Custer chronicle. [volume] (Custer City, Black Hills, D.T. [S.D.]) 1880-1890, 1886-02-06
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Physician Presents Soma Start
ling Facts.
Dan It Be That the Danger Ddi-
Gated Ia Universal.

tracing wide attention from the press
is SO remarkable that we cannot ex-
cuse ourselves il we do not lay it before
Il readers entire:
To the Editor of the Rochester On. y
Democrat:
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 80 low, and by SO
terrible q disease, | should have scoffed
at the idea. l had always been UNI
commonly strong and healthy. and
weighed owe 200 pounds, and hardly
pain or sickness were. Very many
people who will read this statement
realize 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 i
thought nothing of it; that probably |
had taken "A cold which would soon
pass away. Shortly after this | noticed
a heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain
in one side of my head, but as it would
come n 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 inconvenience. Yet,
even as a physician, | did not think
that these things meant anything Sc
rious. | fancied | Was suffering from
malaria and doctored myself accord.
ingly. But | got no better. / next
noticed a peculiar color and odor about
the fluids ! WAS passing-also that there
were large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that IL persistent
troth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and a sediment settled. And yet
| did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, |
finally became accustomed to them and
my suspicion was wholly dlsarimed 10y
the fact that | had no pain in the af-
fected organs or in their vicinity. Why
| should have been SO blind | cannot
understand!
/ 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, dyS-
pepsia; another. heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion
of the base of the brain; and SO IN
through a long list Of common diseases
the symptoms of many OF which | real
ly had. In this way several years
passed. during which time was stead
lily growing worse. MY condition was
really becoming pitiable. The slight
symptoms | at first experienced were
developed into terrible and constant
disorders Nv weight had been re-
duced from POI to 1870 pounds. My
life was a burden to myself and friends.
| could retain no food on my stomach,
and wholly lived by injections. | was
a living mass Of pain. NY pulse was
uncomfortable. In my agony /
frequently fell to the floor and
clutched the carpet and prayed for
death! Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For six days
and nights | had the dpath-premoni-
tory ~hIccOughs constantly! My water
wa filed with tube casts and albumPn.
[ was struggling with Brights Di-
sease OF the kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus | received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. FUote, AZ
that time rector 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 me
the many remarkable cures of cases
like my w which had come under
his observation. AS a practicing ply
stefan and a graduate Of the schools, |
derided the idea of any medicine out
side the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So SOLICITORS, however,
was DR.. Foote, that | finally promised
] would waive my prejudice. ! began
its use on the first day OF June, 1881
and took it according To directions. At
first it sickened me; hut this | thought
was a good sign for one in my debili
tated condition. continued to take
it; the sickening sensation departed
and | WAS finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In a few days
noticed q decided change for the better,
as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccOughs ceased and | experienced
less pain than formerly. | was so re-
jOic I'd at this improved condition that,
| upon what / believed but a few days
before was my dying bed, | vowed, in
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 IF that
vow. My improvement was constant
| from that time, and in less than three
months / had gained 2i pounds III
flesh. became entirely free from pain
and | believe | owe my life and pres
ent condition wholly TO Warmers safe
| cure, the remedy which | used.
Since nv recovery | have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease. and
| the truths DEVELOPED are astounding. |
| therefore state. deliberately, and as 4
| physician, that | believe more than
| one.baif ihe deaths which occur in
! America are caused by Bright's disease
Of the kidneys. This may sound like a
rash statement, but + am prepared t.
verify it fully. Bright's disease has
no distinctive features OF it's own, Gn'
| deed. it often develops without any
pain whatever in the kidneys or then
vicinity, but has the symptoms OF
nearly every other common complaint
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