Daily Republican., 1885-01-24
ArARILLING ExPERIEsCE
Remarkable statement Of Pesss nal
Danger and PsOvidenaial Escape.

Danger and PS0v1denlial Escape.
The following (which is At
tracing wide attention from the press
is 30 remarkable that we cannot ex.
cuse ourselves II we do not lay 1t before
our readers, even though It's length
would ordinarily preclude its admis-
si0n TO our limited space.
To the Editor Rochester IN. "
Democrat
SIR On the first day Of June, 1881,
lay at my residence In this city sur.
rounded by my friends and waiting
tor death. Heaven only knows the
agony ] then endured, for words can
never describe It, And yet. II few
years previous any one hal told Inc
that j was to be brought no low, and by
30 terrible disease, l should have
sccffed at the idea. had "a ways been
unoommoiily 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 unusually
tired and cannot account for II.
They feel dull pains In various parts
OF the body and do not understand 1t.
Or they are entirely hungry one day
and entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way felt when the
relentless malady which bad fastened
itself upon me first began. Still
thought nothing OF 1t that probably /
had taken cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this noticed
q heavy, and At times neuralgia, pain
In one side Of my head, but as 1t 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 10 digest, causing ut
times great Inconvenience. Yet, even
as q physician, l did not think that
these things meant any hing serious.
fancied l WAS suffering from malaria
and doctored myself accordingly. But
l got no better. | next noticed q pecu.
liar color and odor about the fluids
was passiDg-alsO that there were large
quantities one day and very little the
next, and that u persistent frOth and
scum appeared upon the surface, and .
. sediment settled. And yet | did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, | became
accustomed to them, and my suspicion
WAS wholly disarmed by the fact that
their vicinity. Why | sh0u Id have
been 30 blind ] cannot understand.
l consulted the best me dical skill in
the land. visited all the famed min.
eral springs in America and Travelled
from Maine to California. Still I grew
worse. No two ply sicians agreed u. to
my malady. One sad was troubled
with spinal irritation another, dys-
tNansta .t,a
other, general debility another, ,conges.
tioD of the base of the brain aod 80 on
through .ong list of common diseases,
the =. mptoms of many of which really
had. In this way several years passed
during which time was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really
become pitiable. The slight symptoms
| at first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disorders
My weight had been reduced from 207
to 1870 pounds. My life was a burden
to myself and friends. l could retain
wholly by injections. | was living
mass OF pain. My pulse was uDcon
trollable. In my agony / 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
deatb-premonitory hiccoughs constant
ly. My water was filled with tube
casts and alhumen. l was struggling
with Bright's Disease of the kidneys in
its last stages
While suffering thus received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, at
that time rector of st. Pauls Episcopal
church, of this city. l felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course OF
conversation Dr. Foo,e detailed To me
the many remarkable cures of ca.es
Ike my own which came under his OBJ
servatiun, by means of a remedy, which
he urged me TO try. Az a practicing
ph hysician and grad uate Of the schools,
/ derided the idea OF any medicine out
side the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitious, how.
ever, WAS DIR. FoOte, that / finally
promis 1 would waive my prejudice.
| begun its use on the first day OF June
1881 and took 1t according to directions,
AT first IL sickened me but this
thought was good sign for one In my
debilitated condition. | continued to
take 1t the sickening sensation depart
ed and WAS finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In few days i
noticed decided change for the better,
as also did my wife aud friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and experienced less
pain than formerly. i was 30 rejoiced
AT this improved condition that, upon
what had believed but few days oe-
fore WAS my dying bed, vowed, in the
presence OF my family and friends.
shou Id | recover l would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good OF humanity, whe- ever and
whenever | had an opportunity, and
this letter IL in fulhllment 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 believe !
owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Cure. the
remedy which used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly
re- In vestigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Blight's disease, and
the truths developed are astonishing.
therefore state, deliberately, and as a
that l believe more than
one half the deaths which occur IN
America are caused by Bright's disease
of the kidneys. This may sound like a
rash statement, but l am prepared 10
fully verify IL. Bright's disease has no
symptoms of its own, Un-
deed, II often develops without any pain
whatever In the kidneys or their vicini-
ty), but has tie symphonic Of nearly
every other common complaint. Hun
dreds Of people die daily, whose bnriaIs
are authorized by physician's certifi-
cate as occurring from Heart Dis.
ease" "Apoplexy," Paralysis"
" Spinal Complaint" rheumatism,
Pneumonia," and other common cem-
plants, when in reality it IL from
BriRht's disease of the kidneys. Few
ply ysicians, and fewer people, realize |