The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-19
TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A PHYSICIAN PRESENTS SOME
STARTLING FACTS.
Can 1t be That the Danger Indicated is
Universal.

feMRTkAple that We CANNOT excuse oul
selves il We do not lay |: before our read
ers entire;
TO TIE Editor sfAk ROaGter IN, " DtROtrut,
SIR;-0n the FIRST day Of June, 1881,
lay at my reaideuCs in this city surround
ed by my friends and waiting for death
Heaven only knows the agony | then en-
duTed, Tor words can never describe II
And yet, II q few years previous any on
had told me that | was to be brought 8
low, and by so terrible a disease, / shout
have acoIed at the idsa.' l had Away
been uncommonly strong and healthy
and weighed over 200 pounds, and hardl,
knew. in my own experience, what pail
or slckness were, Very many peopl
who will read this abatement realize a
tunes that they VI unusually tired AMI
cannot account forit. They feel dull pain
in various parts Of the body and do no
understand why, Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without up
petite the next. This was Just the way
felt when the relentless. mAlady which
had fastened itself upon ME frs
began. Still I thought nothing o
1T that probably | had taken a cole
which would seon pass away, Shortly
alter this l noticed Q heavy, and at timel
neuralgia, pain in one aide OF my head.
but as II would come one day and be gone
the next, l paid little attention to 1t. Then
my stomach would got out Of order and
my food often failed 10 digest, causing Al
times great inconvenience, Yet, even a.
u physician, | did not think that these
things meant anything serious. f2ncied
was suffering from malaria and doCEorsd
myself accordingly, But | got no better,
next noticed 3 peculiar color and odoI
about, the fluids | was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that q persistent
roth aud scum appeared upon the surface,
and a sediment settled. And yet | did
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l finally be-.
came accustomed 10 them, and my sus.
piCion was wholly disarmsd by the fact
that Ihad no pain In the affected organs or
in their vicinity. Why | should have
been 80 blind l cannot understand
consulted all the best medical skill In
the land. l visited all tho famed mineral
springs in America and travelled from
Maine To California, Still l grew worse,
No two physicians agreed as to my NAL.
ady. One said | was troubled with spinal
Irritation, another, Dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility /;
another congestion oil the base OF the
brain; and 81 on through q long list OF
common diseases, tue symptoms Of many
OF which l really had. In this way soy.
eral years passed, during which time l
WA steadily growing worse. My condi
tlon had really become pitiable. The
+light symptoms | AT first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disorders. My weight had been reduced
from 2O7 to $50 pounds. My life was a
burden to myself and friends. l could re-
tain no food on my stomach, aud lived
wholly by injections. l was a living mass
OF pain. My pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony l frequently fell 10 the floor and
ulutChed the carpet, and prayed for death
Morphine had little or no effect in dead,
ening tue pain. For slx days and nights |
had the death,pFemonitory hicCoughS con.
stantly My water was filled win tups.
casts and albumen, l was struggling with
Brights Disease Of the kidneys IN It's last
stagesl
While suffering thus | received q call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, Of
that time rector Of 81. Paul's Episcopal
church, Of this city, | felt that 1t was the
last Interview, hut in the course OF con.
versation DR.. Foote detailed to me tbs
many remarkable cures OF cases like my
own which had come under his obseryR.
ton. As a praCtiCing physician and a
graduate Of the schools, l derided the idea
Of any medicine outside tho regular chan.
nels being In the least beneficial. So go.
EiCitouB, however, was DR.. Foote, that |
Hually promised | would waive my preju.
dice. l began It's use on the first day oil
June, 1881, and took 1t according to direC.
tionB. At first 1t sickened me; but this |
thought was a good sign for one In my de.
bilitatedl eopditinn., l continued to
take Il; the %siCkening sensation
departed and / was finally able
to retain food upon my stomach. In
a few days | noticed a decided change ior
the better, also did MY wife and friends.
My hiccoughs ceased and l experienced
less pain than formerly. l was 80 r~ejoiCsd
at this improved condition that, upon
what | had believed but a few days before
was my dying bed, | vowed, In The pres,
ence Of my family and friends, should ]
recover l would both publicly and prl,
vately make known this remedy for the
good Of humanity, wherever and when.
ever ! had an opportunity, and this letter
ls In fullAllAelt ot that.Vow. My improve,
melt was constant from that time, and
in less than three months l had gained 70
pounds In flesh, became entirely free from
pain and l believe l owe my life and pres.
emit condition wholly to Warmers safe
cure, the remedy which ! used,
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re.investigated the subject Of kidney din.
cultieS and BrlHht's disease, and.thetruthn
deyelopsd aye astounding. l therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician,
that | believe more than one.hdD Ire deaths
trhich occur in America are oaNted Lv
Brtghts dItaN Of te kidneys. This may
sound like o rash statement, hut | am pre-.
pared 10 verify 1t fully, Bright's disease
has no distinctive features Of It's own lin.
deed, II often develops without any pain
whatever In the kidneys or their vicinity,
but has the symptoms Of nearly every
other common complaint, Hundreds Of
people die daily, Whose burials are auth.
oriSed by physician'B certificate az oc.
curling from "Heart Disease" "Apo.
pleXy,p "ParalySis,n "splnal Complaint"
'RheumatiSm,o Pneumonia" and the
other common complaints, when In reality
II 10 from Brlght's disease Of the kidneys.
Few physicians, and fewer people real.
ise the extent olthis disease or It's danger.
GUS and insidious nature. II steals into
the system like athlef, manifests is pres.
ence II at all BY the Conmonest symptoms
and fastens Itself In the constitution be.
fore the victim is aware Of It. II Ia nearly
rs hereditary % consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal. Entire iami.
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 symptoms Ii often shows none
whatever, but brings death suddenly, from
convulBiong, apoplexy or heart disease,
AS one who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, | implofe
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