Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-20
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION,
A Physician Presents Some Start.
ling Facts.
Gan It be That the Danger Indi-
Gated IL Universal,

"iN hetCiIItOil IIOIll tllt press
is SO remarkable that we cannot ex-
cuse ourselves if we do not lay it be.
! Tore u readers entire:
TO the Editor of the Rochester On. "
Democrat. ?
SIR:-On the first day of June. 1851.
lay at my residence III this city. sur.
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
l then endured, for words can never
describe it. And yet, if a few wears
previous any II had told me that |
was to be brought SO low, and by SO
terrible a disease, | should have scoffed
At the idea. | had always been uncom.
monty strong and healthy, and weighed
over 200 pounds, and hardly knew, in
my wi experience what pain or sick
ness were. Very many people who
Will read this statement realize at times
they are unusually tired and cannot ac-
count for it.. They feel duh pains in
various parts of the body and do not
understand why. Or they arc exceed
ingly hungry M day and entirely with
out appetite the next. This was Just
the way | felt when the relentless mal-
ady which had fastened itself upon me
first began. Still ! thought nothing
OF 1t; That probably | had taken a cold
which would Don pass away. Shortly
after this | noticed a heavy, and at
times neuralgia pain in one side of my
head, but as it would come one day and
be gone the next, ! paid little attention
10 IT. Then my stomach would get out
OF order and my food often failed to di-
gest, causing at times great inconven-
iencr. Yet, even as Il physician, | did
not think that these things meant any
thing serious. | fancied | was suffering
from malaria and d0ctOred myself &C.
cOrdingiy. But | got no better. | next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about
the ilulds | was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that a persist
ent troth and scum appeared upon the
surface, and a sediment settled. And
yet did not realize my danger, for, in
deed, seeing these symptoms cOntinu-
ally, | finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly
disarmed by the fact that ] had no pain
III the affected organs or in their vicin-
ity. Why | should have been so blind
l cannot understand.
l consulted the best medical skill in
the land. | visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and Travelled
from Maine to California. Still | grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
to my malady. One said | was troubled
with spinal irritation, another dySpep-
STA; another heart disease; another
general debility; another congestion Of
the base of the brain; and so on
through a long H. Of common dis
eases. the symptoms of many which |
really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time | was stead
lily growing worse. My condition had
really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms | at first experienced We're
developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Nv weight had been re-
duced from 207 to 1870 pounds. My life
was a burden to myself and friends. |
could retain no food on my stomach,
and lived wholly by injections. l vas
a living mass of pain. My pulse was
uncomfortable. In my agony | fire.
quently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet and prayed for death Nor
phine had little or no effect in deaden-
ing the pain. For six days and nights
l had the death-premonitory hiccoughs
constantly! My water was filled with
Gubt-CdSJS dlu dIDuuitu. was
struggling with Bright's Disease OF the
kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus | received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Fo0te, at
that time rector of st. PauIs Episcopal
church, of this city. | felt that it was
our last interview. but in the course of
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures OF cases
like my w which had come under his
observation. AS practicing physician
and "A gradual Of the schools. | derided
the idea OF any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least
beneficial. So solicitous, however, was
DR.. Foote. that | finally promised !
would waive my prejudice. L began
it's use on the first day of June, 1881.
and took it according to directions. At
first it sickened me; but this /
thought was a good sign for one in my
condition. / continued to
take it; the sickening sensation de-
parted and | was finally able to retain
food upon my stomach. In a few days
l noticed a decided change for the bet
ter, as also did my wife and friends.
NV hiccOughs ceased and i eX-
p%erienced less pain than formerly. L
was so reJOlceO du tniS lmpIoNcu Coiiui-
ton that, upon what l had believed but
a few days before was my death bed,
l vowed, in the presence of my family
and friends. should l recover | would
both publicly and privately make
known this remedy for the good OF hu--
mainly, wherever and whenever had
an opportunity. and this letter is In
fulfilment Of that vow. My improve.
ment was constant from that time, and
n less than three months | had gained
26 pounds in flesh, became entirely Tree
from pain and / believe | owe my. life
and present condition wholly to war.
ner's safe cure, the remedy which J.
used.
Since my recovery / have Thoroughly
re.investigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, ana
the truths developed are astounding.
I therefore state, deliberately, and as a
physician, that | believe more than one
half the deaths which occur IN Amer
lea are are caused by Brights disease
of the kidneys. This may sound ilEe
a rash statement. but / am prepared 10
verify it fully. Bright's disease mas no
distinctive features of its own. undeeu'
it often develops without any pam
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