Madison times., 1886-02-06
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION,
A Physician Presents Some Start.
ling Facts.
Can 1t be that the Danger Indicated
Is Universal?

L
able that we cannot excuse ourselves il we
do not lay it before our readers entire:
To the Editor of the Rochester (N. "
Democrat
SIR:-On the first day of June, 1851, lay
at my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony tnen endured, for
| words can never describe It. And vet, il
few yeals previous any one had told me
that l was to be brought SO low, and by SO
terrible disease, should have scOffed at
the idea. had always been uncommOnly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 40
| pounds, and hardly knew, in my own eX-
perience, what pain or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times they are unusually tired and
cannot account for 1t. They feel dull pains
IN various parts or the body and DO not un-
derstand why. Or they are exceedingly
| hungry one day and entirely without appe-
tite the next. This is just the way 1 felt
when the relentless malady which had fast.
ened itself upon me first began. Still
thought nothing of it; that PROBABLY had
taken cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed heavy, and AT
| times neuralgia, pain III one side of my head,
but as 1t would come one day and be gone
the next, paid little attention to it, / hen my
stomach would get out of OIder ana my
| !
| great Inconvenience. Yet, even as physl-
clan, did not think that these things meant
anything serious. L fancied l suffered from
| malaria and dOctOred myself accordingly.
But got no better. next noticed a pecu-
liar color and OdOr about the fluids | was
passlng-alsO that there were large quanti-
ties one day and very little the next, and
tnat persistent froth and scum appeared
upon the surface, and sediment settled.
And yet dld not realize my danger for,
| indeed, seeing these symptoms continually,
| nllalIy became accustomed to them, and
my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the
TACT that had no pain in the affected organs
been so blind l cannot understand!
| consulted the best medical skill i'm the
iand. visited all the famed mineral springs
| IN America and Travelled from Maine TO Cal
ifornia. Still grew worse. No two ply
siciaDs agreed as to my malady. One said
was troubled with spinal irritation, another,
dyspepsia; another heart disease: another.
general debility; another, congestion of the
base OF the BRAIN; and so on through a long
| list or common diseases, the SYMPTOMS of
many of which really bad In this way
several years passed, during which time /
was steadily growing worse. My condition
LAD really become pitiable. TBe slight
symptoms L a. FIRST experienced were devel-
0ped into terrible and constant disorders.
Ny weight had been reduced from 2O7 TO l3O
pounds. My life was a burden to myself
and friends. l could retain no food on my
stomach, and lived wholly by injections. /
was living mass of pain. My pulse was
| uncontrOllaOle. In my agony | fteauentiy
fell 10 the floor and clutche1 the carpet, and
prayed for death! Morphine had little or
no effect in deadening the pain. For six
days ana nights had the death premonitory
hlrcoughs constantly! My water was filled
with tube-casts and aIbumen. was strug-
gIlng with brlght'S Disease of the kidneys
IN its last stages!
While suffering thus received a call from
my pastor. the Rev. DIR. Foote, at that time
| rector OF II. Paul's Episcopal church. Ofthis
city: felt that it was our last interview,
out III the course of conversation DIR. FOOte
detailed 10 me the many remarkable cures
OF cases like my own which had come under
MS observation. As Lracticing physician
and graduate of the schools, lderided the
| idea of any medicine outside the regular
channels being In the least beneficial. So
sOlicltOus, however, was DIR. Foote, that I
hnally promised that | would waive my
prejudice. l began its Use on the first day Of
Juue, 1881, and took it according TO dlrec-
tlOns. AT first 1t sicaened me; but this |
| tn0ught was good sign for one in nv de.
billtated condition. | continued to take it:
the slckenlng sensation departed and | was
finally able to retain food upon my stomach.
In few days | noticed decided change for
/
My hccOughS ceased and experienced less
pain than formerly: was so rejOiced at
this improved condition that, upon what !
had believed but few days before was my
dying bed, vowed in the pres nee of nv
| family and friends, should recover would
both publicly and privately make known
this remedy for the good of humanity,
wherever and whenever had an OppCrtlI-
nifty, and this letter is i'm fulfillment of that
vow. My Improvement was constant from
that time, and In less than three months |
had gained 26 pounds in flesh. became en-
tirely free from pain and believe owe my
life and present condition wholly to War
ner'S safe cure the remedy which used.
| Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
| investigated the subject of kidney difficult
| ties and Bnght's disease, and the truths de-
velOp' d are astounding: therefore state,
deliberately. and as physician, that 1 be-
| ieve more than One-half the deaths which
occur i'm America are caused by Bright's dis
ease of the kidneys. This may sound like
rash statement, but am prepared to verify
IL fully. Bright's disease has no distinctive
features of its own, Indeed, it often devel-
ops without any pain whatever in the kid
neys OF their vicin:ty), but has the symp-
toms of nearly every other common com
plant Hundreds of people die daily, whose
burias are authorized by physicians GER
tificate as occurring from Heart Disease"
"Apopl.exsyy," "pairalysispp asiay Spinal Com ON
|
| the other common complaints, when IN re-
ality il is from Brights disease of the kid
news. Few physicians, and fewer people,
realize the extent of this disease or its dam
gerOus and insidiouS nature. 1t steals into
| the system like thief, manifeSts its presence
| If at all by the cOmmOnest symptoms and
| fastens itself i'm the constitution before the
victim is aware of ii. 1t is nearly as heredi-
| tary as consumption, quite as common and
| fully as fatal. Entire families inheriting it
| from their ancestors, have died, and yet none
of the number knew or realized the mysteri-
Gus power which was removing them. In
stead of common symptoms 1t often shows
none whatever, but brings death suddenly,
| from cOnvulslOns, apOplexy or heart disease.
As one who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, L implOre
every one who reads these words not To
neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney
difficulty. No one can afford to hazard such
chances.
make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which can substantiate TO the
letter. Tie welfare of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such as was in as ample
inducement for me to take the step have,
and if can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path i'm which once walked,
am willing to endure al the professional
and personal consequence:
Rochester, n. Y. Dec. 30.