The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1885-02-13
Arun1n11ue ExpEa1uuoE,
Remarkable Statement OF Personal Dan
ger ana Provid entail Escape.

ger and Provid ential Escape.
The following story-which is attracting wide
attention from the press-is SO remarkable
that we cannot excuse ourselves, if we do not
lay it before our readers, even though its
length would ordinarily preclude its admission
10 our limited space.
TIE EDITOR ROCHESTER IN. W DEMOCRAT:
S1R.-On the first day of June, 1881, l lay at
my residence in this city surrounded by my
friends and waiting for death. Heaven only
knows the agony | then endured, for words
can never describe it And yet, if a few years
previous any one had told me that 1 was to be
brought so low, and by SO terrible a disease, l
should have scotfed at the idea. / had always
been uncommonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in
my W experience, what pain or sickness
were. Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times that they are unusu-
ally tired ar.l cannot account for it They
feel dull pains in various parts of the body and
do not understand 1t. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
he next, This was just the way l felt when
he relentless malady which had fastened it.
self upon me first began Still I thought
nothing of it; that probably l had
taken a cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this l noticed
a heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain in one
side of my head, but as it would come one day
and be gone the next I paid little attention to
it. Then my stomach would get out of order
and my food often failed to digest, causing at
times great Inconvenience. Yet even as a ply
sician, 1 did not think that these things meant
anything serious. | fancied | was suffering
from malaria and doctored my self according
ly. But l got no better. / next noticed a pecu-
liar color and odor about the fluid l was pass
iug-also that there were large quantities one
day and very little the next, and that a persist
ent froth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and a sediment settled And yet l did
not realize my danger, for indeed seeing these
symptoms continually. l finally became accus-
toned to them, and my suspicion was wholly
disarmcd by the fact that Ihad no pain in the
! affected organs or in their vicinity. WIZ l
sllould have been 20 blind l cannot understand.
l consulted the best medical skill in the land.
| visited all the famed mineral springs in Amer
lea and travelled from Maine to California Still
| grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said | was troubled with
spinal irritation; another, dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility; an
other, congestion of TIE base of the brain; and
20 on through a long list OF common diseases,
the symptoms OF many of which l really had.
In this way several years passed, during which
time | was steadily growing worse MY condl,
ton had really become pitlable. The slight
symptoms l at first experienced were de-
veloped into terrible and constant dis
orders. My weight had been reduced
from POT to 1%o pounds. My life was a
burden TO myself and friends 1could retain
no food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections. ] was a living mass of pain. My
pulse was uncomfortable In my agony | fire.
quently fell to the floor and clutchcd the carpet,
and prayed for death. Morphine had little or
no effect in dcadeuing the pain. For six days
coughs constantly. My water was filed with
tube-casts and albumen. l was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stages!
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at that time rec
tor Of St Pauls Episcopal church, Of this city.
felt that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation DR.. Foote detailed TO
me the many remarkable cures of cases like
my own which had come under his observation,
by means of a remedy, which he urged me to
try. AS a practiciug physician and q graduate
OF the schools. | derided the idea of any med
icine outside the regular channels being in the
least beneficial SO solicitious, however, was
Dr.. Foote. that | finally promised l would
waive my prejudice. l began its use on the
first day of June, 1881, and took 1t according tc
directions. At first it siekened me; but this ]
thought WAS n good sign for one in my de.
GllitlItl CONDITION.. L cDuullucu u iahc ~
tie sickcning sensation departed and l was f.
nally able to retain food upon my stomach. In
a lew DAYS l Iot,ced 4 decided change for the
better, as also I'D my wife and friends. My
+ hiccougfs ceased and l experienced less pail
than formerly. l was 80 rejoiced at this i'm.
proved condition that, upon what 1 had be.
lieved "a few days before was my dying bed,
vowed, in the presence OF my family anC
friends, should ] recover l would both public
~ and privately make known this remedy FOL
Il M .,~l af b,,,,,,pi}- ,r1nrnyar and ul.pnyp,
l had an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfil
mcrt of that vow. My improvement was con
stant from that time, and in less than three
months ! hld gained 26 pounds in flesh, be,
owe my life and present condition wholly t.
Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy which L used
Since my recovery | have thoroughly rein,
vestigated the subject ofkidney difficulties an,
Bright's disease. and the truths developed ar
astounding. therefore state, deliberately, ant
az a physician, that l believe more than one-hal
the ueushs which occur in America are caused
by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This ma,
sound like a rash statement, but / am prepared
to fully verify it Bright's disease has no dis
tinctive symptoms of its own Gndeel, 1T oftel
develops without any pain whatever in the kid
neys or their vicinity but has the symptoms o
nearly every other common compliant Hun
dreus OF people die daily, whose bnrials are au
ring from s'neartDisease y "Apoplexy, "par
alysis,'' Spinal complaint" rheumatism.
) pneumonia, and other common complaints
when in reality it is from BriSht's disease c
the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer pee
, pie, realize the extent of this disease or it
: dang rous and insidious nature. 1t steals II
/ TO the system like a tibet, mapifests its presenc
6 if at all by the commoncst symptoms an
l fastens itself upon the constitution before til
) victim Is aware of it. 1t is nearly as heret
itary as consumption. quito as common al
j, fully as fatal Entire families, il
/ eritipg 1T from their ancestors, hav
! died, and yet hone of the numbe
< knew or realized the mysterious power whic
was removing them. Instead of commo
symptoms it often shows none whatever, b1
brings death suddenly, from commissions, al
I, oplexy or heart disease. AS one who has su
e fered, and knows by bitter experience wh'
he says, IHnplore every one who reads thet
! words DO: to neglect the slightest symptoms
kidney difficulty. Certain agony and prob'
. bic death will be the sure result of such ne,
lect and no one can afford to hazard sue
chances.
I am aware that such an unqualified stat
| ment as this, coming flom me, known as l a
: throughout the entire land as u practitioner al
t lecturer, will arouse the surprise and posslb
a animosity of the medical profession and astol
= ish all with whom l am acquainted, butt MAJ
+. the foregoing statements based upon fac
: which l am prepared to produce and trutl
a which l can substantiate to the letter. III
welfare OF those who may possibly be suffe
ers such as | was, is an ample lndncement t
me to take the step have. and if l can success
e fully warn others from the dangerous path
winch / once walked, l am willing to endure
professional and personal consequence.
j. b. HENloN, N. D.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec 81.