Arizona silver belt. [volume] (Globe City, Pinal County, Ariz.) 1878-19??, 1886-02-27
a TERRIBLE CONFESSION
A PhyMicIaa Presents sons startling
Facts.

/ remarkable that We cannot excuse oar
selves Il we do not lay il before our
readers entire -
70 The Edilor ef ne Rocaeate, nv. ~
Eem0cTGt
SIR On the FIRST day OF June, 1881
| lay at my residence III this city, sur
rounded by my friends aud waiting foI
death. Heaven only knows tie agony
! then endured, for words can never
describe II. And set, il fcw years
! previous any one had told ME that
/ Ua3 to be brought sp low, and by NO
terrible disease, / should have se0lFed
az tlie idea. had always been un.
commonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over 200 pounds, aud hardly
| knew, ia ms own experience, what
| pain or sickness were Very many
people WHO Will read This statement,
| realize az times they are unusually
| tired and cannot account for IT, They
feel dali pajus Ia yafiev~, parts oil The
| body aua do not understand why. Or
they are exceedingly hungry one day,
ard entirely without apostle the next
This vas just tho way | felt Sheu the
| relentless lna'ady, which had fastened
itself Upon ma, first began. Still !
| thought nothing pf IL; that probably ]
| had taken a cVld which would soon pass
1 away, Shortly after this ! noticed q
| heavy, ami at times neuralgie, pain in
QUE SIDE of my head bgE as II w3uld
come one day and be gone The next, /
| paid lsttia attentiUa 10 Ii. Then my
stomach would gct ont Of order and my
| food often failed 60 dlnest, causing, a.
| times, great Inconvenience. Net, even
| as physician, ! did not think that
\ these things meant anything serious.
| fancied | Was suffering from malaria,
and doctored nyseIi accordingly. But
got no better. uext uosiced i pecul
| lar color and oder ABOUT the fluids !
! was passing also that there we're large
quantities one dag and very little tie
next, and that persistent fgOth aRa
! scum Appeared apon tie surface, and }
sediment settled. And yet | did not
realize Iuy daBger, igr, Indeed, seeing
ticSc symptoms coDtinaaily, ( finally
became accustomed 10 them, ana my
susptciop was whUi!y disagnsd ny tie
| TACT tlat hal 10 pam IN the affected
| organs or IN the,r vIinHg. why /
should have bseu SO blind ! canao,
| understand!
! consulted shc best medical skill IT.
HE land I visited all The famed min
I er8i springs ia Ameara, and Travelled
I IRON siaIlp 10 l,atiip.nsa Stil | grew
worse 40 Two paysirianF agreed Az ID
! my nlllaiy OBa Eai,l wAs tFuabied
| with spinal Irritation a2otBer, dyspep
sias another, heart disease; another
| general debility, ahotilcr, congestion o.
! tie base oi tbs brain and 50 on through
= long list VI roumon diseases, tue
! SYMPTOMS ol mauy Of which / really
| had. Ia this way sayegIl years passed,
during aificii time | MAS steadily grow.
ing worse, My condition had really be
come plliable The sight symptoms /
| at tirst experienced were developed
| into terrible and constant disorders.
Ny weight had been reduced ifum 2l5
to $50 Ioands Ny life was i burden
10 myself an friends / could retain
no igol on my stomach, ana lived
wholly BY iBissiiods | was living
inass oi pain. My plllss was uncuu
tFpllAbie. In MY agony / FREQUENTLY
| iell to tbe door AMI clutched the carpet
and prayed ioF deatlil Morphine hai
little or no sgIeci 10 deAdeniug the pain.
| Fbr six days and nighls 1 had Tie
1 deatil- il-pfeHionitofy lliccoughscoustan
My water MAS Il lel With iube-clsls
and alblmen, | Was struggling with
/ Bright's disease " tie kidneys in ii.
! last stages
While SOLDERING thus / received a
| call from iny pastor, tire Rev. Dt.
| Fo0te, dt thai time rector oi st. Paul's
Episcopal Cburn, 81 uIiH city. | leii
4 titlt II WAs oar i4t interview, but ii
| the eou;se 81 conversation DIT. FOots
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9l hull'ailty Wherever alll whenever
tiu ~ ''i eiiis tsster " u
iuias'iiaetis q llat WV iy improve
ilet's was co.isl'1ht tom tl,al lime, an
" less el,'sii sh,lei' st,oiasi,s nag galhes
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