Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1885-02-07

ing VIDE attention from the pr6Es-Is SO
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves # We do not lay it before our
leaders even thoughts length would or
dlnaFlly preclude its admission to our
limited space.
20 TIE Ed5tor Roekss,sr ~. ~ Dsmoerak.
SR;-On the first day Of June 1881, I
lay sc my residence In this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony /
tnen endured for words can never de-
scribe It. And yet, if q few years pre-
vlous any one had told me that was 70
be brought so low, and by so terrible
disease, i should have sCOfted at the idea.
mad always been uncOmmOnly strong
ana Reality, and weighed over 200
pounds and hardly knew, in my own eZ-
perlence, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who viii read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and cannot account for
1t. They feel dull pains in various parts
Of the body and DO not understand it.
Or they are exceedingly hungry one day
and entirely without appetite the next
This was just the way felt when the re-
lentless malady which has fastened itself
upon me first began. Still I thought
nothing OF it; that probably / had taken
cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed a heavy, and
at times neuralgia, pain In one side of
my head, but as it would come one day
and be gone the next, / paid little at
UentlOn to 1t. Then my stomach would
get ont OF order and my food often failed
70 digest; causing at times great lncOn-
Nenience. Yet, even as a physician, I
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. fancied I was suffer
INF from malaria and dOctored myself &C
cordingly. But / got no better. L next
noticed a peculiar color and OdOr about
the fluids was passing-alsO that there
We're large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that a persistent
roth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and a sediment settled. And yet 1
did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, i
finally became accustomed to them, and
my suspicion was wholly disarmed by
the fact that I had no pain IN the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why /
should have been so blind I cannot IN
derstand.
I consulted the best medical skill in
the land. visited all the famed miner
al springs in America and travelled from
Maine to California. Still I grew worse.
No two physicians agreed as to my mala-
DIV. One said / was troubled with spinal
irritation; another dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; general debility; another,
congestion Of the base of the brain; and
so on through a long list Of common dis
eases, the symptoms of many Of which !
really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time I was steadily
growing worse. My condition had really
become pitiable. The slight symptoms
/ at first experienced were developed into
terrible and constant disorders. My
a 70
pounds. My life was a burden to myself
and friends. I could retain no food on
my stomach, and lived wholly by iniec-
tIOns. / was a living mass Of pain. My
pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
I 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 I had
the death-premOnitOry hiccOughs con-
stantly. My water was filed with tube
casts and albumen. was struggling
with Bright's Disease Of the kidneys in
its last stages!
While thus 7 received a call from my
pastor, the Rev. DR.. FOOte, at that time
rector of st. Pauls Episcopal Church, of
this city. Ifelt that it was our last inter
view. but in the course Of conversation Dr.
FOOte detailed TO me the many remarka-
BILE cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation, by means Of
a remedy, which he urged me to try. As
q practicing physician and a graduate Of
the schools, / derided the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channels
being in the least beneficial. So solicit
GUS, however, was DR.. FOOte, that 1 f.
nally promised I would waive my preiu-
dice. I began its use on the first day Of
June, 1881, and took it according to de
rectiOns. At first it sickened me; but
this I thought was q good sign for
one in my debilitated condition. con-
tlnued to take it; the sickening sensa-
ton departed and I was finally able to
retain food upon my stomach. In a few
days 1 noticed a decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends.
My hicCOughs ceased and 1 experienced
less pain than formerly. was so re-
1o1ced at this improved condition that.
upon what I had believed but few days
before was my dying bed, 1 vowed, in
the presence Of my family and friends,
should recover 1 would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity, whatever and
whenever 1 had an opportunity, and
this letter is in fulfllment of that VOW.
My improvement was constant from that
time, and In less than three months I
had gained 26 pounds In flesh, became
6nLlr6Ly nee from PAIN Elu D516V6
owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the rem
edy which used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject Of kidney diff
hCulties and Bright's disease, and the
! truths developed are astounding. there
| fore state, deliberately, and as a physi-
clan, that I believe more than 07ls-b1If The
deaths lUlljcb occur jl9 ABIerjcG are caused
! 6g Bright disease Of the Kidneys. This may
seem ike a rash statement, but am pre-
pared to verify it. Bright's diseats has
no distinctive symptoms of its own, (in-
deed, il often develops without any pain
| whatever In the kidneys or their Vicini-
/ tv,) but has the symptoms Of nearly eve
/ " other common complaint. Hundreds
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