The Indiana State sentinel. [volume] (Indianapolis) 1868-1895, 1883-01-17
A STRANGE "REMINISCENCES.


The Escape of a Well Known ex-Army Sur
geo. from an Unforeseen Danger.
| tBs ltirnore Americana
Messrs Editors:
facts connected with my experience which
follow are so striking, and bear so closely
/ upon the experience OF Others, that / vent
ure to reproduce them entire:
In the month of September, 1879, was
practicing medicine in New Orleans. The
summer had been excessively hot and
| every body was complaining OF being exs
hausted and feeling tired. 1t was not an IN
frequent occurrence to have patients ask for
something to relieve this weary sensation,
and that / should also partake
of the same universal lsssitude or
weakness, did not alarm me. / supposed that
over-work ana exposure had produced
temporary physical p ostration; therefore /
| made n trip to st. Paul, Mimi, thinking
that a rest Of a few weeks in CO Ter climate
would soon reinvigorate me. Little did l
dream, however, what was in store for me.
After getting settled in my new quarters |
took q short walk every day, and patiently
awaited a return of strength. but in spite of
all nv efforts | seemed to be losing strength;
and even any slight exercise became labori-
Gus and tiresome. During this time bad
frequent dull aching pains in my head, and
| through my back and hips, occasional shoot
ing pains 10 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 urinate.
The quantity OF fluid passed would at one
time be small and at another quite profuse
Then for DAYS 1 would be perfectly free
from this desire and nothing seemed to be
the matter: nevertheless my debility gradu-
ally increased. Ny eyelids were pulled out
my bowls were alternately torpid and too
&C i've, the urine would be clear some days,
on others it would be of high color and
deposit a brick-dust sediment, and
at still others there would be whitish az
pearance and thin greasy scum would rise
to the top. The pains in my head, back
chest, joints, bowels and bones were hor-
: rible in the extreme. / went in vain from
place to place and consulted the best medi.
cal authorities the country affords; l would
have a chill one day and a burning fever the
: next. / suffered excruclatingly with q
r numbness of my feet and hands, and at the
: base of the brain and between my shoulders
? at times NV limbs and body would bloa
i and physicians said was suffering from the
, dropsy and could rot recover.
4 How could L be so blind to the terrible
t trouble that was devouring me, | do no
: know; but there are thousands to-day whC
Z are suffering from the same cause and are a
: ignorant OF its nature as l was My skin Wa
Il the color of marble ct one time, and thel
/ again it would be like saffron, and this ter
d rible restlessness, and l might say wildness
b WIS followed by dull, heavy, drowsy sensa
, ton. | was wasted to q mere skeleton, ex
Is cept when the dropsical bloat occurred.
II tried all the celebrated mineral waters o
e this country and Europe; all kinds of medi
cine and all kinds of doctors Still no he'll
- came. l lay at my hote. in Philadelphia
e where l was temporarily sojOurning, giveI
= I'D TO die by friends and physician
:, alike, when there providentially came int
q nv hands little pamphlet which | care
= fully read, and from which got view @
:, my real condition, which no other agenc
:, had revealed Acsing on its advice, ha
- my water analysed at once and TO my SUI
- Prise, albumen and tube casts were found i
:. large quantities. A skillful physician wa
/" sent for and apprised of the fact. He said
: had Brights disease, and that death was Gel
- | tain. Ny friends importuned me to take
- remedy which had won a great reputation
: for the cure of all forms of kidney diseases
! and 1 therefore laid aside my prejudice an
~ commenced its use. at first my stomac
~ rejected il, and had to use small quaint
&c ties but after the first five days my stOmac
- retained full doses. This was one year az
last October and my improvement was rapi
and permanent. | have regained fifty OF Ii
sixty-sive pounds of flesh l lost during m
of illness and feel a. well to-day l ever die
Or and can unreseryedly state that my life WI
to saved by Warmers Safe Kidney and Lave
sr. Cure, the remedy used.
ur 1t may seem strange that /, being
physician and an ex-Army Surgeon, did M
have the water analysed before; but such
> the fact. | had the symptoms of ever
o. other disease, and did not suspect that m
az kidneys were in the least particular out
- order; and here is just where L was in Il
10 greatest danger. and where most people WI
read this article are in danger. | find that
tir am only only one of thousands who a
al suffering from kidney disorders, whicl
he neglected, surely terminate in Bright
id disease. ! also know that physicians ms
gh treat these disorders for months withoI
ke knowing clearly what the trouble is al
even after ascertaining the cause, be unab
10 prevent il. When death, howeve
% finally overtakes the helpless victim thr
70 disguise its real cause, attributing 1t
~ heart disease, commissions, apoplexy, vel
-. igo, paralysis, spinal meningitis, blood ar
SCI uremic POISONING, ETC., etc.
an Words, of course, fail to express n
eo thanks to II. H. Warner & Co., CT Roche
ter, n. Y, for giving the world such
of needed and certain specific as the Sa
a Kidney and Liver Cure, but such as tn
,es are gladly give them; while - the thoI
en- ands to whom | have lectured upon 9
do laws of health and hygiene l commend Ii
I'D letter most cordially, and warn them TO
ed ware of the insidious nature of disea
he over which physicians confess they have
he control, and which in one form or anoth'
an is carrying more people TO untimely grav
Ia NJ. PORTER, NJ. D.,
ale Baltimore, Nd, "a Saratoga street.