The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1885-02-05
a THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan
ger and Providential Escape.

wide attention from the press-is so re-
markable that we can not excuse ourselves
if we do not lay it before our readers, even
though its length would dohinarily pre-
clude its admission to our limited space.
TO the Editor Rochester IN. " Democrat:
SIR-Cn the first day of June, 1881, i lay
at my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony l then endured, for
words can never describe it. And Vet, if
few years previous any one had told me
that was to be brought so low, and by so
terrible disease, l should have scoffed at
the idea / had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, in my own ex-
perience, 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.
They feel dull pains in various parts of the
body and do not understand it Or they
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 l had taken a cold which
would soon pass away. Shortly after this
l 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,
l paid little attention to it. Then my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed to digest, causing at
times great inconvenience Yet, even as
physician, l did not think that these
things meant anything serious. l fancied
1 was suffering from malaria and doctored
myself accordingly. But l got no better.
l next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids l was passing-alsO that
there were large quantities one day and
a IA hat
froth and scum appeared upon the surface,
and q sediment settled. And yet l did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my sus-
piciOn was wholly disarmed by the fact
that l had no pain in the affected organs
or in their vicinity. Why / should have
been so blind l can not understand.
l consulted the best medical skill in the
land. | visited all the famed mineral
springs in America and Travelled from
Maine to California. Still | grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as to my mala-
dy. Che 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 long list of
common diseases, the symptoms of many
of which really had. In this way sever
al years passed, during which time l was
had really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms l at first experienced were de-
veloped into terrible and constant disor-
ders. My weight had been reduced from
POI to 80 pounds. My life was a burden
to myself and friends. l could retain no
food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections. was a living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
l frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
phine 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 received call
from my pastor, Rev. DR.. Foote, at that
time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
of this city. l felt that it was our last in
terview, but in the course of conversation
DIR. Foote detailed to me the many remark
able cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation, by means of a
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 solicitouS, however,
was DR.. Foote, that l finally promised l
would waive my prejudice. l began its
use the 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 deGiitated condition. ! contin-
ued to take it: the sickening sensation de-
parted and 1 was finally able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days l
noticed decided change for the better, as
also did my wife and friends. My hic-
coughs ceased and l experienced less pain
than formerly. l was so rejoiced at this
improved condition that, upon what | be-
Il hnf<,, lx-i,,
bed, vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends, should recover l would both
publicly and privately make known this
remedy for the good of humanity,
wherever ard whenever l had an oppOr-
tunity, and this letter is in fulfillment of
that vow. My Improvement was constant
from that time, and in less than three
months l had gained twenty-six pounds in
flesh, became entirely free from pain, and
l believe | owe my life and present condi-
ton wholly TO Warmers Safe Cure, which
remedy used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject of kidney difficult
ties and Gright's disease, and the truths
developed are astounding. l therefore
state, deliberately, and as q physician,
that | believe more than ORc-hGlf the deaths
aChjch occur in ADerfcd are caused by
Bright's disease Of the kidneys. This may
sound like a rash statement, but L am pre-
pared 10 July verify IL. DTlSHOS uiSedSe
has no distinctive symptoms of its own lin
deed, it 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 burials arc author
lied by physicians certificate as occur
ring from Heart Disease" 'Apoplexy,"
Paralysis" "Spinal Complaint" ''Rheu-
matisn," -" Pneumonia" and other COM
mon complaints, when in reality it is from
BTight'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 system
like thief, manifests its presence II at all
by the commonest symptoms and fastens
itself upon the constitution before the vic
tim is aware of it. 1t is nearly as heredi-
tary as consumption, 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, apo
pieXy or heart disease. As one who has
suffered, and knows by bitter experience
what he says, l implore everyone who
reads these words not to neglect the slight
est symptoms of kidney difficulty. Certain
agony and probable death will be the sure
result of such neglect, and no one can af-
ford to hazard such chances.
l am aware that such an unqualified
statement as this, coming from me, known
as | am throughout the entire land as a
practitioner and lecturer, viii arouse the
surprise and possible luminosity of the
medical profession and astonish all with
whom 1 am acquainted. but l make the
foregoing statements based upon facts
which am prepared to produce and truths
which l can substantiate TO the letter. The
welfare of those who may possibly be suf-
ferers such as l was, is an ample induce
ment for me to take the step have, and Il.
can successfully warn others from the