Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1886-01-29
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Physician Presents Some Startling
Facts

"A II SiSiAh ICsChtS cOlhC SJeesA
Facts.
The following story-which is attracting
wide attention from the press-is so re-
markable that we cannot excuse ourselves
if we do not lay it before our readers en-
tire
To The Editor Of the Rochester ". " Dem
0crdt-SIR: On 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 l
| 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 50 terrible disease, l
| should have scoffed at the idea. | had al
ways 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 realize at times
they are unusually tired and cannot ac-
count for it. They feel dull pains in
various parts Of the body and do not under
stand why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appe-
| tite the next This was Just the way l felt
/ when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began. Still |
thought nothing of it; that probably
| had taken a cold which would
soon pass away. Shortly after this | no.
ticed a heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain
in one side of nv head, but as il would
lcome one day and be gone the next paid
little attention to it. Then my stomach
would get out of order, and my food often
failed to digest, causing at times great in
| convenience. Yet, even as a physician,
! did not think that these things meant any,
J / id I
! from malaria, and doctored myself accord
ingly. But ] got no better | next noticed
q 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 persistent frOth and scum APP
| peared upon the surface, and q sediment
settled. And yet did not realize my dan
GER for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually. l finally became accustomed
to them, and my suspicion was wholly dis
| armed by the fact that had no pain in the
affected organs or in their vicinity Why
should have been so blind cannot under
stand
consulted the best medical skill in the
| land. | visited all the famed mineral
| springs in America and travelled from
Maine to California Still | grew worse.
| No two physicians agreed as 10 nv maiady.
| One said | was troubled with spinal inita-
ton; another, dyspepsia 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 ! really
had. In this way several years passed,
| during which time | was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become
pitiable. The Slight symptoms l at first
| experienced were developed into terrible
/ and Disorders Nv oh y
| been reduced from POI to $50 pounds NY
life was burden 10 myself and friends |
COULD retain no food on my stomach, and
lived wholly by injections. l was a living
mass OF pain. My pulse was uncontrolla-
| Bile. In my agony | frequently fell TO the
| floor and clutched The carpet. and pravecl
for death. Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights | had the eath-premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My water was filed
| with tube-casis and albumen. was s;rug-
ling with Bright's disease of the kidneys in
its last stages
While suffering thus | received a call
| from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at that
time rector Of St. Pauls Episcopal Church
OF this city. felt that it was our last in
teryiew, but in the course of conversation
| Dr. FoOte detailed to me the many re-
lnarkable cures of cases like NV own
! which had come under his observation.
AS practicing physician and graduate o.
the schools, | derided the idea of any med
icine outside the regular channels being in
the least beneficial. So soiicitous. how
ever, was DR.. Foote, that | finally prom
ised | would waive my prejudice. l began
its use on the first day of June. 1881. and
| took it according 10 directions. At first il
| sickened me; but this | thought was
a good sign for one in my debilitated condi-
ton. | continued to take it. the sickenine
sensation departed, and | was finally able
| to retain food upon my stomach. In a
| few days | noticed decided change for the
better, as also did my wife and friends.
My hiccoughs ceased, and | experienced
less pain than formerly | was so re.
joced at this improved condition that
upon what | had believed but few DAYS
before was my dying bed, vowed, in the
presence of my family and friends, should
| recover | would both publicly and pri-
yately make known this remedy for the
good of humanity, wherever and whenever
| had an opportunity, and this letter is in
fnlhllment of that vow. My Improvement
was constant from that time and in less
than three months had gained 20 pound:
in flesh, became entirely free from pain
and | believe l owe my life and present
condition to Warmers safe cure, the remedy
which | used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re
investigated the subject of kidney Difficult
ties and Bright's disease and the truth.
developed are astounding. therefore state
deliberately, and as physician, that be
lieve more than one-hdlf tie deaths iohich oc
cur in america are caused By Briqhcs diseas
Of the kidneys This may sound like a rash
statement, but | am prepared to verify i
fully. Brights disease has no distinctly,
features of its own (indeed, it often deyel
ops without any pain whatever in the kid
neys or their vicinity, but has the symp
toms of nearly every other common com
plant. Hundreds of people die daily
whose burials are authorized by phvsi
clan s certificate as occurring from " ear
Disease" "Apoplexy," Paralysis" "Spina
Complaint" Rheumatism" Pneu
monia,' and theother common complaints
when in reality it is from Bright's disease
of the kidneys. Few physicians and fewer
people, realize the extent of this disease
or its dangerous and insidious nature. Il
steals into the system like a thief. manifest.
its presence, if at all, by the commones
symptoms, and fastens itself in the consti
tuition before the victim is aware of it. Ii i.
nearly as hereditary as consumption. quite
as common and fully as fatal Entire
families, inheriting it from their ancestors
nave 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
commissions, apoplexy or heart disease.
As one who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, / implorC
everyone who reads these words not &c
neglect the slightest symptoms of the kid.
ney difficulty. No one can afford to hazard
such chances.
| make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which can substantiate to the
letter. The welfare of those who MAY
possibly be sufferers such as l was is an
ample inducement for me TO take the ster
have, and if | can successfully warn
Others from the dangerous path which
once walked am willing to endure all the
professional and personal consequences.
J. 3. HENIoN, N. ID.
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