The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1885-02-13

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so remarkable that we eau
not excuse ourselves II we do not lay |
It before our readers, even though It's
length would ordinarily preclude It's
admission TO our limited space.
To ths Editor Rochester tN. ~ Democrat
Sir.-on the flrst cay OF June, 1881
I lay at my residence In this city
surrounded by my friends and walt
Ing for death. Heaven only knows
the agony then endured, for words
can never describe II. And yet, II q
fsw years previous any one had told
me that / was 10 bo be brought so
low, and by 80 terrible disease, ]
should have scoffed at tho Idea. /
had always been uneemmonly strong
and healthy, and weighed over 200
pounds aud hardly knew, In my ex-
perienee, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realizs at times that they
are usually tired and cannot account
for II. They feel dull pains In var
ious parts of the body and do not un-
derstand II. Or they ore exceedingly
hungry ono day and entirely without
appetite the next. This was just the
way I felt when the relentless malady
which had fastened ileelf upon me
first began. Still ! thought nothing
Of II; that probably l had taken
cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this I noticed heavy.
aud at times neuralgia, psin Ia one
side of my head, but rs II would
come one day and be gone the next
paid little attention t. Il. Then
my stomach would get out OF order
and my food often fail digest, causing
Ing at times great Inconvenience. Yet,
even as a physician, / did not think
that these things meant anything SER
ious. | fancicd was suffering from
malaria aud doctored myself accord
iugly. But | 60, no better. | next
noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids was passing-a:so
that there we're large quantities one
day and very little tho next, and that,
a persistent fsolh and scum appeared
upon the surface, and q sediment
settled. And yet did not realize
my danger, fer, lndeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, Orally be-
came accustomed TO them, aud my
suspicion was wholly dIsarred by the
fact that had no pain In the sfFect-
ed organs or Ia their vlcinIly. Why
[ should have been so blind / cannot
understand.
consulted tho best medical skill
In the land. visited all the famed
mineral springs Ia America and tssv-
eled from Maine 20 California. Stlll
grew worse, No two physIcIans
agreed as TO my malady. One said
I was troubled with spinal irritation;
another dyspepsia; another heart
disease; another general debility; an.
other congestion o. the base OF the
brain; and so on through long Ilst
of common diseases, the symptoms o
which really had. In this way
several years passed, during which
:lme was steadily growing worse
Ny condition had really become pitIa
BILE. The slight symptoms l at frs
experienced werc developed into ter
rible and constant disorders. My
weight had been reduced from 90,
TO 100. Ny lie was burden to my
self and friends, could rtbaIn M
food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. / was living mass o
pain. Ny pulse was uncomfortable
In my agony / frequently fell 10 tht
floor and clutched the carpet, ant
prayed for death. Morphine hat
little or no effect in deadening thu
pain. For six days and nights / hat
the deaih-premonitory hiccoughs con
stantly. My water was filed with
tube-casts and albumen. was strug
Cling with BrIght's Disease OF the
kidneys In Its last stages!
While suffering thus received Q
call from my pastor, the Rev. DIR.
Foote, at the time rector of st. Paul't
Episcopal Church, OF this city. I fell
that 1t was our last interview, but In
course of the conversation DIR. Foote
detailed TO me the many remarkable
cures of cases Ike my own which had
come under his observation, by means
Of remedy, which he urged me tc
try. AS a practicing physician and O
graduate OF the schools, l derided the
idea of any medicine outside the reg
ular channels being In the least bone.
fetal. So solicitous, however was
DIR. Foote, that / finally promised ]
would waive my prejudice. began
It's use oD the first day of June, 1881,
and took 1t according to directions.
AT first 1t sickened me; but this
thought was good sign for one In