Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-01-17
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.
The Escape of WelI-Knovvn ex-Army Surgeon
From an Unforeseen Danger.
From the Baltimore American


rom Unforsee Danger.
From the Baltimore American
NesSrs. Editors:
| seldom APPEAR publicly in prjut. but the
fact connected with my experience which fol-
low are 50 sinking, and bear 30 closely upon
tEe experience OF others, that ! yentuLs TO re
produce them entire:
In the month Of Septc mber, 1879. | WAS prac-
ticmg' medicine in New Orleans. The summer
had been excessively hot and everybody was
complaining of being exhausted and feeling tired
1t was not an unhequent occurrence to have
patients ask for something to relieve this
weary sensation. aud that | should also partake
of the same universal asstude or weakness,
did net alarm me- l supposed that Overwork
and exposure had produced a temporary physi-
cal prOstration; therefore I made a trip to st.
Paul, Mimi, thinking that Il rest of a few
weeks III cooler climate would soon reiD-
vlgorate me. Little did | dream, however,
what was III store for me. After getting settled
in my new quarters | took a short walk every
day. and patiently awaiteda return of strength.
but III spite of all my efforts | seemed to be
losing strength: ana even any slight exercise
became laborlous and tiresOme. During this
time lad frequent dull aching pains in my
head, and through my back and hips. occa-
siOnal shooting pains III various parts of the
body, 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 | had no desire for food. and what
! did eat distressed me; my sleep became dis
turbed with the frequent desire to urine at.
The quantity of fluid passed would at one time
be small and at another time quite prOfuse.
Then for days | would be perfectly free from
this desire and nothing seemed to be the mat
ter; nevertheless my debility gradually in
creased. My eyelds were putfed out: my
bowels were alternately torpid and too active,
the urine would be clear on some days, on
others it would be of high color and deposit a
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
III my head, back, chest joints, bowels and
bones were horrible in the extreme. | went III
vain from place to place and consulted the best
medical authorities the country affords; Il would
have a chill one day and burning fever the
next. ! suffered excrucatingly with q numb
ness of my feet and hands. and at the base of
the brain and between my shoulders; at times
my limbs and body would blOau and physicians
said was suffering from the dropsy and could
not recover
How | could be so blind to the terrible
trouble that was devouring me, l do not know:
but there are thousands to-day who are suffer
ing from the same cause and are as ignorant Of
its nature as / was. My skin was the color of
marble al one time, and then again it would
be like saffron. and this terrible restlessness,
and / might say wildness. was followed by a
! dull, heavy, drowsy sensation. / was wasted
| to mere skeleton except when the drOpsICal
| blOat occurred. | tried all the celebrated min
eral waters of this country and Europe; all
! kinds of medicines and ali kinds of doctors.
! Still no help came. / lay at my hotel III Phil
adelpha, where | was temporarily sOjOurning,
! given up TO die by friends and physicians alike,
! when there prOvidentially came into my hands
a little pamphlet, which ! carefully read and
| from which / got a view of my real condition.
which no other agency had revealed Acting
on its advice, ] had my water Analysed at
| once, and to my surprise. albumen and tube
casts were found III large quantities. A skill
! full physician was sent for and appnsed of the
fact. He said ] had Brights disease. and that
death was certain. My friends importuned me
! to take a remedy which had won great repu-
tation for the cure of ali forms Of kidney dis
| eases, and therefore laid aside my prejudice
and commenced its use. At first my stomach
rejected it and l had to use small quantities
! but after the first five days my stomach re-
! tanned full doses. This was one year ago last
! October, and my improvement was raplo and
permanent l have regained 30 of the 65
| pounds of flesh ISOst during nv illness, and
feel as well to-day as l ever did, and l can un-
reservedly state that my life was saved by
! Warmers SAFE Kidney and Liver Cure, the
remedy used.
1t may seem strange that |, being physic
/ ian and an eX- army surgeon, did not have the
! water analy zed before; but such is the fact.
| had the symptoms Of every other disease, and
l did not suspect that my Kidneys we're in the
least particular out of order; and here Is Just
where was IN the greatest danger. and where
| most people who read this article are in danger
| find that ] am only one Of thousands who are
suffering from kidney disorders, which, neg
/ lected, surely terminate In Brights disease.
also know that physicians may treat these dis
orders for months without knowing clearly
what the trouble is. aud even after ascertain
ing the cause be unable to prevent it, WheI
death, however, finally overtakes the helpless
victim they disguise its real cause, attributng
it to heart disease, commissions, apoplexy
vertigo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood auc
Ill emIc poisoning, etc, etc
Words, of course, fail TO express my thanks
! to II. H. Warner & Co., Of Rochester, n. Y.
for giving the world such a needed ana GER
tain specific as the Safe Kidney and Live
Cure, but such as they are l gladly give them
while 20 the thousands to whom have lectureC
upon the laws Of health and hygiene L com
mend this letter most cordially and warn then
| to beware of the insidiOus nature Of a diseas'
over which physicians confess they have ne
| control and which in one form or another, is
carrying more people to untimely graves than
any other malady. j. NJ. PORTER, NJ. D.,
Baltimore, Nd, 81 Saratoga Street.
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