The Worthington advance., 1885-02-05

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The following stoory-xhichi is attracting ~ide
attention from the press-.is % remarkable
that We easnet esetss ,ufreittt, II Vi do h6t
lay it before our readers, even though its
length would ordinarily preclude it, admission
to our limited space
10 THE EnlToR RoeHIsTER a. W DnkocRAT:
! s1n-on tho Arst dA5 Ut June, issi; t 1sy Il
my residence in this city surrounded BY my
friends and waiting for death Heaven only
knows tho agony then endured, for words
can never describe it And yet, II 4 few years
previous any one had told mo that wAs to be
; brought 40 low, and by 10 terrible disease;
shoald have kcofed At tho idea I had always
weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, In
my own experience, what pain ot sickness
were Very many people who viii rsad this
statement realize 1t times that they are unnsu-
ally tired and tshbtt fec6dnt Tor II. Tfe{,
feel dull pains in various parts of the body and
do notunderstand it Or they are exceedingly
hungry ono day and entirely without appetite
tho next This was just the way felt when
the relentless malady which had fastened t.
self upon me first began Still I Thought
nothing of j.: that prebsblv AAa
taken . cold which would soon
pass away Short .;,or this I noticed
y heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain in one
side of my head, but ~ it would come one day
aud be Eona the nest l paid little attention, te
| It, Then my Stomach would ret 0tit IT order
tn$ ss ts2a S4tsR fs,sa " sa af!s'S &
s!cian, a;d not think that these things meant
anything serious fancied was suffering
from malaria and doctored my self according
ly But got no better next noticed = pecu-
; liar color and odor about the fluid I was pass
day and very little the next, and that persist
: ent froth and scum appeared upon the eur
face, and sediment settled. And yet I did
not realzo my danger, for indeed seeing these
symphonic continually. I finally became acc,is=
tGmeS to thsr h, H. End my st3picon w.' Wholly
Affected organs Or in their Vicinity. Why I
should have been so blind cannot understand.
consulted the hest Hle,lical skill in the land.
visited all the.fanied mineral Springs lii ,ApbFr
lea and Travelled from Maine to California. Still
grew worse or ~ No tE9 nhssician. agreed As t9
spinal irritation; another, dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility; an
other, congestion Of the base Of the brain; and
| so OH through long list of common diseases,
.lAo y"PtoHio " Hauy VI WHICH really mao
In this way several years passed, during which
time was steadily ; growing worse. NY condi
ten had really become pitiable The slight
symptoms at first exper erienced were de-
veloped into terrible and constant dis
9rae'' 9e% m 70 @ Ssset peund had Gse1 lite reduced
burden to myself and friends Icould retain
no food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections. was living mass Of pain. Ny
pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony I fire.
and prayed for death. Morphine had little OF
no effect in sleAlgning the pain: For sii days
and nights had the death premoiiitory hic-
cotishs constantly: My water was filed with
tube casts and albumen. l was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stages
While suffering thus received call from
my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, at that time rec
tor of St Paul's Episcopal church, of this CITY,
felt that 1t was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation DR.. Foote detailed to
me the many remarkable cures Of cases like
my own which had come under his observation;
ny rheims Of REMEDY, which he urged me to
try AS a practicing physician and graduate
of the schools, derided tho idea Of any mod
icine outside the regular channels being in the
least beneficial So soliGitious, however,, was
DR.; Foote, that l finally promised would
waive my prejudice. l began its use on tho
first day of June, 1881, and took it according to
directions. At first it sickened me; but this l
thought was = good sign for one in my de-
the sickening sensation departed and 1ss L.
hally able to retain food upon my stomach. In
few days noticed decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends. Ny
hiccoughs ceased and l experienced less pain
than formerly: was so rejoiced 1T this i'm
proved condition that, upon what l had be-
lieved a few days before was my dying bed, I
vowed, in the presence of my family and
friends, should recover would both public
ly and privately make known this remedy for
the >od of humanity. wherever and whenever
ment of that vow. My improvement was con-
slant from that time, and in less than three
came entirely free from pain and believe I
owe my life and present condition wholly to
Waruer's Safe Cure, tho remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly REIN
vestigated the subject of kidney difficulties and
Brights disease, and the truths developed arc
astounding therefore state, deliberately, and
as physician, that believe more than one-half
by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may
sound like rash statement but am prepared
to fully verify it Bnght's disease has no dis
tinctive symptoms of its own, Cndeed, it often
develops without any pain whatever in the kid
neys % or their vieinity,) but has the symptoms Of
tlreds of people die daily, whose burals are au-
thorized by physician's certificate a. occur
ring from Heart Disease" "Apoplexy, 'Par-
alysls," Spinal complaint" 'Rheumatism." )"
"Pneumonia," and other common complaints.
when in reality It is from Bright's disease OF
the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer peo-
pie, realize the extent Of this disease or its
dangerous and insidous nature. 1t steals in
to the system like thief, manifests it's presence
if at all by the commonest symptoms and
fastens itself upon the constitution before the
victim ls aware of it 1t is nearly - hered-
itary as consumption. quite ae common and
fully As fatal Entire families, in
teriting 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 convulsions, ap-
oplexy or heart disease. As one who has suf-
fered, and knows by bitter experience what
he says, 1lmplore every one who reads these
words not to neglect the slightest symptoms Of
kidney difficulty. Certain agony and proba-
bio death will be the sure result Of such neg
lect and no ono can afford to hazard such
chances.
am aware that such an unqualified state
ment az this, coming flom NO. known 40 am
throughout the entire land as ! practitioner and
lecturer, will arouse the surprise and possible
animosity of the medical profession aud aston
ish all with whom I am acquainted, but I make
the foregoing statements based upon facts
which l am prepared to produce and truths
which can substantiate to the letter. The
welfare of those who may possibly be suffer-
ers such as was, is an ample inducement for
me to take the step have and if can success
fully warn others from the dangerous path in
which once walked, am willing to endure all
professional and personal consequence.