Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1885-01-26
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
remarkable Statement Of Personal
Danger and PrOvidentiaI Escape.

readers, even though its length would
ordinarily preclude its admission to our
limited space:
| To the Editor Rochester ". y. democrat:
SIR-On the first day OF June. 1881. |
/ lay at my residence in this city surround
/ Ell by my friends and waiting for death
/ Heaven only knows the agony | then
| endured, for words can never describe il.
/ Ana yet, If few years previous any one
/ had told me that / was to be brought so
| low, and by so terrible disease. / should
nave scoffed at the idea. / had always
/ Deen uncOmmOnly strong and healthy
ana weighed over 200 pounds, and hardly
knew, IN my own experience. what
| pam or sickness We're. Very many people
| Who Will read this statement realize
! at times that they are unusually tired
ana cannot account tor it. They feel dull
! pains IN various parts Of the body and do
not understand 1t. Or they are exceed
| lhSly hungry one day and entirely with
! out appetite the next. This was lust the
! way l felt when the relentless malady
Nhlcn mad fastened itself upon me first
| began. Sill ! thought nothing Of it: that
| probably / had taken "A cold which would
soon pass away. Shortly after this no
lced heavy, and at times neuralgia,
! pain in one side Of my head, but as it
would come one day and be gone the
I
! my stomach would get out Of order and
ny food often failed to digest, causing at
! times great Inconvenience. Yet. even as
physician, / did not think that these
things meant anything serious. | fancied
l was suffering from malaria and dOctOred
myself accordingly. But l got no better.
l next noticed peculiar color and OdOr
about the fluids | was passing-alsO that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, ana that a persistent
lrOth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and sediment settled. And yet |
dld not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, /
nnally became accustomed to them. and
and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
10y the fact that / had no pain in the al
tected organs or in their vicinity. Why
l should have been 50 blind ! cannot I'M
derstand.
] consulted the best medical skill in
the land. / visited all the famed mineral
springs IN America and Travelled from
Maine to California. Still l grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as to my maIa-
dy. one said l was troubled with spinal
irritation another dyspepsia: another
heart disease; another, general debility:
another, congestion Of the base Of the
brain; and so on through a long list Of
common diseases. the symptoms of many
OF which l really had. In this way sever
al years passed, during which time was
steadily growing worse. My condition
pad really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms / at first experienced were de-
NelOped into terrible and constant disOr-
ders. My weight had been reduced from
20 to 100 pounds. My life was a burden
70 myself and friends. / could retain no
food ON my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections. l was living mass Of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my
fro ffr~ e.
ciuIchcd the carpet, and prayed for death.
Morphine had little or no effect in dead
enlnE the pain. For six days and nights
1 mad the death-premOuitOry hiccOughs
constantly. My water was filled with
tube-casts and albumen. | was strug-
Cling with Brights disease of the Kid
ueys ia its last stages.
While suffering thus [ received call
from my pastor, the Rev. Dr. FCOte. at
tnat time rector of ST. PauFs Episcopal
Church of this city. l felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course of
conversation Or. FoOte detailed to me the
many remarkable cures of cases like my
own which had come under his 0bserya-
ton, by means Of a remedy, which he
urged me to try. As a practicng physi-
clan and graduate of the schools, l de-
rIded the idea of any medicine outside the
| regular channels beng in the least beneh-
cial. SO soltcitous, however, was DR..
tOOte, that i finally promised l would
| waive my prejudice. | began its use on
June /, 1881, and took it according to di-
rectons. At hrstit sickoned me; but this
/ thought, was a good sign for one i'm my de-
bIlltated condition. l continued to take il:
the sjckening sensation departed. and /
was finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In few days | noticed a de-
Cld4d change for the better, as also did
my wife and friends. NY hiccoughs
ceased and / experienced less pain than
formerly. l was so rejOiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what l had
believed but a few days before was nv
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 hui
mainly, wherever and whenever l had an
opportunity, and this letter is i'm fulfill
ment Of that vow. My improvement was
constant from that time, and in less than
three months | had gained % pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain. and
l believe | owe my life and present cOndl-
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure. the
remedy which I used.
Since my recovery | have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject Of kidney diff
culties and Brights disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. I there
fore state, deliberately, and as a physi-
NAAAl4 AAdAl pNlAENt Ntblt ttNN Dtt-ltlLt| me
deaths lCliCh occur ia america are caused
BIZ BrigbfS disease 0f tie bidReyS. This
| may sound like 4 rash statement, but |
am prepared to 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 buriais are au-
I fhorIyaf bg a nhKEipfap'a
occurring from "Heart Disease apo
| pleXy,r Paralysis, f" 'Spinal COmplalnt.0
'sRheumatism,' 'Pneumonia," and
| other common complaints, when in reality
il is from Brjght's disease Of the kid
neys. Few physicians, and fewer people,
realize the extent of this disease or its
dangerous and insidiOus nature. 1t steals
| into the system like a thief, manfests
its presence if at ali by the c0mmOnest
symptoms, and fastens itself upon the con-
| stitutiOn before the victim is aware of it.
1t is nearly as hereditary as cOnsump-
ton. 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 symptoms it often shows none
whatever, but brings death suddenly,
from commissions, apOpleXy or heart dis
ease. As one who has suffered, and knows
by bitter experience what he says, i'm
plOre every one who reads these words
not to neglect the slightest symptoms of
kidney difficulty. Certain agony
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
statement as this. coming from me,
known as l am, throughout the entire
land as practitioner and lecturer, will
arouse the surprise and possible animOs-
ity of the medical profession and aston
ish all with whom l am acquainted, but
| make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which | am prepared to pro-
duce and truths which | can substantiate
to the letter. The welfare of those who
may possibly be sufferers such as l was,
is an ample inducement for me to take
the step have, and if | can successfully
warn others from the dangerous path
in which l once walked, am willing to
endure all professional and personal con-
sequence. y. b. HENION, VI. ID.
Rochester, ". J., Dec 80.