bright's Disease, and that death was
certain. My friends iitiporttlncd tie to take
a remedy which had won great reputat on for
the cure OF all forms of kidney diseases, and
therefore laid aside my prejudice and COM
incncei its use At first my stomach rejected
it aud had to use small quantities but after
the FIST FIVE days my stomach retained full
doses. This was one year ago last October,
and my improvement Vas rapid and perna-
nent. / have regained so Of the Is roti IDS OF
flesh lost dur ng my illness, and | feel as
well to-dly as ever did, and can unreserved-
ly state that my life was saved by warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
used.
1t may seen strange that /, being a physl-
clan and an ex-army surgeon, didnot have the
water analyzcd before; int such Is the ct.
| had the sym toms of every other disease,
and did D5t suspect that my k dneys were in
the least particular out Of order; and here is
Just where 1 was in the gre test danger and
where most people who read this article are
in danger. ] fiAd that am only one of thou
sands who are suffering from kidney disor-
ders, which, neglected, surely terminate in
Brieht's disease. | also know that physicians
may treat these disorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and
after as ertaining the cause, be unable to pre-
vent it. When death, however, finally over
takes the helpless victim they dissu its real
catise, attributing It to heart-disesse, convul-
sions apoplexy, vertigo, paralysis, spinal
MENINGITIS, blood and uremlc poisoning, etc.,
etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my thanks
to II. II. Warner d Co., Of Rochester, N. T.,
for giving the world such needed aud GER
tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Liver
Cure, but such as they are gladly give them ;
while to the thousands to whom have lect-
ured upon the laws of health and hygiene |
commend this letter most cordially, and warn
them TO beware of the i1sidlous nature of a
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, Nd, "a Saratoga Street.
To TT proner IN ssl n man how he IL rCt-