Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1883-07-14
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The Source Of Those Mysterious Troubles
That Come to Every Household
Explained.

Explained.
The following article from the Democrat
Chronicle, of Rochester, N. Y, is of SO
striking a nature N emanates from so re.
liable a source, that it is herewith repub-
lished entire. In addition to the valuable
matter it contains, it will be found exceed.
ingly interesting:
10Mc Editor of the Democrat and Chronicle:
SIR:-My motives for the publication Of
che most unusual statements which follow.
are, first, gratitude for the fact that l have
been saved from a most horrible death.
and, secondly, a desire to warn all who read
this statement against some of the most de.
cseptive influences by which they have ever
neen surrounded. 1t is a fact that to-day
thousands of people are within a foot Of
the grave and they do not know it. To tell
how was caught away from just this pc.
1t, are my objects in this commupicatiQn.
On the first day of June, 1851, I1ay at nv
residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony | then endured, for
words can never describe it. And yet, if a
few years previous, any one had told mo
that was to be brought so low, and by so
terrible a disease, 1 should lave scoffed at
the idea. l had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, had weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, in my own ex.
Rerience, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this state.
ment realize at times that they are unu.
sually tired, and can not account for it.
They feel dull and indefinite pains in va
rious parts of the body, and do not under
stand it. Or they are exceedingly hungry
one day and entirely without appetite the
next. This was just the way I felt when
the relentless malady which had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still I thought
it was nothing; that probably l had taken
q cold which would soon pass away.
shortly after this l noticed a heavy, and at
times q neuralgia, pain in my head, but as
it would come one day and be gone the
next, ! paid but little attention to It: How.
ever, my stomach was out Of order and my
food often failed to digest, causing at times
great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea,
even as a physician, that these things
meant anything serious or that a mon.
strous disease was becoming fixed upon
me. Candidly, 1 thought I was suffering
from Malaria, and SO doctored myself &C.
cordingly. But l got no better. I next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about the
fluids 1 was p~assing-also that there We're
the next, and hat a persistent froth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and a
sediment settled in the bottom. And yet I
did not realize my danger, for, indeed, see
ing these symptoms continually finally
became accustomed to them, and my sus-
Ycion was wholly. disarmed by the fact
that l had no pain in the affected organs or
in their vicinity. Why I should lave been
SO blind l can not understand.
There is a terrible future for all physical
neglect, and impending danger always
brings q person to his senses, even though
it may then be too late. %Irealized, ut last,
my critical condition and aroused myself
to overcome it. And, Oh! how hard I
tried! l consulted the best medical skill
in the land. 1 visited all the prominent
mineral springs in America, and travelled
from Maine to California. Still I grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said | was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, nervous pros.
t%ration; another, malaria; another, dys-
spepsia; another, heart-disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion of
the base Of the brain; and 50 on through a
long list o fcommon diseases, the symptoms
of all of which I really had. In this way
several years passed, during all of which
time l was steadily growing worse. My
condition had really become pitiable. h
slight symptoms / at first experienced
disorders-the little twigs of pain had
grown to oaks of agony. My weight had
been reduced from POI to $50 pounds.
My life was q torture to myself and
friends. Icould retain no food upon my
stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I
was AlSiAiS AAoSo VI PaAAs Wy PuASC vas
uncomfortable. In my agony I frequently
fell upon the floor, convulsively clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
phine had little or no effect in deadening
the pain. For six days and nights l had
the death.premonitory hiccoughs con-
casts and albumen. l was struggling with
Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stages.
While suffering thus I received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, rector
of st. Paul's Church, of this city. 1 felt
that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation he mentioned a rem
edy of which 1 had heard much but had
never used. DIR. Foote detailed to me the
many remarkable cures which had come
under his observation by means Of this
remedy, and urged me to try it. As a prac-
l cherished the prejudice both natural and
common with all regular practitioners, and
derided the idea of any medicine outside
the regular channels being the least bene.
fetal. So solicitous, however, was DR..
Foote, that l finally promised l would waive
ly recommended. 1 began its use on the
first day of June and took it according to
directions. AT first it sickened me; but
this I thought was a good sign for me in
my debilitated condition. l continued to
take it; the sickening sensation departed
| tllO l. was " w 4OouAA 1oou upoA NY
stomach. In a few days I noticed a de-
cided change for the better as also did my
wife and friends. My %hiccoughs ceased
and I experienced less pain than formerly.
1 was so rejoiced at this improved condi-
ton that, upon what 1 had believed but q
few days before was my dying bed, I
vowed, in the presence of my family and
friends, should I recover I would both pub
licly and privately make known this REM
edy for the good of humanity, wherever
and whenever I had an opportunity. I
also determined that I would give a course
Of lectures in the Corinthian Academy of
Music in this city, stating in full the symp-
tons and almost hopelessness of my dis
ease and the remarkable means by which
I have been saved. My improvement was
constant from that time, and in less than
three months I had gained twenty-six
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain and 1 believe I owe my life and pres
emit condition wholly to Warmers Safe
Cure, the remedy which l used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly re-
Investigated the subject of kidney Difficult
ties and Bright's disease, and the truths
developed are astounding I therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician, that
I believe more than one-half the deaths
which occur in America are caused by