The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1883-06-20

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On the first day of June, 1881, lay Mt my
| residence In this city surrounded by my friends
| aud waiting for death. Heaven only knows
| the agony then endured for words can ncN"i
| describe IL. And yet, If few years pr vious,
any one had told me | was tn bp brought So
| low, and 10y sO terrible n disease. should have
| scOfCd Mt the idea. ! nad always been uncom-
| monty strong and healthy, had weivhed over
| 20 pounds aud hardly knew, IN ny own expo
| iienCc, what PAIN or sickness we're Very
many PEOPLE who will read this statement real
| izc at times that they are unusually tired and
| cannot account for 1t. They feel dun aud In.
| definite pains in various parts of the body aud
| do not understand IL. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
| tn next. This was just the way felt when
| the re entless malady which had fastened itself
| upon me first began. Still | thought IL was
| nOthing that probably ! had taken cold
which would soon pass away. shortly after
| this noticed IA heavy, and at times uneuralgiC,
| pain i'm my head, but az IL would come one day
and be gone the next, paid but little attention
| To il. However, my stomach was out of order
and my food often failed to digest, causing
| ut times great Inconvenience. Yet had no
idea, even as physician, that these things
| meant anything serious or that n monstrOus
| disease was becoming fixed upon me. Candid
| ~, thought was suffering from malaria, aud
so doctored myself accordingly. hut got no
| better | next noticed peculiar color ana
| OdOr about the fuds | was passing also that
| there were large quantities one day ana very
| little the next, and tn { u persistent froth ant
| scum appeared upon the surface and Il sedi-
| mcnt settled in the bottom. And yet did not
| realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
| 1
toned to them, and my suspicion was wholly
disarmed by tho fact that had no pain in the
| affected organs or in their vicinity. why |
| should have been SO blind cannot understand.
There is terrible future for all physical
| neglect, and impending danger always brings
| u person to his senses, even though IL may then
be too late. | realized at last my critical con-
dition and aroused myself to overcome II.
| And, oh how hard | tried. | consulted the
| best medical skill III the land. visited all tue
prominent mineral springs in America and
| Travelled from Maine to California. Still grew
worse. No two physicians agreed us to my
| malady. One said | was troubled with spinal ir-
ritation; another, nervous prOstration; another
| malaria; another, dyspepsia; another, heart
| disease another, general debility; another,
| congestion of the base Of the brain and so on
| through u long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of all OF which really had. In this
| way several years passed, during all OF which
| ttmo was steadily CROWN worse. My COndi-
| lion had really become pitabe. The slight
symptoms | at first experienced were devel-
| Oped into terrible aud constant disorders-the
| little twigs of pain had grown to oaks OF agony
| My weight had been reduced from 2OI to 40
pounds. My life was a torture to mNsef aud
friends could retain no food upon my stom-
lch and lived wholly by injections. | was a
living mass of pain. My pulse was uncOntrol-
liable. In my agony frequently fell upon the
loor convusively clutched the carpet and
PRAYED for death. Morphine had little or no
effect in deadeuing the pain. For SIX da's ana
nights had the deuth-pTemOnitOry htccOughs
constantly. My urine was ttied with tube
casts and nihumcn. ! was struggling with
Bright's Disease of the kidneys in the last
tages.
my pastor, the Rev. DIR. FOote, rector OF st. |
pauls church, of this city. | felt that it was |
our last interview, but in the course of CONVEX |
,ation he mentioned a remedy of which ] had |
heard much but had never used. DR.. Foota |
detailed to me the many remarkable cures |
Fhch had come under his observation, by |
means OF this remedy, and urged me TO try u. |
As Il prHcticing physician and graduate of the |
schools, cherished the prejudice both natural |
lnd common with all regular practitioners. |
Il slafst1 Agf A AN "a
the regular channels being the least beneficial. |
So SOLICITORS, however, was DR.. FoOte, that |
finally promised would waive my prejudice |
md try the remedy he so highly recommended. |
began its use on the trst day OF June and |
took II according to directions AT first IL sick |
med me; but this thought was good sign |
for me in my detilitatcd condition. | con |
tinued to take II; the sickenlng sensation de- |
parted and | was able TO retain food upon my |
stomach. In Il few days | noticed a decided |
change for the better as als1 did my wife and
friends My hiccOughs ceased and experienced |
less pain than formerly. ! was SO rejOCed
It this improved condition. that upon what
had believed but II few days before was my
lying bed | vowed, in the presence of my
family and friends, should | recover | would
both publicly aud privately make known This
remedy for the good OF humanity, wherever
and whenever bad an opportunity. also de-
termined that would give Il course of lectures
IN the Corinthinn Academy of Music in this
city, sta ing in full the symptoms and almost
hOpelessness of my disease and the remarknbc
means by which | have been saved. My inn
provement was constant from that time, and
in less than three months had gained 20 pounds
la flesh, became entirely free from pain and |
believe | owe my lie aud present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy
which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject of kidney difficulties
aud Brig mrs disease, and the truths developed
are astounding. therefore state, deliberately,
and as II physician that | believe more than
one half the deaths which occur in America
are caused 10y Bright's disease of the kidneys.
This may sound like a rash statement, but am
Pre- pared to FULLY verify 1t. Brghts dis
ease has no distinctive symptoms of its
own, Indeed, II often develops without any
pain whatever I'm the kidneys or their vicinity,
but has the symptoms of nearly every other
known complaint. Hundreds of people die
taily, whose Durials are authorized by physi-
clans certificate of Heart Disease" Apo
plexy," Paralysis" spinal Complaint"
Rheumatism, "Pneumonia." and other com
mon diseases, when in reality il was Brght's
Disease of the kidneys. Few physicians, and
fewer people, realile.the extent of this disease
or is dangerous and insidOus nature. 1t
steals into the system like thief, manifests
| its presence by the oOmmOncSt symptoms, and
| fustens itself upon the constitution before the
| victim is aware. II is nearly as hereditary as
cOusumutiOn, quite as common and fully ms
| fatal. Entire families, inhcritng IL from their
| ancestors, have died, and yet none of the num-
| her knew or realized the mysterious power
which was removing them. Instead of com
mon symptoms il often shows none what
| ever but brings death suddenly, and ~ such
| Is usually supposed to be hart disease. As
| one who has suffered, and knows by bitter eX-
/ who reads these words not TO neglect the
| slightest symptom of kidney difficulty. Certain
agony and possible death will be the sure re-
| suit of such neglect, and no one can afford TO
hazard such chances.
| / am aware that such an unqualified state
/ ment ms this, coming from me, known as | am,