Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1885-02-11

Remarkable Statement or Personal Danger
and P~rovldential Escape.
The following story-which IL attracting
wide attention from the press-is 50 remarkar
BILE that we cannot excuse ourselves II we do
not lay II before our readers, even though It's
length would ordinarily preclude its admission
to our limited space.
10 the Editor Rochester IN. ~ Democrat:
sm.-On the first day Of June, 1881, / 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, II q few
years previous any one had told me that ! was
to be brought so low, and by so terrible a dis
ease, l should have ssoffcd at the idea. ] had
always been uncommonly strong and healthy,
and weighed over 200 pounds and hardly
knew, In my own experience, what pain Or
sickness were. Very many people who will
read tins statement realize Mt times that they
are unusually tired and cannot account for 1t.
They feel dull pains In various parts of the
body and do not understand it. Or they are
excec iirgly hungry one day and entirely
without appetite the next. This was Just the
way I felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began. Still
l thought nothing of 1t; that probably l had
taken a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this l noticed q heavy, and at
times neuralgia, pain In one side of my head,
but as 1t 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 q physician, l
did not think that these things meant anything
serious. ! fancied l was suffering from ma
LARA and dOctored myself accordingly. But got
no better. 1 next noticed a peculiar coo: and
odor about the fluids ] was passing also that
there were large quantities one cay and very
little the next, and that a persistent froth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and a sedi-
ment settled. And yet / did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these SYMPTOMS
continually, / finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly dis
by tho fact that 1 had 20 pain in tbs affected
organs Or in their vicinity. Why I should have
been 20 blind 1 anD understand.
I consulted the best medical skill in the
land ! visited oil the famed mineral springs
in America and trave'oi from Maine to Cali
fornia. Still ! grew worse. No two physicians
agreed as to my malady. One said i was
troubled with SPINAL irritation; another, dys-
papsia; another heart disease; another, gen.
eral debility; another cong stion of the base
Of the brain; and SO on throurh a lCny list of
common diseases, the symptoms of many of
which I really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time / was sto IDLY
growing worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiable. The slight symtcms ] TT frst
experienced were developed into terril la and
constant disorders. My weight had been re-
duced from 207 to 1870 pounds. My life was a
burden to myself and friends, and / could re-
tain no food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. I was a living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony l
frequently fell to the floor and olutched the
carr ct, and prayed for death. Morphine had
little or nc effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights l had the death-premoni-
tory h~iccoughs constantly. My water WIS
filed with tubc-ce sts and albumen. I was
suffering with Bright's disease of the kidneys
in its last stages!
While suffering thu I received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, at that time
rector of st. Pauls Episcopal Church of this
city. felt that 1t was our last interview, but
in the course OF conversation DR.. Foote de-
tailed 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 prncticing physician
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least
beneficial. So solicitous, however. was DIR.
Foote that I finally promised l would waive
my prejudice. i began its use on the first day
of June, 1881, and took it according to direc-
tons. At first it sickened me; but this l
thought was a good sign for one in my debili-
tated condition. 1 continued TO take it; the
sickening sensation departed, and l was finally
able to retain food upon my stomach In n
few days / noticed u decided change for the
better. as also did my wife end friends. My
h~iccoughs ceased. and l experienced less pain
than formerly. ! was so reioiced at this i'm
proved condition, that, upon what l had be-
lievcd but a few days before was my dying
bed, / vowed, In the presence of my family
and friends, should I recover 1 would both
publicly and privately make known this REM
edy for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever l had an opportunity, and this letter
is in fulfllInent of that vow. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and in less
than three months 1 had gained twenty-six
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain, and l believe l owe my life and present
condition wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the
remedy which l used.
Since my recover l have thoroughly rein
vestigated the subject of kidney difficulties
and Bright's disease, and the truths developed
are astounding. therefore state deliberately
and as a physician, that I believe more than
onelhalf the deaths uhich occur in America are
caused BY Bright's disease of the kidneys. This
may sound like a rash statement, but ! am
prepared to fully verify 1t. Bright's disease
has no distinctive symptoms of its W lin
deed, 1t often develops without any pain what
ever in the kidneys or their vicinity, but has
the symptoms of nearly every other common
complaint. Hundreds of people die daily
whose burials are authorized by a physicians
certificate as occurring from Heart Dis
ease" ~"Apoplexy,' Paralysis" ''spinal
Complaint .'Rheumatism," .'Pneumonia,"
and other common complaints, when in reality
1t Is from Brights disease of the kidneys.
Few physicians and fewer people realize the
extent Of this disease or its dangerous and in |
sidious nature. 1t steals into the system like
a thief, manifests its presence If at all by the
commonest symptoms, and fastens itself upon |
the constitution before the victim is aware of
1t. 1t is nearly as hereditary as consumption,
quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire
families inheriting it from their ancestors
have died, and yet none of the number knew
Or realized the mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead of common symp-
toms it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly, from commissions, APP |
oplexy or heart disease. AS one who has suf-
fered and knows by bitter experience what he
says, ] implore every one who reads these
words not to neglect the slightest symptoms
of kidney difficulty. Certain agony and proba- |
BILE death will be the sure result of such neg
lect, and no one can afford to hazard such
chances.
l am aware that such In unqualified state
ment as this, coming from me, known as l am
throughout the entire land as q practitioner
and lecturer, will arouse the surprise and
possible luminosity Of the medical profession
and astonish all with whom / am acquainted,
but / make the foregoing statements based |
facts which ! am prepared to produce |
and truths which l can substantiate to the
letter. Tho welfare of those who may posi-
bly, be sufferers such as / was is an ample in
ducement for me to take the step ] have, and
II / can successfully warn others from the
dangerous path in which / once walked, 1 am
willing to endure all professional and personal
consequence. j. Il. HENl0N, NJ. ID. |