The Dickinson press., 1883-07-14
NO HOME EXEMPT.
The Source ofThose Mysterious Trou-
bles That Come to Every House.
hold ExnlainAd

The Source ofThose Mysterious Trou-
bles That Come to Every House.
hold Explained.
The following article from the Demo-
crat and Chronicle, of Rochester, N. Y,
is of 80 striking a nature and emanates
from so reliable a source, that it is here
with re-published entire. In Tradition to
the valuable matter it contains, it WILDE
found exceedingly interesting:
To the Editor of the Democrat and Chroni-
icle.
S1R:-My motives for the publication
Of the most unusual statements which
follow, are, first, gratitude for the fact
that l have been saved from a most hor-
rible death, and, secondly, a desire to
warn all who read this statement against
some of the mostdeceptive influences by
which they have ever been surrounded.
1t is a fact that to-day thousands of peo-
Pile are within a foot of the grave and
they do not know 1t. To tell how I was
caught away from just this position and
to warn others against nearing it, are my
objects in this communication.
On the first day Of June, 1881, I Law at
my residence in this city surrounded
by my friends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony 1 then en-
dured, for words can never describe it.
And yet, if q few years previous, any one
had told me that l was to be brought so
low, and by SO terrible a disease, I should
have scofed at the idea. l had always
been uncommonly strong and healthy,
had weighed over 200 and hardly
knew, in my own experience, what pain
or sickness were. Very many people
who will read this statement realize at
times that they are unusually tired and
cannot account for it. They feel dull
and indefinite pains in various parts of
the body and do not understand it. Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day
and entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way 1 felt when the
relentless malady which had fastened it.
self upon me first began. Still | thought
en- a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this | noticed a heavy, and
at times a neuralgic, pain in my head,
but as it would come one day and tie
gone the next, l paid but little attention
to it. However, my stomach was out of
order and my food often failed to digest,
causing at times great inconvenience.
Yet l had no idea, even as Il physician,
that these things meant anything serious
or that a monstrous disease was becom.
ing fixed upon me. Candidly, l thought
l was suffering from Malaria and so doc
tored myself accordingly. But l got no
better; l next noticed q peculiar color
and odor about the fluids l was passing
also that there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and
that a persistent froth and scum appear
ed upon the surface, and a sediment set.
tied in thebottom. And yet l did not re-
alize my danger. fol, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, 1 finally became
accustomed to them, and my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by the fact that 1
had no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why [ should have been
so blind | cannot understand.
There is u terrible future for all physic-
al neglect, and impending danger always
brings a person to his senses, even though
1t may then be too late. 1 realized, at last
nv critical condition and aroused my
self to overcome it. And, Oh! how hard
I tried! l consulted the best medical
skill in the land. l visited all the prom
inent mineral springs in America and
/ grew worse. No two physicians agreed
as to my malady. One said 1 wastroubled
with spinal irritation: another, heart
disease ;another general debility; anoth-
or nervous prostitution; another, malaria;
gestion of the base Of the brain:
and so on through a long list
of common diseases, the symp-
toms of all of which l really had. In this
way several years passed, during all of
which time l w~assteadily growing worse.
My conditi on had really become pitt
able. The slight symptoms l at first ex-
perienced were developed into terrible
and constant disorders-the little twigs
Of pain had grown to oaks Of agony; My
weight had been reduced from 207 to
100 pounds. My life was a torture to
myself and friends. l could retain no
food upon my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. l was a living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my
agony l frequently fell upon the floor,
convulsively clutched the carpet, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights 1 had the death-pre.
monitory %hiccoughs constantly. My urine
was filled with tube casts and albumen.
l was struggling with Bright's Disease Of
the kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus l received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.: Foote, rec
tor of st. Paul's church, Of this city. I
the ours of conversation he mentioned
q remedy of which l had heard much
but had never used. DR.. Foote detailed
to me the many remarkable cures which
had ONE under his observation, by
means ofthis remedy, and urged me tc
try it. AZ practicing physician and q
graduate of the schools, l cherished the
prejudice both natural and common
with all regular practitioners, and de-