The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1886-01-28
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.


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wide attention from the press-is SO rr
marknble that VIC can not excuse ourselves
il we do not lay it before our readers en-
tire:
To the Editor Of The Rochester az " Demo
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SIR:-on the first day of June. 1881, l lay
at my residence in this city surrounded 10y
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, TOR
words can never describe it. Aud yet, if a
few years previous any one had t1sd me
that was to be brought so low, and 10y so
terrible disease, | should have sooffed at
the idea. had always been uncommoniy
strong and healthy, and weighed over 2'c
pounds, and hardly knew, in my own ex-
perience, what pain or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times they are unusually tired
md can not account for il, They feel dun
pains in various parts OF the BODY ana 90
not understand why. Or they. arc 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 upon me first began. sun !
thought nothing of is; that probably had
taken a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed heavy, and az
times neuralgia pain in one side OF my
head. but ~ it would come one day and be
gone the next, paid little attention 70 it
Then my stomach would get out OF order
and nav food often failed to digest causing
at times great Inconvenience. Yet, even as
a physician, Ibid not think that these
things meant ANYTHING serious. fauciod l
&yas suffering from malaria and doc
fred myself acc1rlingy. Bat got no bot
Ter | ncNt noticed peculiar color and
odor about the fluids was passing also
that there were large quantities one day
and very little the next, and that persist
ent froth end scum appeared upon the sur
face, and "A 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 dsarned by the fact that
/ had no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity, Why should have been so
blind can not understand
Icousnlted the best medical skill in the
land / visited all tho famed mineral springs
in America and travelled from Maine 10
California. Still / grew worse. No two ply
sicians agreed as to my malady. One said
was troubled with spinal irritation; an
other. dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
another, general debility, another, con-
gestion OF the base of the brain; and so on
through 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.
NV condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms l at first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant
disorders. Ny weight had been reduced
from 207 to $50 pounds My life was a bur
den TO myself and friends. l could retain
no food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections was a living mass of pain.
Ny pulse was uncontrollable In my agony
l frequently fell to the floor and ciutched
the carpet, and prayed for death Morphine
had little or no effect in deadening pain.
For six days and nights had the death-pre-
monitory hiccouThs constantly My water
was filed with tube-casts and albumen. l
was struggling with Brights Disease OF the
kidneys in its last stagesl
While suffering thus / received call
from nv pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at that
time rector of St Paul's Episcopal Church,
of this city. felt that it was our last in
tei'view, but in the course OF converse
ton DR.. Foote detailed to me the
many remarkable cures OF cases
like my own which had come under
his observation. As a practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools derided the
idea of any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least beneficial. 80
solicitous, however, vas. Or. ROOte, that
finally IRromised would waive my preJu.
Nice. began its use on the first dav of
June, 1881, and took IL according to direc-
tions. At first it sickened me; but this
thought was a good sign for one in my do
bilitated condition. i continued TO take it,
the sickening sensation departed and was
finally able to retain -foOdtupof my stom-
-&AoD..~dn Il Few Gays 1Otlceu u ueCiitu
change for the better as also did my wife
aud friends. My hiecoughs ceased and l
experienced less pain than formerly. i
was SO rejoiced 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-
vately make known this remedy for
the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever had an opportunity, and this
letter Is in fuitillment OF that VOW. My i'm
prOvement was constant from that time,
and in less than three months had gained
% pounds in flesh became entirely free from
pain and believe lowe my life and pres
ent condition wholly 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 truths de-
veloped are astounding. j therefore state,
deliberately, and as physician, that be
lieve more than Ole-hdif the deaths wiich occur
~ America are caused 6y Brighrs disease Of
the kidneys. This may sound like rash
statement, but / am prepared to verify 1t
fully Bright's disease has no distinctive
features of its own, Indeed, it often deyel-
OBS 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 a physi-
clans certificate as occurring from Heart
Disease, u ,'Apoplexy, y paralysis, ~ Spinal
Complaint, "Rheumatisrn,n pneumonia
and the other common complaints, when in
reality it is from BTights disease of the
kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer peo
pie realize the extent of this disease or it
dangerous and insidious nature. 1t steak
into the system like thief, manifests it,
presence II at all by the conmonest syrnp
IONS and fastens itself in the constitution
before the victim is aware of it. 1t is near
" as hereditary as consumption, quite a.
common and fully as fatal Entire FAM
lies inberiting it from their ancestors, have
died and yet none of the number knew oil
realig the mysterious power which wa
removing them. Instead of common symp
toms it often shows none whatever, bu
brings death suddenly, from commissions
aDoplexy or heart disease.
AS one who has suffered, and knows by
bitter experience what he says, | implort
every one who reads these words not Il
neglect the slightest symptoms of kidney
difficulty. No one can afford to hazai'
such chances.
/ make the foregoing statements baset
upon facts which can substantiate to th'
letter. The welfare of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such as was is an ample
indictment for me TO take the step hav We
and If can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which lonce walked
Iam willing to endure all the professional
and personal consequences.
j. b. HENION, III. ID.
RocrfpsTrR N " Dec. 3d.