The Penn's Grove record., 1886-02-06
TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
PHYSICIAN PRESENTS SOME 5~TAhILiNu
FACTS.
Can II, We thst the Danger Indicated IS
Universal,

CAAfRANN1
The following ~story-which 10 Az
tracing wide attention from the press
is so remarkable that we cannot excuse
ourselves if we do not lay 1t before our
readers entire:
To The EdNor or The Rochester az ~ bs"t2c,a@
Sm:-On the first day OF JuLe, 1901
l Law at my residence IN this CITY sur
rounded by my friends and waiting tor
death. Heaven only knows the agony
I then endured, for woods can never
describe it. Aud yet. if a few years
previous any Il had told me that L
was to be brought so low. and by SO
terrible a disease, l should have sconed
at the idea. ] had always been uncom'
monty strong and healthy, and weighed
owe 200 pounds, and hardly knew, IN
nv own experience, what pain or SICK
ness were. Very many people VINO Will
read this statement realize at times
thew are unusually tired and cannot &C
count for it. They feel dull pains In
various parts of the body n 90 hot
understand why. Or they are exceeu-
ingly hungry one day and entirely WIN.
out appetite the next. This was Just
fbe way I felt when the relentless NAL
adv which had fastened itself upon mo
first began. Still ] thought nothing OF
it: that probably 1 had taken a cold
which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this I noticed a heavy, and at
times neuralgia, pain In one side OF my
head. but as 1t would come Il day and
be gone the next, | paid little tentlo
to IT. Then my stomach would get out
of order and my food oft'a failed to
digest. causing at times great incon-
v%enience. Yet. even as a physician, L
did not think that these things meant
ANYTHING serious. [ fancied was suit
fering from malaria Rnddoctored myselI
accordingly. But | got no better. L
next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids 1 was passlng-also
that there were large quantities Il day
and very little the next, and that a per-
sisfenJ froth and scum appeared upon
the surface, and n sediment settled
And vet l did not realize my danger,
for, indeed, seeing these symptoms con-
tlnually, | finally became accustomed
to them, and my suspicion was wholly
| disarmed by the fact that / had no
main in the affected organs or in the1r
vicinity. Why 1 should have been so
blind | cannot understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill ID
the land. | visited all the famed min
eral springs III America and Travelled
| from Maine to California. Still L grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as to
my malady. One said | was troubled
with spinal irritation, another, dyspep.
STA; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion OF
the base of the brain; and so on through
a long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of many of which L really
had, In this way several years passed,
during which time l was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiable. The slight symptoms /
at first experienced were developed into
terrible and constant disorders. My
weight had been reduced from POT to
1870 pounds. My life was a burden to
myself and friends. / could retain nc
food on my stomach, and lived wholly
by injections. l was a living mass oil
pain. My pulse was uncomfortable: liz
my agony / frequently fell to the tlooi
and clutched the carpet, and prayed foi
death Morphine had little or no effect
in deadening the pain. For SIX days
and nights l had the death-premonitory
hiccoughs constantly My water was
filed with tube.casts and albumen. ]
was struggling with Bright's Disease o.
the kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus | received a cal
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote. al
that time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
church, of this city. 1 felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course oil
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures OF cases like
my own which had come under his OBJ.
servation. As a practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, l derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least
beneficial. So solicitous, however, was
DR.. toote, that 1 finally promised ]
would waive my prejudice. L began its
use on the first day of June, 1881. and
stook it according to directions. AT first
1t sickened me; but this I thought was
a good sign for one IN my debilitated
condition. | continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and L was
finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In a few days [ noticed a de-
cided change for the better, as also did
nv wife and friends. My hiccoughs
ceased and l experienced less pain than
formerly. l was so rejoiced at this I'M
proved condition that, upon what L had
believed but a few days before was my
dying bed, l vowed, IN the presence oil
nay family and friends, should / recover
l would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good
of humanity, wherever and whenever
had an opportunity, and this letter is II
fulhlment of that vow. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and
in less than three months / had gained
26 pounds in flesh, became entirely free
from pain and / believe l W my life
and present condition wholly tic
Warmers safe cure, the remedy which ]
used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly
re-investigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. ]
therefore state, deliberately, and as 6
puNSlClhlt tlbb L bClACNC HeOES hfN
One-haT the deaths aohich occur "
America are caused By Bright's disease
Of the kidneys. This may sound like
a rash statement, but l am prepared t.
verify it fully. Bright's disease has
no distinctive features of its own, GIN
deed, it often develops without any
pain whatever in the kidneys or theii
vicinity, but has the symptoms o
nearly every other common complaint
Hundreds of people die daily, whose
burials are authorized by a physieian'
certificate as occurring from "Hear
Disease" "Apoplexy," Paralysis,
Spinal Complaint" "Rheumatism,
"Pneumonia," and the other common
complaints, when in reality it is from
Bright's disease of the kidneys. Few
Musicians, and fewer people, realize