The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1886-01-29
The 9etllat.at,
Physician rFekcnts Heme Startling Facts
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Can n be that the Danger indicated IL
univeraai.
The following story-which IL ate
tracing wide attention from the press
Ills 10 remarkable that We cannot sx-
cuae ourselves II we do not lay IL before
our readers entire
10 the editor ef Ae Rochester, tA. al
Degsocrat.
SER :--on the tirst day of June, 1881,
| lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows TIE agony
I then endured, for werds can never
describe 1t. And yet, ifa few years
previous any one had told mo that !
was to be brought 30 low, and by 70
terrible disease, / should have acofisd
at the idea. ! had always been un-
commonly 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 Al
times they are unusually Tired and cam
not account for Il. They feel dull
pains ia yarieus parts Of tho body and
do not understand Why. Or thoy ere
exceedingly hungry one day and entirely
without appetite the next. This was
just the way felt when tie relentless
malady which bad fastened itself upon
mo frst began. Still l thought nothing
oft ] that probably had taken cold
which would socn pass away. Shortly
after this noticed heavy, and Al
times neuralgia, pain In one side Of nv
head, bat a. IL would come one day and
DO gone the next, paid little attsntion
to il. Then my stomach would get
out Of order and my food often failed
to digest, causing at times great incon.
ysnience. Yet, even as e physician, ]
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. fauoie6 ] was suf.
} GeEing ftom malaria and doclored nv.
self accordingly. But | got no better,
. | next noticed peculiar color and odoi
about the fluids 1 was passing-alss
: that there were largo quantities on'
day and very little the next, and thai
! persistent froth and scum appearsd
! upon the surface, and sediment set
! lied. And jet did not realize AM
) danger, for, indeed. seeing thesa symp
toms continually, ! finally became &C
!. customsd to thOm, and nay suspicion
: was wholly disarmed by the fact that
. bad no pain In the affected organs or il
their vicinity. Why should hav
bsen 10 blind cannot understand
/ consulted the best medical skill i
the land. visited all the famed min
= eral springs in America and travels
from Maine to California. Sill / gre'
worse. No two physicians agreed as I
my malady. One said I was trouble
with spinal irritation, another, dyspsF
siA another, heart disease anothel
general debility I; another, congsstio
Of the base Of the brain and 80 o
through long list Of common diseases
the symptoms of many of which rea
had. In this way several yeai
passed, during which time was stea.
lly growing worse. My condition ha
really become pitiable. Tho sligt
symptoms | at frst experienced wei
developed into terrible and constar
disorders. My weight had been n
duced from 2O7 TO $50 pounds. II
life was burden TO myself and friend
| could retain no food on my stomach
i and lived wholly By injections. / wa
q living mass Of pain. Ny pulse va
: uncomfortable. In my agony I fr,
! quently fell to tho floor and cluschs
J the Carpet, aud prayed for death
Morphine had little or no effect
deadening the pain. For ak days an
nights ! had the death-prsmonitor
: kiccoughs constantly MY water VI
: filled with tube-casts and albumsn.
.. was struggling with Bright's Disease
the kidneys in It's last stages
While suffering thus l received
! call from my pastor, the Rev. d
Foote, at that time rector of st. Paul
> Episcopal Church, of this city. ] fe
: that 1t was our last interview, but
the course of conversation DR.. Foo
detailed to me the many remarkab
cures of cases like my own which hs
come under his observation. AS
practicing physician and graduate
OF the schools, / deried the idea of ar
medicine outside the regular channe
being in the least beneficial. So solic
tous, however, was DR.. Foote, that
finally promised / would waive n
prejudice. l began its use on the fir
day Of June, 1881, and took it accor.
ing to directions. At first IL aickene