The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-14
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MesSrS, Editors:
seldom appear publicly in print, but the
facts connected with my experience which
follow are SO striking, and bear SO closely
Rpon the experience Of others, that 1 Venture
=" reproduce them entire
In the month of September, 1879, I wAs
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and every
BODY was comRlRining of being exhausted
sud feeling tired II was not an unfreuuent
occurrence to have patients ask for some
thlng 10 relieve this weary sensation, and
thNt should also partake of the same uni
versRl lassitude or weakness, did not alarm
me, Isupposed that oyerwork and ekposure
hnd produced temporary physical prostra-
ton therefore l made a trip TO St Paul
Nunn,, thinking that q rest Of few weeks in
cooler climate would soon reinvigorate me-
ihttlo did ] dream, however, what was in
tore FOR mo. After getting settled in NV
new quarters | took short walk every day
and patiently awaited q return of strength
but III spite Of all my efforts 1 seemed to he
losing strength; and even any slight ex-
erclse> became luborious and tiresome
Duringthis time L had frequent dull aching
pains In my head and through my back and
hipe, occasional shooting pains in various
parts Of the body, with soreness, shortiless
OF breath, and palpitation of the heart. My
feet and hands would be likeice one day, and
burn with the heat the next. Ihad 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 DO small and at
another quite protuse. Then for days /
would be perfectly free from this desire and
nothing seemed to be the matter never
theless my debility gradually increased My
eyelids were putfed out; my bowels were
alternately torpid and too active, the urine
would be clear some days, on others it would
be of high color and deposit brick-dust
sediment, and at still others there would be
whltish appearance and 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 affords;
would have chill one day and a burning
fever the next. l suffered excruciatinply
with anunbIess 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 suffer-
Ing from tho dropsy and could not recover.
How could be 10 blind to the terrible trouble
that was deVouring me, do not know; but
there are thousands to-day who are suffering
from the same cause and are rs ignorant of
its nature as l was. My skin was the color
of marble at one time, and then again it
would be like saffron, and this terrible rest
lessness, and might say wildness, was fol-
lowed by dull heavy, drowsy sensation. l
was wasted to a mere skeleton except when
tho dropsical bloat occurred. l tried all the
celebrated mineral waters of this country
and Europe all kinds of medicine and ali
kinds of doctors. Still no help came. lay
ut my hotel in Philadelphia, where l WINS
temporarily sojourning, given up 10 die by
friends and physicians alike, when there
providentially came into my hands little
pamphlet, which l carefully read and from
which got Wow of my real condition,
which no other agency had revealed. Acting
on its advice, l had my water analyzed at
once, and to my surprise, albunen and Tube
casts were found in large quantities. A skill
lul physlclan was sent for and appriscd of
the fact. He said L had Bright's Disease.
and that death was certain. My friends inn
portuned me to take n remedy which had
won great reputation for the cure of all
forms of kidney diseases, and | therefore
laid aside my prejudice and commenced its
use. At first my stomach rejected it and /
had TO use small quantities; but after the first
i've days my stomach retained full doses
This was one year ago last October, and my
Improvement was rapid and permanent. /
have regained fifty of the sixty-five pounds
of flesh lost during my illness, and feel as
well to-day as l ever did, and can unresery-
edly state that my life was saved by Warner's
Safe Kidney and Liver Cure, the remedy |
used.
1t may seem strange that 1, being physi-
clan and an ex-army surgeon, did not have
the water analyzed before; but such is the
fact. had the symptoms of every other
disease, and did not suspect that nv kid
neys were in the least particular ont of order.
and here is Just whore / was in the greatest
danger, and where most people who read this
article are in danger. l lind that l am
only one of thousands who are suffering
from kidney disorders, which, neglected
surely terminate in Bright's disease 1 also
know that physicians may treat these dis
orders for months without knowing clearly
what the trouble is, and even after ascertain
ing the cause be unable to prevent it. When
death, however, finally overtakes the helpless
vlctlm they disguise IT'S real cause, attribu-
nng 1t 10 heart disease, commissions, apo-
piexy, vertigo, Paralysis, spinal meningitis,
Dlood ana uremlc poisoning, etc, etc.
Words, ot.course, fail TO express my thanks
to IL. ii. Wafher K Co., of Rochester. N. Y
Tor givingthe world such needed and GER
tain specific as the Safe kidney and Liver
Cure, but snch as they are gladly give them;
While TO the thousands 10 whom 1 have leo
tured upon the laws o: health and hygiene l
commend this letter mosJ cordially and
warn them TO beware of the ins;dious nature
OF disease over which physicians confess
they have no control and which in one form
or another is carrying more people to. un-
timely graves than any other rnalady.
D. M. PORTER, NJ. D.,
Baltimore, Nd, 81 Saratoga street.
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