The Abbeville messenger. (Abbeville, S.C.) 1884-1887, 1886-02-23

IAN 1T BE THAI TftE DANGER INDlCATEO L
UNIVERSAL
The following stol S-which is attracting wide
%,LteStion from tho press is SO remarkable
hat we cannot excuse ourselves IL we do not
~ Il before our readers entire:
20 the Editor 0fthc Rochester IN. W Democrat.
S&--On the first day OF June, 1881, 1 lay at
III; .esidence in this city surrounded by my
rfends end waiting for death. Heaven only
haows the agony 1 then endured, for words can
lever describe it, And yet IL q few Years pre-
nous any one had told me that l was to be
brought SO low, and by so terrible a disease, l
hould have soored ut the idea. Ihavc always
,een u~ncommonly strong and healthy, and
Weighed over 10 pounds, and hardly knew, in
ny own experience, what pain or sickness
zero. Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times they arc unusually
tired and cannot account for 1t. They feel
lull pains in various parts of the body and do
lot understand why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
mo next. This was just the way felt when
he relentless malady which had fastened
tself upon mo first began. Still l thought
,othing Of it; that probably l had taken @ cold
which would soon pass away. Shortly after
ibis / noticed o heavy, and ut times neuralgia
,ain in one side of my head, but as it would
come one day and be gono the next, I paid
little attention to it. Then my stomach would
get out of order and my food often
Jailed TO digest, causing at times great
inconvenience. Yet, even az n physician, l did
cot think that these things meant anything
tCElOuS. i lanClcQ i wis SullcTlHS LII
md doctorcI myself accordingly. But l got
40 better. I next noticed q peculiar color and
,dor about tho fluids l was passing also that
there were large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that q persistent frot;l and
scum appeared upon the surface, and n sedi-
nent settled. And yet l did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, l finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
by the fact that / had no pain in the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why ] should have
been 60 blind l cannot understand.
l consulted the best medical ski. in the land.
I visited all the famed mineral springs in
America and travelled ffcm Maine to Califor-
mia. Still 1 grew worse. No two physicians
agreed a. to my malady. One said I was
troubled with spinal irritation. another, dys-
pepsia; another, heart disease; another, general
debility; another, congestion Of the base of the
brain; and SO on 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 l was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become pitt
able. The slight symptoms I Mt first expert
enced were developed into terrible and con-
slant disorders. Ny weight had been reduced
from 207 to 100 pounds. Ny life was n burden
to myself and friends. could retain no food
on my stomach and lived wholly by injections.
wasa living mass Of pain. My pulse was un.
controllable. In my agony I frequently fell to
the aoor and clutched the carpet, and prayed
for DEATH Morphine had little or no effect In
ucAuSulNR tic pam. BIZ u alu hiBhCS j
had tho death-prenonitory hiccoughs con.
s~tantly! My water was filled with tube-casts
and albuInen. Twas struggling with Bright.
Disease of the kidneys in it's last stages.
While suffering thus T received a call from
ny pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, at that time rec
or Of st. Paul's Episcopal church, OF this city.
felt that it was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation DR.. Foote detailed to
>e the many remarkable cures OF cases like
my own which had come under his observa-
| finn A. q r 1T icinD nh SSipian md n U1.n6nnfH
Of the schools, I deridcd the idea of any medi-
cine outside the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitous, however, was
Or. Foote, that l finally promised l would
waive my prejudice. 1 began 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 dcbili-
tatcd condition. l continued to take It; the
sickcning sensation departed and ! was finally
able to retain food upon my stomach. In afew
days l noticed a decided change for the better,
as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs
ceased and l experienced less pain than for
nerly. was SO ~rejoiced at this improved con.
dition that, upon what I believed but n few
days before was my dying bed, I vowed, in the
presence of my family and friends, should / re.
cover l would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good of hu-
| mainly, wherever and whenever / had an OPP
! p%ortunity, 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 Is pounds in flesh, became en-
tirely free from pain and I believe 1 owe my
] life and present condition wholly to Warmers
safe cure, the remedy which | used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly rc-in-
vestlgated the subject Of kidney difficulties and
Bright's disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. / therefore state, deliberately,
and as n physician, that l believe more than
one-hdlf the deaths uhich occur IN America are
caused by BriGht's disease of the kidneys. This
may sound like a rash statement, but l am pre-
--..l - Ill. I II. t-1xy lt-~uno lnn
no distinctive features of its own Indeed, 1t
often develops without any pain whatever in
tho kidneys or their vicini ", but has the
symptoms OF nearly every other common COM
plaint. Hundreds Of people die daily. whose
ourials are authorized by n physicians certift-
cate as occurring from Heart Disease,""Apo
plexy," Paralysis" "Spinal Complaint"
"Rheumatism." Pneumonia" and the other
common complaints, when in reality It is from
Bright's disease Of the kidneys. Few physi-
clans, and fewer people, realize the extent of
this. disease or its dangerous and insidiOus ma
ture. 1t steals into the system like a thief,
manifcsts its presence IL at all by tho common
est symptoms and fastens itself in the consti-
tuition esfore the victim ia aware Of it. It is
nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal. Entire families.
lnheriting 1t 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 1t often
shows none whatever, but brings death sud.
denly, from >convulsions, apoplexy or heart
disease.
AS one who has suffered, and knows by bite,
experience what he says, I implore every ons
who reads these words not to neglect the
slightest symptoms ofkidney difficulty. No one
can afford to hazard such chances.
make the foregoing statements based upon
facts which I can s~ubstantiate to the letter.
The welfare Of those who may possibly be sui.
'ferers such as / was IL an ample inducoment
for me to take the step / have. and II I can
successfully warn others from the dangerous
path In which Ionce walked. I am willing to
ndu all tho professional and personal con-
,sahnanoaa r n HENION. N. u.