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The ,Escapo OF ( Svolf known lex.Arm.
Surgeon from an Unf6rseenN Danger.
baltimore Amerlcan.)

The Isscape OF Well known lcx.Army
baltimore American.) ..e,
Messrs. EDITORS:
seldom appear publicly in print, but
the facts connected with my experience
which follow are 80 striking, and bear so
closely upon the experience Of Others, that
venture to reproduce them entire:
In the month Of September, 1870, was
practicing medicine IN New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
eyerybodyi was complaining OF being ex
hausted and feeling tired, 1t was not an
unfrequent occurrence to have patients ask
for something to relieve this weary sensa-
same universal lassitude or weakness, did
not alarm ME, + supposed that over. work
and exposure had produced a temporary
physical prostratioh; therefore Iemade a
trip to st. Paul, Minn., thinking that few
weeks in cooler climate would soon REIN
vigorate me. Little did dream, howeY-
er, what was, in store for me. After get
ting settled IN my new quarters l took a
short walk every day, and patiently await
ed a return OF strength, but IN spite Of all
my efforts I seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise became lab6-
rious and tiresome. During this time /
had frequent dull aohingsrains 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
pltation 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 I did eat distressed me; my sleep
became disturbed with the frequent desire
to urinate. The, quantity OF fluid passed
~
quite profuse. Then for days would be
perfectly rec from this desire and nothing
seemed to be the matter nevertheless my
debility gradually increased. My eyelds
were pulled out; my bowels were alternate
ly torpid andStoo active, the urine would
be clear some days, On Others 1t would be
OF high color and deposit a black dust sedi-
ment, and at still others there would be
whitish appearance and a thin greasy scum
would rise to the top, The pains IN my
head, back, chest, joints, bowels and bones
were horrible in the extreme. l went in
vain from place to place and consulted the
best medical authorities the country af-
fords; l would have a chill one day and q
burning fever the next. suffered excru-
ciatngly with nuuibness of my feet and
hands, and at the base OF the BRAIN and be-
tween my shoulders; at times my limbs
and body would bloat and physicians SAID
was suffering from the dropsy and could
not recover. T. ..t,
How could be 80 blind to the terrible
trouble that was devouring me, | do not
know; but there are thousands to-day who
arc suffering from the same cause and arc
rs 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 rcstcssness, and I might say
wlldncss, was followed by dull, heavy,
drowsy sensation. was wasted to mere
skeleton except whom the dropslcal bloat
occurred. tried all tho celebrated NH
cral 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 60
journlng, gwen up by friends and physl-
clans alike, when there providentlally
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. Acting on It's
advice. had my water analysed ut once,
aud to my surprise, albumen and tube
casts were found in large quantities, A
skillful physician was sent for and appraised
of the fact. He said | had Brlght's Dis
case, and that death was certain. My
friends imporlunCd 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 ;iso. At first my stomach re.
jectcd 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. 1have regalncd 90
y>E IL, 4
illness, and fecl as well day as | cvcl
life was saved by Warnor's Safo Kidney
and Liver Cure, the remedy used.
1t may seem strange that l,being ply
sician and an eX-army surgeon, did not
have the water anayzed before; but such
ls the fact. bad the symptoms Of every
other disease, and did not suspect that
my kidneys were in tho least particular
out OF order; and here is just where | was
in the greatest .dapgor,; and where most
people who read this article arc IN danger.
find that am only one of thousands who
are suffering from kidney disorders, which
neglected, surely terminate IN Brlght's dis
case. ! also know that physicians may
treat these disorders for months without
knowing clearly what the trouble is, and
even after asCertaining tho cause, be una
ble to prevent it. When death, however,
finally overtakes tho helpl6ss victim they
disguise Its real cause, altrlbutlng it to
heart disease, convulsions, apoplcxy, vcr-
rgo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood
and urelhic- poisoning, etc., etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my
thanks TO ii. II. Warner & Co., of Roch-
ester, N. Y, for giving tho world such n
needed and certain specific as the Safe
Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as they
arc gladly give them; while TO the thous-
ands to whom have lcctured upon tho
laws of health and hygiene 1 commend
this letter most cordially, and warn them
to beware OF the insidlous nature of a dis
case over which physicians confess they
have no control and which IN one form or
another, is carrying more people to untime-
iy graves than any other melady.
j. M. PORTER, M. D.
Baltimore, Nd, o. Saratoga street. 3 O..
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