The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1885-02-05
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE (!
REMARKABLE STATEMENT OF PERSONAL
DANGER AND PRovIDENTIAL ESCAPE.

The following story-which is attract
ing wide attention from the press-is 80
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves if We do not lay it before our read
ers, even though its length would ordin-
arily preclude its admission to our imi-
| ted space.
To the Editor Rochester (N. ~ Democrat:
Sr,-On the first day of June, 1881,
| lay at my residence in this city surround
ed by my friends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony l then en-
| dured, for words can never describe it.
And yet, if a few years previous any one
low, and by so terrible disease,.I should
been uncommcnly 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 this statement realize at
times that they are tired and cauuot ac-
count for it. They feel dull pains in
various parts of the body and do not un-
derstand it. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without ap
petite the next. This was just the way
L felt when the relentless malady which
had fastened itself upon me first began.
Still l thought nothing of it; that proba
bly, had taken cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this I noticed
heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain in
one side of my head, but as it would
come one day and be gone the next, /
paid little attention to it. Then my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed to digest, causing at
times Inconvenience. Yet, even as a
physician, / did not think that these
things meant anything serious. / fan
cied L was suffering from malaria and
doctored myself accordingly. But got
no better. l next noticed q peculiar
color and odor about the fluids [ was
passing-also that there were large guam
titles Que day and very little the next,
and that persistent froth and scum ap
peared upon the snrface. and sediment
settled. And yet I did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symp-
toms continually, finally became accus
toned to them, and my suspicion was
wholly di sarmed by the fact that 1 had
no pain in the affected organs or in the
vicinity. Why | should have been so
DllnC cannot understand.
l consulted the best medical skill in
the land. l visited all the famed mineral
springs in America and travelled from
Maine to California. Still grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as TO my NAL
ady. One said l was troubled with spi-
nal .irrits ton; another, dyspepsia; an
other, heart disease; another, general de-
bility; an other congestion of the base of
the brain; and so on through long list
of common diseases, the symptoms Of
many of which really had. In this way
several years passed, during which time
L was steadily growing worse. My con
dition had really become pitiable. The
slight symptoms l at first experienced
we're developed into terrible and constant
disorders. My weight had been reduced
from 207 to 130 pounds. My life was
burden to myself and friends. I could
retain no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. l was a living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncontrola-
BILE. In my agony L frequently fell to
the floor and clutched the carpet, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights / had the death pre-
iichitOiS hiSSouS SpIStdItly' wa
ter was filled with tube-casts and albu-
men. L was struggling with Bright's
Disease of the kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus / received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, at
that time rector of ST. Paul's Episcopal
Church, of this city. | felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course OF
conversation DIR. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures of cases like
my own which had come under his OBJ
servatlon, by means OF remedy, which
he urged me to try. AS a practicing
physician and O graduate of the schools,
[ derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitous. however,
was DR.. Foote, that fually promised
would waive my prejudice. | began it's
use on the first day of June, 1881, and
took it according to directions. At first
it sickened me; but this I thought was a
good sign for one in my debilitated
condition. | continued to take it the
sickening sensation departed and l was
finally able to retain food on my stomach.
In few days noticed decided change
for the better, as also did my wife and
friends. My hiccough ceased and e1-
perienced less pain than formerly. I
was SO rejoiced at this improved condi-
ton that, upon what had believed but
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, wher
ever and whenever had an opportunity,
and this letter is in fulfilment of that
vow. My improvement was constant
from that time, and in less than three
months | had gained 26 pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain and ] be
lieve | owe my life and present condi-
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the
remedy which L used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly
70 investigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Brights disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. /
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician, that / believe more than one
half the deaths 1Chich occur in america
are caused by Brights disease Of the
kidnCys. This may sound like rash
statement, but l am prepared to fully
verify it. Bright's disease has no distinc-
1--WE u liS C"I, tiuuttO, IL
often developes without any pain hat
ever it the kidneys or their vicinity but
has the symptoms of nearly every other
common complaint. Hundreds of peo
Pile die daily. whose burials are author
lied by a physicians certificate as &C.
curing from sHeart Disease" 'Apo-
plexy," Paralysis, Spinal Com
plant, Rheumatism" "Pneumonis, ;"
and other common complaints, when ip
reality it is from Bright's disease of the
kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize the extent Of this disease
or it's dangerous ard insidious nature
1t steals into the system like thief,
manifests its presence if at all by the
commonest symptoms and fastens itself
upon the constitution before the victim
is aware of it. 1t is nearly as hereditary