Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1886-02-05
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
a Physician Presents Some Startling
Facts.

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wide attention from the press-is so re-
markable that we can not excuse ourselves
II we do not lay it before our readers en-
tire:
10 The Editor Of the Rochester Nv. " Demo-
crat.
SIR:-On the first day of June, 1881, Ilay
Al 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 yet, if a
Few years previous any one had told me
that was to be brought SO low, and by SO
terrible q disease, l should have scoffed at
tne IDEA. had always been uncommonly
pounds, and hardly knew, in my W ex-
perience, what pain Or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times they are unusually tired
pains in various parts of the body and do
not understand why. Or they are exceed
ingly hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next. This was just the way 1
felt when tho relentless malady which had
thought nothing Of it; that probably had
taken q cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this l noticed a heavy, and6t
times neuralgia, pain in II 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
q physician, did not think that these
things meant anything serious. Ifancied I
was suffering from malaria and doc
tored myself accordingly. But 1 got no bet
ter. l next noticed a peculiar color and
odor about the fluids l was passing-also
that there were large quantities one day
and very little the next, and that a persist
face, and u sediment settled. And yet l did
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l finally be-
came accustomed to them, inc my suspi-
I had mo pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why l should have been SO
blind l can not understand!
l consulted the best medical skill in the
land. l visited all the famed mineral springs
in America and travelled from Maine to
California. Still l grew worse. No two ply
sicians agreed as to my malady. One said
I was troubled with spinal irritation; an
other, dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
another, general debility; another, con-
through a long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of many. of which I 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 1 at first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Ny weight had been reduced
from 2O7 to 1876 pounds. MY life was a bur-
den to myself and friends. could retain
no food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. / was q living mass of pain.
Ny pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
I frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayedfordeath! Morphine
had little or no effect in d~eadeningth pain.
For six days and nights l hadthe denth-pre
monitory hiccoughs constantly! My water
was filled with tube-caSts and albumen. I
was struggling With Bright's Disease of the
kidneys in it's last stages!
While suffering thus I received q call
from my pastor, tho Rev. DR.. Foote, at that
time rector Of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
of this city. I felt that it was our last in
teryiew, but in the course of converse
ton DR.. Foote detailed to me The
many remarkable cures of cases
like my own which had come under
his observation. AS q practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, I dcrided the
idea of any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least beneficial: So
solicitous, however, was DR.. Foote, that I
finally promised 1 would waive my preju-
dice. began its use on the first day of
June, 1881, tnd took it according to direc.
tons. At first it sickened me; but this I
bilitated CONDITION. Ycontinued to take it;
the sickening sensation departed and 1 was
finally able to retain foo upon my stom-
change for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I
experienced less pain than formerly. I
was SO rejoiced at this improved condition
frecover, 1 would both publicly and pri-
vately make known this remedy for
b good of humanity, wherever and
whenever I had an Opportunity, and this
letter is in fulfllment Of thatvow. My i'm
and in less than three months 1 had gained
2G pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain and | believe l owe my life and pres
emit condition wholly to Warmers safe cure,
the remedy which l used.
Since my recovery lhave thoroughly re-
Investigated the subject of kidney difficult
ties and Bright's disease, and the truths de-
veloped are astounding. therefore state,
deliberately, and as . physician, that I be-
lieve more than one-half the deaths achich occur
the Kidneys. This may sound like a rash
statement, but 1 nm prepared to verify it
fully. Bright's disease has no distinctive
features of its own, Gndeed, it often devel-
ops without any pain whatever in tho kid
neys or their vicinity, but has the symp-
plant. Hundreds of people die daily,
whose burials arc authorized by a physi-
Clans certificate as occurring from Heart
Disease" "Apoglexy, Paralysis, ''"Spinal
and the other common complaints, when in
reality it is from Bright's disease of the
kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer peo-
pie, realize the extent of this disease or it's
dangerous and insidious nature. 1t steals
into the system like a thief, manifests it's
presence if at all by the commonest symp-
toms and fastens itself in the constitution
before the victim is aware of it. 1t is near
ly as hereditary as consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal. Entire fami-
lies 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 symp-
toms it often shows none whatever, but
brings death suddenly, from commissions,
apoplexy or heart disease.
AS ono who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, 1 implore
every one who reads these words not tx
neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney
difficulty. No one can afford to hazard
such chances.
I make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which I can s~ubstantiate tt the
letter. The v elfaro of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such as I was is an ample
inducement for me to take the step I have,
ard if I can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which Ionce walked,
I am willing to endure all the professional
and personal consequences.
3. HENIoN, M. D..
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec. 50.