The Hartford herald. [volume] (Hartford, Ky.) 1875-1926, 1885-01-28
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Remarkable Statement of Personal
Danger and PIOvidential Escape.


The following story--which is at
tracing wide attention from the press
is 81 remarkable that We cannot eX-
cuse ourselves if We do not iay il before
our readers, even though its length
would ordinarily preclude its admission
Ia our limited space.
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SIR, On the first day of June, 1851.
] lay AT my residence in this city sur
rounded ny my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agoHy
| then endured, for words can never
describe it And yet, if IA tew years
i previous any one had told mo that |
was Ia he brought ~ low. aud by 50
/ terrible n disease, ! should have scnffed
al the idea. had always been uncom
monty strong ard healthy, and weighed
over 2o0 pounds aud hardly knew, la
my own experience, what pain or sick
ness was. Very many people who
will read this statement realize at times
/ that they are unusually tired aud can
4 not account for it. they feel dull pains
/ in various paris of the body aud do not
I'm "rsiaud it. Or they are exceedingly
I hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next This was just the
way ! felt when the relentless ,ualady
/ which had fastened itself upon me first
began. Still thought nothing of il /;
/ that probably | had taken cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after
this | noticed "A heavy, aud AT times
neuralgia, pain in one side Of my head,
but ~ il would come one day and he
gone the next, | paid little attention Ia
/ il. Then my stomach would get out of
order aud my TODD often failed tn digest
causing at times great Inconvenience.
Yet, even as "A physician, | did not
think that these things meant anything
malaria alttf 'ajHdieY" mysGIr' Gctt I'll:
ngly. But got no better. next
noticed a peculiar color aud dor about
the fluids WAS passing also thai there
were large quantities one day and very
( little the next, and that persistent
froih aud seam appeared upon the sur
face, and a sediment settled. And yet
| did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually,
| finally became accustomed to them,
and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
/ by the fact that | had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity.
Why | should have been 50 blind !
cannot understand.
/ ] consulted the best medical skill i'm
the land. ! visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and Travelled
| from Maine To California. Still | grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said I was troubled
with spinal irritation another, dys.
pepsia; another heart disease; another.
general debility another congestion OF
| tho haaA nt tho hFai On
through long list of common diseases,
really had. In This way several Years
passed, during which time | was stead
lily growing worse. Ny condition had
really become pitiahle. The slight
symptoms AT first experienced were
developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Ny WEIGHT had been reduc ID
from 2o7 Ia 1876 pounds. My life was u
burden To myself aud friends. could
reIniu nn food on my stomach. and
lived wholly by Injections was a
living mass of pam. My pull. was un.
contrullable. In my agony | frequently
fell to the floor aud clutched the carpet
and prayed ior death. Morphine had
little or no effect in deadeniug the pain
For six days and nights had the death
premoniiory hiccOughs constantly. My
water was filled with tube casts and
albumen. | was struggling with
Briglt's Disease of the kidneys in its
last stages
While suffering thus | received call
from NV pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, at
that time iector of ST Paui's Episcopal
Church, of this city. felt that ii was
our last interview. but in The course OF
conversation DIR. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures Of eases
like my own which had come under
his observation, 10y means of 4 remedy.
which he urged me To ny. As "A prac-
ticing physician and graduate OF the
schools, | derided the idea of any med
icine outside the regular channels being
in the least beneficial So sO.icitOIIS.
however, WAS DIR. FOote, that | finally
promised would waive my prejudice.
] began its Use on the first day of June,
1881; and 10 * il according 20 directions
At first il sickened me; but this
thought was good sign for one in my
debllitated condition. | continued to
take it; the sickening sensation de
parted and | was finally able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days
| noticed decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends.
My hiccoughs ceased md experienced
less pain than formerly. | was SD re-
joiced at this improved condition that,
upon what | had believed but a few
days before was my dying bed, vowed.
in the presence of my family and
friends, should | recover | would both
publicly and privately make known
this remedy for the good of humanity.
wherever and whenever | had an OPP
pc. tunity, and this letter is in fulfill
ment of that vow. My improvement
was constant from that time, and in
less than three months ] had gained 20
pounds i'm flesh, became entirely free
! from pain and ] believe ! owe NV life
and present condition wholly To War
ner's Safe Cure, the remedy which
| used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Brighl's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding
therefore state, deliberately, and as a
physician. that | believe more than one
! hdif the deaths tChich occur in america
are caused Ly BriQhfs disease Of the
| kidneys. This may sound like rash
statement, but ] am prepared TO fully
verify it. Bright's disease has 10 Ills :
tinctive symptoms of its own, Indeed,
it often develops without any pain
whatever in the kidneys or their vicin-
! ity,l but has the symptoms of nearly
every other common complaint. Hun
dreds of people die daily, whose burials
are authorized 10y IA physicians certiti-
/ cate as occurring from Heart Disease. -
"Apoplexy." Paralysis" "Spinal
Complain" rheumatism" "Pneu-
monia," and othe' common complaints.
when in reality il is from Bright's
disease of the kidneys Few physicians,
aud fewer people, realize the extent OF
this disease or its dangerous and insidi
Gus 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 il. Ii is
nearly as hereditary as consump' ion.
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