The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1886-01-22
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION
A PHYSICIAN PRESENTS SOME
STARTLING FACTS.
CAN 1T ne THAT THE DANGER INDICATED
Is UNIVERSAL.


tracing wide attention from the press
is so remarkable that we cannot en-
cuse ourselves it we do not lay it before
onr readers entire:
10 the Editor ofthe Rochester (M "
Democrat
Sir: the first day of June, 1881,
/ lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting
for death. Heaven only knows the
agony | 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 80 terrible disease, should have
scoffed at the idea. had always been
uncommonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over 200 pounds, and hardly
knew, in my own experience, what
pain or sickness were. Very many
people who will read this statement re-
alize at times they are unusually tired
and cannot account for it. They feel
dull pains in various parts of the body
and do not understand why. Or they
are exceedingly hungry one day and
entirely without appetite the next.
This was just the way | felt when the
relentless malady which had fastened
itself upon me first began. Still l
thought nothing of it; that probably l
had taken cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this noticed
a heavy, and at times neuralgic, pain
in one 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 a physician, / did not think
that these things meant anything
serious. | fancied / was suffering
from malaria and doctored myself ac.
cordingly. But l got no better. 1
next noticed peculiar color and odor
about the fluids | was passing-also
that there were large quantities one
day and very little the next. and that
a persistant froth and scum appeared
upon the surface, and a sediment settled.
And yet did not realize my danger,
for, indeed seeing these symptoms con-
tinually,I finally became accustomed to
them aud my suspicion was wholly dis
armed by the fact that 1 had no pain
in the affected organs or in their vi
cinity. Why should have been SO
blind cannot understand!
l consulted the best medical skill in
the land. l visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and Travelled
from Maine to California. Still l
grew worse. No two physicians
agreed as to my malady. One said l
was troubled with spinal irritation, an
other, dyspepsia another, heart disease;
another, general debility, another, con.
gestion of the base of the brain; and
SO on through long list of common
diseases, the symptoms of many of
which l 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 / at first
experienced were developed into terri
bic and constant disorders. My
weight had been reduced from POI 10
1870 pounds. NY life was burden to
myself and friends. | could retain no
food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. / was living mass of
pain. My pulse was uncomfortable.
In my agony | frequently fell to the
floor and clutched the carpet, and pray
cd for death! Morphine had little or
no effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights ! had the death
premsnitory hiccoughs constantly! My
water was filed with tube-casts and
albumen. Twas struggling with Bright's
Disease of the kidneys in its last sta
ges!
While suffering thus | received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote,
at that time rector of st. Paul's Episco-
pal church, of this city. I felt that il
was our last interview, but in the
course of conversation DR.. Foote de,
tailed to me the many remarkable
cures of cases like my own which had
come under his observation. AS a
practicing physician and graduate of
the schools, l derided the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channels
being in the least benificial So
soici,ous however, was DR.. Foote, that
/ finally promised that | would waive
my prejudice. l 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 q
good sign for one in my debilitated
condition. continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and / was
finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In few days | noticed a
decided change for the better, as also
did my wife and friends. My hic-
coughs ceased and | experienced less
pain .han formerly. was SO rejoiced
at this improved condition that, upon
what / bad believed but a lew days
before was my dying bed, | vowed III
the presence of my family and friends,
should ! recover would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity wherever
and whenever | had an opportunity, and
this letter is in fultillment of that vow.
My improvement was constant from
that time, and in less than three months
had gained 26 pounds in flesh, be
came entirely free from pain and l
believe | owe my life and present con-
dition wholly to Warher's safe cure,
the remedy which | used,
Since my recovery | have thoroughly
re-iuvestigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, and
the truths developed are astounding.
/ therefore state, deliberately, and as a
physician, that | believe more Md3,
one e-hdlf tie deaths Which occur IL,
america are caused Jy Brights dis
ease ofthe kiotneys. This may sound
like n rash statement. but | am pre-.
pared TO vertify it fully. Bright's dis
ease has no distinct features of its own
(indeed it often develops without any
pain whatever in the kidneys or tbeil
vicinity, but has the symptoms o.
nearly every other common complaint
Hundreds of people die daily, whose
burals are authorized by a physician
certificate as occurring from ''Hear