West Virginia argus. [volume] (Kingwood, W. Va.) 1877-1946, 1886-02-12
a TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Physician Presents some startling
Facts.

The following story (which il attracting
wide attention from the pres>--is 80 re-
markable that ne can not excuse ourselves
II we do not lay 10 before our readers 81
tire
To r,e Kdtor ~ N, Roche,'e' o. ~ De"o-
Sm.-On the first day Of June, ISL. lay
at my residence in this city surrounded 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 DO brought 30 low, and by 80
terrible disease, l should have EcOlfed at
the idea. L had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 30
pounds. and hardly knew, m my own eX-
perience, what pain or sickness were Very
many people Who viii read this statement
realize at times they arc unusually tired
and can not account Tor IL. They feel dull
pains in various parts of the body and do
not understand why Or they are exceed
ingly hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next This was Just the way
felt when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upuu me first began. Still
thought nothing OF ii; that probably had
taken cold which would soon pass away.
| Shortly after this | noticed "A heavy, and az
times neuralgia, pain i'm one side of my
head, but rs IL would come one day and be
gone the next, | paid little attention TO IL.
/ Then my stomach would get out of order
and my food often failed 10 digest, causing
AT times great Inconvenience. Yet, even as
a physician, did not think that these
things meant ANYTHING serious. I fanCied [
was suffering from malaria aud doc
tOred myself accordingly. But got no bet
ter ! next noticed a peculiar color and
odOr about the fluids j was passing-also
that there were large quantities one day
and very little the next, Ond that n persist
ent frOth and scum appeared upon the sur
face, and sediment settled And yet did
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, | finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my suspi-
! Cion was wholly disaIned by the fact that
] I had no Duit i'm the affected organs or ina
their vicinity. Why should have been so
blind can not understand
| consulted the best medical skill i'm the
| land. visited all the famed mineral springs
n America and travelled from Maine 10
/ California. Still grew worse. No two ply
| sicians agreed az 10 my malady. One said
! l was troubled with spinal irritation; an
! other, dyspepsia; another heart disease;
another, general debility; another, con-
gestion of tio base of the brain: and so on
through n 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 wore.
My condition had really become ptiable
The slight symptoms 1 Mt first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Ny weight had been reduced
from POI 90 40 pounds Ny life was bur
/ den 20 myself and friends. ] could retain
/ no food on my stomach, and lived wholly
! 10y injections. was living mass OF pain.
! My pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony
frequently fen 10 the floor and clutchcd
! the carpet, and prayed fordeath Morphine
had little or no effect in deadeung the pain.
For six days and nights had the death-pre-
monitory hiccoughs constantly My water
was filed with tuhe-CaSts and Glbumeu. 1
was struggling with Brights Disease Of the
kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus i received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. FOote, at that
time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
of this city. felt that il was our last in
Ian in flnn g,f
ton DIR. Foote detailed 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, derided the
idea of any medicine outside tho regular
channels being i'm the least beneficial SO
SSollG,tous, however was, DIR. Foote, that
hnally promised j would waive my preiu-
dice. L began its use on the first day of
June, 1881, and took it according to direc.
tions. At first il sickencd me; but this
tnought was gOOd sign for one i'm my de
bilitated condition. CONTINUED TO take it;
the sickening sensation departed and was
hnally able to retain food upon my stOm.
ach. In few. days ] noticed n decided
change for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. Ny hiccoughs ceased and
experienced less pain than formerly. !
was so rcjOiced at this improved condition
that upon my dying bed, / vowed in che
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 al opportunity, and this
letter Is in fultillmcut OF that vow Nv i'm
plOvement was constant from that time,
ana IN less than three months | had gained
20 pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pam and believe owe my life and pres
ent condition wholly to Warmers safe cure,
the remedy which | used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
investigated tue subject OF kidney difficult
ties and Brights disease, and the truths de-
yeloped are astounding ] therefore state,
deliberately, and as physician, that 1 be-
Heve more tina, OHe-halJ the d,pfbx l0hich Oc,tly.
"a AmertcG are cGUcd by BrigbCS diSeuse Of
me kidneBS This may sound like a rash
statement, but am prepared To verify il
tully. Brlghts disease has no distinctive
features OF its own, (udccd, it often devel-
ops without any pain whatever i'm the kid
neys or their vicinity, but has the symp-
toms or nearly every other common COM
plant. hundreds of people die daily,
whose burialS are authorized bV a physi-
Clan s certificate as occurring from "Heart
Disease, " "ApopleXy.n PARALYSIS, ""Spinal
Complaint, "Rheumatsm," "Pneumonian
ana the other common complaints, when i'm
reality 10 IS from Brights disease of the
| kidneys. Few physicians, 1nd fewer pco-
I pie, realize the extent of this disease or its
dangerous and insidious nature. II steals
into the system like a thief, manifests its
I presence IL Mt all by the commoncst SWIM
I toms and fastens itself in the constitution
| before the victim Is aware of it. IL is near.
/ " as hereditary as consumption, quite as
| lies inheriting it from their ancestors, have
| died and Yet none of the number knew or
| realized the mysterious power which was
| removing them. Instead of common symp-
| toms It 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, / implore
l every one who reads these words not TO
/ neglect the slightest symptoms OF kidney
/ diticulty. No ono can afford to hazard
such chances.
/ l make Tho foregoing statements based
/ upon facts which can substantiate 20 the
/ letter. The welfare of those who may DOS
/ sibly be sufferers such as / was Is AN ample
/ inducemcnt for me TO take the step ha 20,
/ and N l can successfully warn others from
! the dangerous path iu which IonCe walked,
/ am willing 10 endure all the professional
/ and personal consequences.
J. r. HENION, M. ID.
/ ROCHESTER,, " Y, Dec 80.
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