Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1885-02-06
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
remarkable Statement OF Personal
t'snger and Providential Escape.


u ourselves if we do not Law it before
our readers, even though its length
, oui ordinarily preclude ats admission
to ur limited space.
To the Editor Rochester IN W Demo.
crdt:
SIR,-0n the first day of June, 1881.
l lay at my residence in this city SUI
rounded by my friends and waiting fo7
death. Heaven only kRows tie agony
then endured, for words can never de-
scribe it. And yet, il few years pre-
yious any oSe had told me that was to
&c brought SO low, and by so terrible q
sisease, l should have Scoffed st the
dea. | had always been uncommonly
trong and healthy, aud weighed over
goo p lnnds and hardly knew, in my own
experience. what pain or sickness were
Very many people who viii read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and cannot account f.r
it They feel dull PAINS in various
| q Is OF the body and do not under
stand il. Or they are exceedingly hu +
gty enc day ard entirely without p
petite the next. This was just the wa,
felt when the relentless malady viii +
had fastened itself ~ me fist beg.
>tlll thought nothin of Is; that prob
IDLY l rad taken Il cold which woui
soon pass away. 81 ortly eft.r this
noticed heavy, and at times neural.
GAIN IN one side of my head, but as
would come enc day aud be gone ia
reIt, L Paid little attention to it. The,
nay stomach would get out CT order sn
my food often failed to digest causp
times great Inconvenience. y,
ven as physician, did not think tn
,~se things meant anything ssrio"
f. ncied was sutfc'ing from malar
m d1ctored myself cordingly. bu
st no better. Intxt noticed a ,
Vii # color ard door about the fiuid
a. passug-aiss tina there were iars
quaultites one Gay and very lite
"' Xt, and that a Eer,i3tlrt froth 49,
cum appeared upon the surface, sni
edmeat settled. And yet did no. !.
e my danger, for, indee }, seeing to
r!np,om. continually, finally II
u>tomed TO them, and my sus,
wholly disaraled BY the fact h
Il 10 pam in the affected orsaI : o
heir vicinity. Why | ,hould have ha
id cannot uud> rstand.
consulted the best medical skill i
h land. l visited all the fames mir.
= | springs in America and trav. le,t
fr IN Maine to California. Still l grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as to
~ malady. One said l WAS troubled
nh spinal irritation; another, dyspep
si,; aaother heart disease; another, geh
ERA debility; another congestion of the
has of the brain; and so ON through :
long list of commep diseases, the sSmr
toms of many of which l really !, d
In this way several years passed, during
which time | was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become
p;tiable. The slight symptoms at f.s
| experienced were developed into tee
ribie and constant disorders. My weigl t
had been reduced from 207 to 1870
pounds. My life was burden to my
self and friends. / could retain no food
ON nay stomach, and lived wholly by in
ieCtions. l was a living mass of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my
agony frequeetly fell to the fl or and
ciutched the carpc'. md prayed for
d, ath. Morphine ha .rtle or no effect
IN deadening the pair. For six days and
nights had the death premonitory HE
coughs constantly. My water was fill, d
with tube casts AM albumen. was
otrGga ling with Briah'S Disease of this
kidneys iu its last stlg,s!
While suffering thu received a call
| that time rector of ST. Paurs Episcopal
| Chuich, of this city. l felt that it was
| our last interview. ut in the course Of
converse ion DIR. Foote detailed to M
| he many rem u kable cures of case like
my own viii Ii had come under his Oh.
| nv tor, by means of rem 'dy, which
he ur e Il me to trv. AS p ! racticiH :
| physician and a graduate of the schools.
derided the idea of any medicine out
SHE the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitous, however,
was Dr. Foote, that finally promised l
would waive my prejudice. / begas its
use on the first day of June, 1881, and
took it according to directions At first
It sickened me; but this l thought was
a good sign for one in my debilitat~d
condition. l continued to take it; the
slckening sensation departed and l was
| finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In a few Gays 1 noticed a
decided change for the better, as also
nay wife and friends. My hiccoughs
ceased and l eXpei iencod less pain than
formerly. 1 was so rejoiced at this i'm
proved condition that, upon what l had
believed but few days before was my
dying bcd, l vowed, in the presence OF
NY ldIHI1y IIlFHfS,
III would both publicly and privately
MAKE known this remedy for the good
of humanity, wherever and whenever
had an oppor unity, and this letter is In
iufillment of that VOW. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and
in less than three alonths | had gained
20 pounds in flesh, became entirely free
from rain and l believe l owe my life
aud present condition wholly to War
ner's Safe Cure, the remedy which
used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. l
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician, that believe more than one
half the deaths aChich occur in America
are caused by Brights deSedSe of the
kidneys. This may sound like rash
statement, but l am prepared to fully
verify it. Bright's disease has no distinc-
tive symptoms of its own -iAdee9. it
often develops without any pain what
ev.r in the kidneys or their vicinity,
but has the symptoms of nearly every
other common complaint. Hundreds of
people die daily. whore burials are au-
thorize1 by physicians certificate as
occurring from "Heart Disease, ""Apop.
lexy," Paralysis" Spinal Complaint"
Rheumatism, ''Pneumonia," and other
common complaints, when in reality i:
from Brisht's disease of the kidneys.
Few physisians, and fewer people, real
ize the extept of this disease or it, dan
gerous and insidious nature. 1t steals
into the system like thief, manifests
IS presence if at all by the commonest
symptoms and fastens itself upon the
Constitution before the victim is aware
of it. 1t is nearly as hereditary as con.
sumption, quite as common and fully
as fatal. Entire families, inheriting it
from their ancestors, have died, and
yet none of the number know or realiz-
ed the mysterious power which was re-
moving them. Instead of common
symptoms 1t often shows none whatever.
hut brings death suddenly, from con-
vuIsions, apoplexy or heart disease. As
"De who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, implore
every one who reads these words not to
neglect the slightest symptoms of kid
ney difficulty. Certain agony and
probable death will be the sure result of
such neglect, and no one can afford to
haZ ard such chances.
l am aware that such an unqualified
statement as this, coming from me,
known a. / ana throughout the entire
land as practitioner and lecturer will