The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-01-19
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of q Well Known ex-Army
Surgeon from an Unforeseen
Danger
baltimore Amcricdn.)

ifeSsrs. Editors:
seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected with my experience which
follow are so striking, and bear so closely up
on the experience of others, that venture to
repro luce them entire:
In the month of September, 1879, / was
practicing me licine in New Orleans. The sum-
ler had been excessively hot and everybody
WAS combining OF being exhausted ami feel
ing tired. 1t was not an ulfrequent Occur
renee to have patients ask for something to
relieve this weary sc lsation, and that SHOULD
also partake Of the same universal lassitude
or weakness IS, did not al.rn me- | supposed
that oyer-work and exposure had produced a
temporary physical prostration; therefore l
made trip to st. Paul. Mimi, thinking that
a rest of few weeks in cooler climate
would soon reinvigorate me. Little did
dream, however, what was in store for lie.
After getting settled in my new quarters L
took short walk every day, and patiently
ava ted return of strength, but in spite OF
all my efforts l seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise became la
borious and tiresome. During this time
l had frequent dull aching pains in
my head, and through my back and
hips occasional shooting pains in various parts
of the bo iy, 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. l hid 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 l would be per-
fcctly free from this desire andnothiug seemed
to be the matter: nevertheless my debility
gradually increased. My eyelids we're pulled
out; my bowels were alternately torpid and
too active, the urine would be clear some days,
- L. \ i IA
a rick-dust sediment, and at stu 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 nd
bones were horrible in the extreme. went
in vain fro-T place TO place and consulte the
best medical authorities the country affords;
i would have a chill one day and a burning
fever the next. suffered excruci tingly 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 bloac and
physi,ia ns said was suffering from the dropsy
AMI could not recover.
How | could be SO blind to the terrible
trouble that was dcvouriug me, / do not
know; but there are thousands to-day who
are suffering IRON the same C use and are as
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 terri
ble restlesSness, and / might say wildness,
WAS followed by dull. heavy, drowsy sensa-
ton. | was wasted to mere skeleton ex-
triad ali Tho 'eIehrataJ miner,i waters of this
country and Enr,ns. ali Finds Of me iicine
and oil LinJs of doctors Still M helm came
7 Law ~ NV ho, a, in PbiIade,nh;a where I was
temnororiIv Snionrr;ng 1iyen mn To die NV
frnpJs and Hbrsinians alike pban there
,roviJo,,iaIi, NO into nv Lords a Iittls
1pam,hJnt ,rb;,b + . 'rnSnIiu Rad and from
p,h;nb ,", ,;o,v o. nv r.aI ,onIi-
tinn With NO o,her onencv had reve.Ied
acti,g on IL aIy;oe had nv wafer
anaivzsd - once and 70 nv snrI rise a.
hnn.n ond tnbo nasIs we're found in
large Quantities sIiiIful MUSICIAN was
ssnt Tor an annrised of the fact He said 7
had Rrigbt,s disease and that death was
cert,in Nv friends importuned me TO take
a reme'iv Witch had Won !, Treat renntst on for
tba nnra Of oil farn,s of t;Snex d;Ieases and
thsrafore ,aid osids nv nre ;,S;c. orI con-
mencaJ its nSa A. fire; nv :tnmocb reiacted
n and had n ne. snail nyanti,ies. hni after
the tirs, tiw,. J,rs NV stonach ned fnIi
doses This was ono year 400 last n tober
and nv imnrovament VS. rania an5 narma'
nent 7 have rega;ned IN of The 6s ron ,ds ~
eesb Lost dur no NV ilIna.s and feeI a.
wall tod yasJ ever ia and can nnreserved.
" site that INV ,ife us savsJ hv Wsrner's
SAFE Kidpev and liver Cnrs The remedy
nsed
n NAV seem strap.e that T be;np a nbvs;.
clan and an ex.srmv SURGEON aid NOT bayetbe
had the sym. toms of every other disease,
and Aid r,t sra root hat l. .J,are xr.ra q,