Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1883-02-21
A STRANGE REMISfsCENCE.
fhe Escape of Well known ex-Arms
Surgeon from an CnroTseen Danger.
Baltimore Ameriean.)

Messrs. 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
venture 10 reproduce them entire:
In the month ot September, 1879, was
practicing medicine In New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
everybody was complaining of beng ex
hausted and feeling tired, 1t was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have patients ask
for something to relieve this weary sensa-
ton, and that l should also partake Uf the
same universal lassitude or weakness, did
not alarm me, l supposed that over-work
and exposure had produced temporary
physical prostration; therefore / made a
trip to st. Paul, Minn., thinking that a few
weeks in cooler climate would soon REIN
vigorste ME. Little did / dream, howev-
er, what was in store for me. After get
ting settled In my new quarters took
short walk every day, and patiently await
ed return OF strength, bat IN spite of all
my efforts seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise became labo-
rious and tiresome. During this time /
had frequent dull aching pains in my head
and through my back and hips, occasional
shooting pains in various parts OF the body,
with soreness, shortness OF breath, and pal
pItation of the heart. My feet and hands
would be like ice one day, and burn with
heat the next. had no desire for food,
and what did eat distressed me: my sleep
became disturbed with the fIequent 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 eyeliGs
were pulled out; my bowels were alternate
ly torpid and too active, the urine would
be clear some days, on others 1t would be
OF high color and deposit black dust sedi-
meHt, and at still others there would be
whitish appearance and thin greasy scum
would rise to the top. The pains In my
head. back, chest, joints, bowels and bones
were horrible in the extreme. 1 went in
vain from place to place and consulted the
best medical authorities the country af-
fords; l would have chill one day ard
burning fever the next. / suffered excru-
ciatingly with u numbness of my feet and
hands, and at the base of the BRAIN and be-
tween my shoulders; at times my lImbs
and body would blost and physicians said
1 was suffering from the dropsy and could
not recover.
How l could be SO blind TO the terrible
trouble that was deyouring me, l do not
know; but there are thousands to-day who
are suffering from the same cause and are
as ignorant OF lis 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 l might say
wlldness, was followed by dull, heavy,
drowsy sensation. was wasted TO mere
skeleton except when the dropslcal bloat
occurred. > tried all the celebrated mIn-
eral waters Of this country and Europe; all
kinds of medicine and all kinds of doctors.
StIll no help came. lay at my hotel In
Philadelphia, where was temporarily So
jourEIng, gwen up by friends and phys
clans alike, when there providentiaily
came into my hands a little pamphlet
which / carefully read, and from which
got view of my real condition, which no
other agency had revealed. Acling on Its
advice, had my water analyzed at once,
and 10 nay surprise, albumen and tube
casts were found in large quantities, A
skillful physician was sent for aud apprised
of the fact. He said | had Bnghrs Dis
ease, and that death was certain. My
friends impOrtuned me to take a remedy
which had won great reputation for the
cure OF all forms of kidney disease, and |
therefore laid aside my prejudice and COM
menced It's use. At first my stomach re-
jected it and had to use small quantities;
but after the first five days my stomach re-
tanned full doses. This was one year ago
last October, and my improvement was
rapid and permanent / have regalned 80
of the Go pounds of flesh lost during my
illness, and 1 feel as well to-day as 1 ever
did, and Lean unreservedly state that my
hfe was saved by Warmers Safe Kidney
and Liver Cure, the remedy used.
1t may seem strange that /, being ply
sician and an ex-army surgeon, did not
have the water analy zed 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 dsnger, and where most
ptOplC WIZ tbio a tiNAO oAS
find that am only one of thousands who
are suffering from kidney disorders, which
neglected, surely terminate in Brlght's dis
ease | also know that physicians may
treat these disorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and
even after ascertsining the cause, be una
ble to prevent it. When death, however.
finally overtakes the helpless victim they
disguise Its real cause, attrlbutIng it 10
heart disease, convulsions, apoplexy, ver-
ugo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood
and uremic poisoning, etc, etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my
thanks 10 IL. Il. Warner & Co., of ROch-
ester, n. Y, for giving the world such a
needed and certain specific as the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as they
are gladly giye them; while to the thous-
ands to whom l have lectured upon the
laws of health and hygiene l commend
this letter most cordially, and warn them
to beware of the insidlous nature of dis
ease over which physicians confess they |
have no control and winch IN one form or |,
another, is carrying more people TO untime. |
ly graves than any other malady. L
Q J. NJ. PORTER, NJ. ID.
Baltimore, Nd, 81 Saratoga street.