Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1885-02-04
a THRILLING FIPERIENCF.
Remarkable Statement OF Personal Dan.
ger and Providentisl Escape.

aD!e tnat We cannot excuse ourselves III We lt
not lay it before our readers, even though III
length would ordinarily preclude its admis
sion to our limited space.
To the Editor Rochester IN. " Demo
crat: Sir-On the first day OF June, 1881,
lay at my residence in this city surrounded
= by friends aud waiting tor death. Heaven
only knows the sgony then endured, for
words can never describe it, And yet if in a
few years previous any one had told me that
| was 10 be brought so low, and bv so terri
ble disease, should have scofled at the
idea. had ALWAYS been uncommonly
strong and healthy, aud weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my
own experience: what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this state
ment realize at times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for it. They feel
Gull pains in various parts OF the body and
do not understand it. Or they are exceed
ingIy hungry one day and entirely withou,
appetite the next. This was just the way
| iet when the relentless maladv which had
fastened itself upon me first began Still
1 thought nothing of j; that probably | had
| TAX a cold which would soon pass away.
| Shortly after this | noticed heavy, and at
| times neuralgia. pain in one side of nv head,
| but as II would come one day and be gone
the next, paid little attention to it. Then
my stomach would get out of order and nv
| ood often tailed to digest, causing at times
| great Inconvenience. Yet even as a phys-
| clan, | did not think that these things meant
| anything serious. | fancied / was suffering
from malaria and doctored myself according
| ly. But | got no better. next noticed "A
peculiar color and odor about the fluids
| was pasSing-alsO that there
were large quantities one day
and very little the next, and that persistent
| trOth aud scum appeared upon the surface,
and sediment settled. And yet ! did not
| realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually. finally became ac-
customed to them, and nv suspicion was
wholly disarmed bS the fact that had no
pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity
Why | should have been so blind | cannot
understand.
| consulted the best medical skill in the
land. | visited all the famed mineral springs
in America and travelled from Maine to Cali
tornia. Still grew worse. No two physi-
clans agreed as to my malady. One said
was troubled with spinal irritation; snU her.
dyspepsia another heart disease; another
general debility; another. congestion ot the
base OF the braiD and so on through a long
hist OF common diseases the symptoms Of
many OF which | really had. In this way
several years passed, during which time |
was steadily growing worse. Ny condition
had really become pitiabie The slight
symptoms | at first experienced were
developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Ny weight bad been reduced
from 2O7 TO l3O pounds. Ny life was bur
den to myself and friends. could retain no
TODD on my stomach, and lived wholly by in
jectiOns. | WAS living mass Of pain. Nv
pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony |
frequently iel 10 the floor and clutched the
carpet, and prayed for death. Morphine Lad
little or no effect in deadeniDg The pain For
six DAYS and nights ] had the death -premoni-
tory hiccougbs constantly. Ny water was
filed with tute-casts and albumen. | was
struggling with BTight's Disease of the kid
neys in its last stages
While suffering thus | received a call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. FoOte, at that time
rector of St. Paul'S Episcopal Church, of this
city. felt that il was our last interview
but in the course OF conversation Dr. Fcote
detailed 10 me the many remarkable cures of
cases like my own which bad come under his
observation, by means OF a remedy, which he
urged me TO try. As prsctIc ng physician
and graduate of the schools, ! derided the
idea Of any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least beneficial. So
solicitous, however, was DR.. Foote that
| finally promised | would waive nv
prejudice. | began its use on the
first day of June 1881, and
took it according TO directions. At first it
sickened me; but this thought was a good
sign for one in my debilitated condition
continued to take it; the sickening sensation
departed and was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In few days noticed
decided change for the better, as also did nv
wife and friends. Ny hiccoUghs ceased and
experienced less pain than formerly. ! was
so rejoiced at This improved condition that,
upon what had believed but a few DAYS be-
fore was my dying bed, | vowed in the pres I
ence OF my iaHiy and friends, should ! re-
cover ! would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good OF hu-
msnity, wherever and whenever had an op-
portunity, and this letter is in fulfllmeut of
that vow. My improvement was constant
from that time, and in hess than three months
bad gained 26 pounds in flesh, became en-
tirely free from pain and believe | owe my
life and present condition wholly 10 Warmers
Safe Cure, the remedy which | used.
Since nv recovery have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject OF kidney difficulties
and Bright's disease, and the truths developed
are astounding. ! therefore state, deliberate
ly, and as a physician, that believe more
than one-hali of the deaths which occur in
America are caused by Bright's disease of the
kidneys. This may sound like a rash state
meut, but | am prepared 10 fully verify it.
Bright's disease has no distinctive symptoms
OF its own (indeed il often develops without
any pain whatever in the kidneys or their
vicinity, but has the symptoms of nearly
every other common complaint. Hundreds
OF people die daily, whose burials are author /
lied by physicians certificate as occurring
from Heart Disease" "Apople1y," "Paraly-
sis, Spinal Complaint" "Rheumatism and
pneumonia" and other common complaints
whea in reality it is from Brights disease
OF the kidGeys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize the extent of this disease |
or its dangerous aod insidlous pature.
Ii steals into the system like a |
thief, manifests its presence il at all by the |
commonest symptoms and fastens itself on the |
constitution before the victim is aware of it. |
1t is nearly as hereditary as consumption, |
quite as common and fully as fatal. Entire |
families, inheritipg il 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 nOue whatever, but |
brings death suddenly, from convu' Sons, sp-
popiexy or heart disease. As one who ha- |
suffered, and knows by bitter experience what |
he says, implore every Que who reads these |
words not TO neglect the slightest symptoms !
of kidney difficulty. Certain a ony and |
probable death will be the sure result of such |
neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such |
chances.
am aware that such an unqualified state |
ment as this coming from me, known a. ! |
am throughout the entire land a a practi- |
tcner and lecturer will arouse the surprise |
and possible animusity o. the medical protes- |
sion and astOnish all with whom | am aC-
quainted, but | make the foregoing state
mpnts based upOE facts which | am preDared |