Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1883-01-17
ASTRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of Well known ex-
Army Surgeon from an Un-
fOrSeen Danger.
Baltimore American.)

upon the experience Vi OtneIs, thd1
venture to reproduce them entire
In the month of September, 1879, l
was practicing medicine in New Orleans.
The summer had been excessively hot
and everybody was complaining of be-
ing exhausted and feeling tired. 1t
was not an unfrequent occurrence to
have patients ask for something to re-
leave this weary sensation, and that ]
should also partake of the same uG
vers 4 la-situde or weakness, did not
alarm me- | supposed that over-work
and exposure had produced temporary
physical prostration therefore L made
a trp to St. Paul, Mimi, thinking that
a rest ola few weeks in a cooler climate
would soon reinvigorate me. Little
did ] dream, however, what was IN
store for me After getting settled in
my Lew quarters | took a short walk
every day, and patiently awaited a re-
turn of strength, but in spite of all my
efforts | seemed to he losing strength
and even any slight exercise became
laLorious 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 sore
ness, shortness of breath, and palpita-
ton of the heart Ny feet and hands
world 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 frequent desire to urinate. The
quantity of fluid passed would at one
time be small and at another quite pro-
fuse Then 70: days | would be pei
fectlv fee fro.a this desire and nothing
seemed to lie the matter nevertheless
my i, Lilty gradually increased. My
eyelards were puffed out my bowels
were alternately torpid and too active,
lie urine would be clear some days. on
Others it would be of high color and
d, post brick-dust sediment, and at
still others there would be a 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.
went in vain from place to place and
con ulted the best medical authorities
the country affords | would have a
chill one day and burning fever the
next suffered excruciatingly with a
numbness of my feet and hands, and at
the base Of the brain and between my
shoulders; at times my limbs and body
would bloat and physicians said was
suffering from the dropsy and could not
recover
How I could be so blind to the
terrible trouble that was devouring
me, / do not know; but there are
thousands to-day suffering from the
cause and are as ignorant of its ma
ture 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 | might
say wildness, was followed by dull,
heavy, drowsy sensation. | was
wasted to mere skeleton, except
when the dropsical bloat occurred.
/ tried all the celebrated mineral
waters of this country and Europe;
all kinds of medicines and all kinds
of doctors. Still no help came. |
lay at my hotel in Philadelphia,
where | was temporarily sojourning,
given up to die by both friends and
physicians alike, when there provi-
dentially came into my hands lit
tie pamphlet, which ! carefully read,
from which | got view of my real
condition, which no other agency
had revealed. Acting on its advice,
| had my water analyzed at once,
and to my surprise albumen and
tube casts were found in large quar-.
titles. A skilful phyician was sent
for and apprised of the fact He said
| had 3right's Disease, and death
was certain. My friends importuned
me to take a remedy which had won
a great reputation for the cure of all
sorts of kidney diseases, and / there
fore laid aside my prejudice and CON-
menced its use. At first my stomach
rejected it and had to use small guam
titles: but after the first five days my
stomach retained full doses. This
was one year ago last October, and
my improvement was rapid and
permanent. have regained so of the
65 pounds of flesh / lost during my
illness, and feel as well to-day as |
ever did, and can unreservedly state
that my life was saved by Warmers
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remi-
dy / used.
1t may seem strange that / being a
physician and ex-army surgeon, did not
have the water analyzed before; but
such is the TACT / had the symptoms
Of ever other disease, and | did not
suspect that my kidneys were in the
least particular out of order: and there
is just where ] was in the greatest
danger, and where the most people
/ find that / am only one of thousands
who are suffering from kidney disor-
ders for months without knowing clear
lv what the trouble is, and even af-
ter ascertaing the cause, be unable to
prevent it, When death, however,
finally ovcrtakes the helpless victim
they disguise its real cause, attribu-
ting it to heart disease, convulsions,
apoplexy, vertigo, paralysis, spinal
meningitis, blood and uremic poison
ing, etc, etc.
Words, of course, fail to express my
thanks to H. H. Warner Il Co., OF
Rochester, 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 give them;
while to the thousands to whom |
have lectured upon the laws Of health
and hygiene / commend this letter
most cordially, and warn them to be-
ware of the insidious nature of a dis
ease over which physicians confess
they have no control and which in one
form or another is carving more neO-