St. Landry democrat., 1883-01-27
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of Well Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
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surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger.
Baltimore American.)
iNessrs. Editors:
seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected With nay experience which
follow are SO striking, and bear SO closely up
on the experience OF others, that venture to
repro tuce them entire:
In the .onth of September, 1879, l was
practicing me Iicine in New Orleans. The sum-
i,er had been excessively hot and every body
was complaining OF being exhausted and feel
ing tired. 1t was not an unfrequent occur
renee to have patients ask for something to
relieve this weary Sc lsat ton, and that should
also partake OF the same universal lassitude
or weakness, did not alarm me. I supposed
that oSer-Work and exposure had ploluced a
temporary physical piostration; therefore
made u trip TO st. Paul. Mimi, thinking that
a rest of a few weeks in a cooler climate
would soon reinvigorate me. Little did I
dream, however, what Was in store for ne.
After getting settled in my Lew gu rters !
took short walk every day, md patiently
ava ted return OF strength, but in spite of
all my efforts | seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise became la
borious and tiresome During this time
my head, and through my back and
hips, occasional shooting pains in various parts
of the DO ty, 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 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 per-
fectly free from this desire and nothing seemed
to be the matter; nevertheless my debility
crrs drl.If ly Increased NV foI
out; my bowels were ternateiy torpid and
too active, the urine would be clear some DAYS,
on others it would be of highcolor and deposit
bri k-dust sediment, and at still others tere
would be whltish appearance and thin
greasy scum would rise to the top The pains
in my he'd back, chest, joints, bowels nd
bones were horrib e in the extreme I went
in vain fro place 10 place and consuEte the
best medical authorities the country affords !;
/ Wou d have chill one day and a burning
fever the next. / suffered excruci tingly with
a numbness of my 1eet and hands, and at the
base of the brain. and between my shoulders;
at times my limbs and body would bloat and
physi ians sad was suffering from the dropsy
and could not recover.
How l could be so blind to the terrible
trouble that was deyouring me, do not
know; but there are thousands to-d4y who
are suffering rom the SINE use and are as
ignorant of its nature as / was My skin was
the color of marble at ore time, and then
agn it would be like saffron, and this terri
bic restless ess, and [ night say wildness,
WAS followed by a dull. heavy, drowsy sensa-
ton. / was wasted to mere skeleton ex-,
te5t when the dropsic l bloat occQsYed. I
tried all the celebrated mineral waters of this
country aud Europe; all kinds of me,liciue
and all kinds of doctors. Still no help came.
lay at my hotel in Philadel hia, where was
temporarily sojourning, given up to die by
friends and physicians alike. when there
dor ftn " atgn inf rr,rY hnn In
pamphlet, which | c resully read, aud from
which / got a view of my real condi-
ton, which no other agency had revealed.
Acting on its advice, had my water
anaIyzed at once and to my sur rise, al.
bumen and tube casts were found in
sent for ana apprised of the fact. He sud
had Bright's Disease, and that death was
certiin. My friends importuned me to take
a remedy which had won greatreputat on for
the cure OF all forms of kidney diseases, and
therefore laid aside my prejudice and com,
it and ] had to use small quantities, but after
the first five days my stomach reta ned full
doses. This Was one year ago last October,
and my improvement WAS rapid and perma-
nent. have regained so of the IS pou IDS Of
flesh lost dur ng my illness, and feel as
well tod y as ever did, and can unreserved-
~ state that my life was saved by Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy
used.
1t may seen strange that /, being physi-
clan and an ex-army surgeon, did not have the
water analysed before; but such is the ct.
| had the sym toms of every other disease,
and did not suspect that my dneys were in
the least particular out of order; and here is
Just where was in the gre test danger, and
where most people who read this article are
IN danger. fl d that ! al, only one of thou
sands who are suffering from kidney disor-
ders, which, neglected, surely terminate in
Bright's disease. also know that physicians
may treat these disorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and even
after as certaining the cause, be unable to pre-
vent it. When death, however, finally over
takes the helpless victim they di uise its real
cause, attrihutng it to heart-disease, convul-
sions, apoplexy, vertigo, PARALYSIS, spinal
blood and uremic poisoning, ETC.,
etc.
WORKS, Of course, fail to express my thanks
to II. III. Warner 81 Co, of Rochester, N. Y,
for giving the world such a needed and 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 I
this letter most cordially, and warn
them to beware of the fnsidious nature of
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. M. PORTER, M. D.,
Baltimore, Md, "a Saratoga Street.
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