The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1886-01-28
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
PHYSICIAN PRESENrs SOME
sEARrAING FACTS.
Can Il he th.s the Dagger Inai..tsa !.
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The following storY-which is Attrsct.
ng considerable attention from she q
sress-is 80 remarkable that we cannot II
:xcuse ourselves If we do not Law il be- s.
lore our readers ennre:
10 the Editor of tie Rochester IN. "
Democrat I
SIR:-Oa the first day Of June, 1881, | e
lay Al my Residence 10 Inls city surround /;
ed BY MY lrlenus aud waiting Tor death.
Heaven only Knows the sgooy then en-.
IoIed, Tor ~Urus eau never describe Il.
And Vel, Il u lew years previous any one
had told me that was 10 be brought so
low, and by So terrible = disease,
should have scofted II the idea. had
always been uncommOnIy strung ana
healthy, aud weighed oyer TWO Hundred
pounds, and hardly knew, in my own
sADeTleuce, What pain OF sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement EeAlize at times they are un-
ue1Aliy tired and cannot account for II.
ihey feel uulI pains In various parts OF
the body and do not understand why. Or
A4OJ ale SAINe~.Ls hungry one day aud
ntIIeiy without appetite the next. This
Ras just The way felt when the relenI-
less maiady which had fastened itself /
upon me first began. Sui l thought /
,othing OF II; that probably had taken /
cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly alter this l nOtIced q heavy. and |
i times neuIalgic, pain in one side OF |
my head, but az Il would come one day |
nj be gone the next paid little atten- |
ION 10 II Then my stomach would get |
ut Of order ana my food often tsiled TO
INCEST, causing al TIMES great inconven-
ence. 1tt, as physician, ! did not
think these thiDgs meant anything seri-
GUS. fancied was suffering from ma
| larIa, aud docsOred myself accordingly
| But got NO betIeF. I next noticed =
| peculiar culor and udor about the fluids
| was passlng-also that there were
large Quantities one DAY and very little
the next aud that u persistent frOIh and
| scum appeared upon the surface and q
sediment settled. And yet / did not re-
allze my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my sus-
piciOn was wholly dlsarmed by the fact
that had no pain in the sffecled organs
Oh In their vicinity. Why ] should
have been SO blind l cannot understand
1 consulted the best medical skill in
the land. visited all the famed min
erai spIings in AmerIcS and Travelled
from Maine TO California. SnIl l grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as 10
my malady. One eaId was troubled
with spinal lrriIatiOD, another, dysptp-
STA; another, heart disease; another,
geperal debility another, congestion of
the base of The brain and SD on through
long list ct common diseases, the
symptoms of many of witch / really
had. In this way several years passed,
during whIoh time l was steadily grow
ing ws'rse. My condition had really be-
come plIiabie. The slight symptoms
| a ElrRf daualnf.s n inNO
terrible aud constant disorders. Ny
weight had bfen reduced from 207 20 $50
pounds. My lite was q burden TO my
self and friends l could retain no food
! on my stomach, and lived wholly by H.
. jections. l was living mass of pain
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my
agony frequently fell to the floor anC
clutched the carpet and prayed foI
2 death! Morphine had little or no effect
In deadeniDg the pain. For six days
and nights / had the death premonItory
! hiccoughs constantly! My water wsi
|. filed with Iube-casts and albumen.
u was struggling with Brights Disease o.
the kidneys in its last stages!
While suffering thus / received a cal
from my pastor. the Rev. DR.. FOOte, a
e that time rector of St. Paul's EpiscO-
pal church, of this city. l felt that i
was our last interview, but In the couTtt
of conversation DR.. FoUie detailed Il
e me the many remarkable cures OF case
r like my OWN which had come under hi
!. observation. As pfactiGiBg physician
and graduate of the schools, derideC
the idea of any medicine outside tn
b regular channels being 10 the least bene
p fetal. So sOlicitnus, however, was Dr
| FOote. that / finally promised l Womb
waive my predjudice. i began It's U.S.
on the first Gay of June. 1881, aud tool
o 1t according to directions. at first 1
o sickened me; but this I thought was
good sign for one in my debIlILAted con
dition. i continued to take 1t; the sick
Q eDin9 sensation departed and i wal
= finally able to retain iOcd up
e on my stomach. In few
days mott ed decided change for thu
better. as also did my wife and friends
My hicc0u ms ceased and experienced
less pain Al formerly. ! was so re-
3 ioiced at thia improved condition thst
| upon what / had believed but q few
days before wss my dying bed. vowed
l. in the presence of my family and friends
!. should / ever recover would both puh
? llcly and privately make known Ihii
remedy for the good of humanity, wher
ever and whenever I had an oppOrtuni
", and ihi- letter is In fuif1hment al
e that vow. My improvement was ION
D. eldbb tubb III sceo tudI
| three N lnths i han ia ned twenty.sI1
pounds in flesh. !.,-,ame entirely fret
2 from pain and believe l owe my lift
!, and present condition wholly to War
| ner's safe cure, the remedy which
used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
1 re-invesligated the subject of kidney
difficulties ald Brighrs disease, and thI
4 truths developed are astounding.
. therefore state. deliberately, and as
u physician, that believe that more thai
one-half the deaths which occur II
America are caused by BrIRht's diseae'
L rash statement, bit 1 am prepared Il
' verify It fully. Bright's disease has M
distinctive features of its Owl, (IEdeed 4
!. often develops ~ithout any pain what
ever in the kidneys or THAR Vicinity
, bnt has the symptoms of nearly ever
other common complaint. Hundreds d
people die daily, whose burials are su
thorized by phYsicisn's certificate 81
occurring from Heart Disease. Apo
/ plexV, Paralysis. Spinal Complsint
rheumatism, Pneumonia, and the
1 | other common complain's, WI eE
In reality II Is from Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys. Few physicie ne
and fewer people. realize the extent Oi
this disease or its dangerous or insidi
Gus nature. II steals iutO the system
like thief, menIfests its presence II Al
all BY the commonest symptoms and
fastens itself in the constitution before
the victim is aware of it 1t is nearly
as hereditary as consumption. quite as
common and fully a. fatal. EotIre fam
lilies, inheriting from their ancestors.
have died and yet none of their
number knew or realized the uayeteFi-
Gus power which was removing them.
Instead of common symptoms it often
shows none whatever, but brings death
| suddenly. from convnlsions, spoplexy or
hear disease.
As one who hes Suffered, and knows
by bitter experience what he says i'm
ploie every one who reads these words
not to n. glect the slightest symptoms of
kidney difficulty. No one can afford t.
hazard such chances
make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which can substantive 70
the letter The welfare OF those who
mSy M sibiy be sufferers such as was
/ Is an ample ipducement for me to eske
the sieD I have, ard If can sue
eessfuliy warn others from The danger
ous psfb Ia which once walked, aL0
Wiling to endure ali the professional
| and peFeonal CO Dsequences-
/ J. b. HFETOE, N. ID.
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