The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1885-02-07
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dam
ger and Providentlal Escape.


clude its admission to our limited space.
10 the Editor Rochester On. " Democrat:
SIR-On the first day of June, 1881, l lay
AT my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony / then endured. for
words can never describe it. And yet, if
a Few years previous any one had told me
that was to be brought so low, and by SO
terrible disease, | should have scoffed at
the Idea. had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over zoe
pounds and hardly knew, in my own ex-
perlence, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and can not account for il.
Ihey feel dull pains in various parts of the
body and do not understand it. Or thew
are exceedingly hungry one day and en-
tirely without appetite the next. This was
just the way | felt when the relentless
malady which had fastened itself upon me
first began. Still | thought nothing of it:
that probably had taken cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after this
L noticed heavy, and at times neuralgic.
pain In one side of my head, but as it
would come one day and be gone the next,
1 paid little attention to it. Then NV
stomach would get out of order and nv
food often failed to digest, causing at
times great Inconvenience. Yet, even as a
physician, l did not think that these
things meant anything serious. l fancied
was suffering from malaria and doctored
myself accordingly. But | got no better.
next noticed peculiar color and odor
about the fluids l was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that q persistent
roth and scum appeared upon the surface,
and sediment settled. And yet did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my sus-
Piclon was wholly disarmed by the fact
that had no pain in the affected organs
or In their vicinity. Why / should have
been so blind | can not understand
consulted the best medical skill in the
land. l 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 mala-
dy. One said l was troubled with spinal
irritation: another, dyspepsia; another,
heart-disease; another. general debility
brain; and so on through long list of
common diseases, the symptoms of many
OF which l really had. In this way sever
al years passed, during which time l was
steadily growing worse. NV condition
had really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms | at first experienced were de-
| veloped into terrible and constant disor-
ders. My weight had been reduced from
2OI to 13O pounds. My life was burden
to myself and friends. | could retain no
| food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
| injections. was living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
phlne had little or no effect in deadening
the pain. For six days and nights l had
| the death premonitory hiccoughs CONSTANT
ly. 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 1 received call
from my pastor, Rev. DR.. Foote, at that
time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
| of this city. felt that it was our last in
terview, but in the course of conversation
DR.. Foote detailed to me the many remark
able cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation, by means OF q
remedy which he urged me to try. AS a
practicing physician and graduate of the
schools, | derided the idea of any medicine
outside the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solcitous, however
was DR.. Foote, that | finally promised
would waive my prejudice. / began its
use the first day of June, 1881, and took il
according to directions. At first it sickeneC
me; but this thought was good sign fol
one in my debilitated condition. | contin'
ued to take it; the sickening sensation de-
parted and | was finally able to retair
food upon my stomach. In a few days
noticed decided change for the better, a!
also did my wife and friends. My hic
coughs ceased and l experienced less pair
than formerly. | was so rejoiced ut this
improved condition that, upon what | be-
lieved but few days before was my dying
bed vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should / recover would bott
publicly and privately make known thi
! remedy for the good of humanity
wherever and whenever ] had an oppor'
tunity, and this letter is in fulfllment Of
that VOW. My improvement was constan
from that time, and in less than tire,
months | had gained twenty six pounds IL
flesh, became entirely free from pain, anC
believe | owe my life and present condi
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, which
remedy | used. .... t.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly re
nvestigated the subject of kidney Difficult
ties and Bright's disease, and the truth
developed are astounding. | therefor
state, deliberately, and as a physician
that believe more than One-hdG the death
1chich occur In AInericd are caused D.
Bright'S disease Of the kidReyS. This ma.
sound like rash statement, Dut am pre-
pared to fully verify it. Bright's diseas
has no distinctive symptoms of its own lin
deed, it often develops without any pal
whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity,
but has the symptoms of nearly ever.
other common complaint Hundreds O
people die daily, whose burials are author
lied by physicians certificate as Occur
ring from Heart Disease" "Apoplexy,
! "Paraiy SIS" "Spinal Complaint" "Rheu
matisnl," Pneumonia" and other com
mon complaints, when in reality it is fror
Bright's disease of the kidneys Few ply
sicians, and fewer people, realize the ex
tent of this disease or its dangerous and in
sidious nature. 1t steals into the syster
like thief, manifests its presence if at a
by the commonest symptoms and fasten
! itself upon the constitution before the vic
tim is aware of it. It is nearly as heredi
tary as consumption, quite as common an
! fully as fatal. Entire families, inheritin
l it from their ancestors, have died. and ye
e none of the number knew or realized th
: mysterious power which was removin
: them. Instead of common symptoms
n often shows none whatever, but bring
death suddenly, from commissions, ape
plexy or heart disease. AS one who hs
; | al Inv lstfor