St. Landry democrat., 1886-01-30
A TERRIBLE CoNFEssioN..
A Physician Presents Some Startling
Facts.


if we do not lay it before our readers en-
tire:
To the Editor Of the Rochester (N. " Demo-
SlR:-On the first day of June, 1881, 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
few years previous any one had told me
tina was to be brought SO low, and by SO
terrible a disease, l should have scoffed at
the idea. Il had always been uncommonly
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
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 upon me first began: Still
thought nothing of it; that probably had
taken cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed a heavy, and at
| times neuralgia, pain in one side or my
! head, but as it would come one day and be
! gone the next, paid little attention to it.
! Then my stomach would get out of order
and my food often failed to digest, causing
! at times great inconvenience. Yet, even as
a physician, | did not think that these
| InlnSS meant any tlln8 serious luhCltuI
was suffering from malaria and doc
tored myself accordingly. But got no bet
| ter. | next noticed a 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 and 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 suspl-
r, nod hHrf for hot
/ had no pain in the affected organs or i'll
their vicinity. Why should have been SO
blind can not understand!
Iconsulted the best medical skill in the
land. visited all the famed mineral springs
in America and Travelled from Maine to
California. Still grew worse. No two ply
sicians agreed as to my malady. One said
/ was troubled with spinal irritation an
ether, dyspepsia; another, heart disease:
aaother, general debility; another, con-
gestion of the base of the brain; and SO on
tiTough 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. |
My condition had really become pitiable. |
The slight symptoms l at first experienced |
were developed into terrible and constant |
disorders My weight had been reduced |
from 2o7 to 130 pounds. My life was bur
den to myself and friends. | could retain |
no food on my stomach and lived wholly |
Ny pulse was uncomfortable. In my agony |
[ frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed fordeath Morphine
had little or no effect in deadening the pain.
For six days and nights had the deatn-pre-
monitory hiccoughs constantly! My water
was filed with tube-casts and albu1nen. |
was struggling with Bright's Disease of the
kidneys in its last stages!
While suffering thus l received call
from my pastor, the Rev. Dr.. Foote, at that
nf Sc L,,,eo
of this city. felt that it was our last in
terview, but in the course of converse
ton DR.. Foote detailed to me the
many remarkable cures of cases
his observation. As practicing physician
and graduate of the schools, derided the
idea OF any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least beneficial: So
sollcItous, however, was DR.. Foote, that
finally promised I would waive my preju-
dice | began its use on the first day of
June, 1881, and took it according to direc-
tlons. At first it sickened me; but this
thought was good sign for one in my de-
bilitated condition. I continued to take it;
finally able to retain food upon my ston-
ach. In few days I noticed decided
change for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I
experienced less pain than formerly. 1
that, upon my dying bed, vowed in the
presence of my family and friends, should
l recover, | would both publicly and pri-
y,ately make known this remedy for
the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever l had an opportunity, and this
letter is in fulfllment of thatvo MY i'm
provement was constant from that time,
and in less than three months had gained I
26 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 :
bies and Bright's disease, and the truths de-
veloped are astounding. therefore state, ,
ieye more than one-hGlf the deaths uhich occur
~ Anae1ica are caused By Brighfs disease of i
he kidneys. This may sound like rash
statement, but am prepared to verify it
features of it's own, Gndeed, it often devel-
'ps without any pain whatever in the kid !
leys or their vicinity, but has the symp- :
oms OF nearly every other common COM :
'laint. Hundreds OF people die daily, T
whose burials are authorized by physi- :
'tsRheumatism, > aPneumonia'' q
md the other common complaints, when in
eality it is from Bright's disease of the
,idneys. Few physicians, and fewer peo-
lie, realize the extent of this disease or it's !
dangerous and insidious nature 1t steals
nto the system like q thief, manifests it's
'resence if at all by the commonest symp-
oms and fastens itself in the constitution
efore the victim is aware of it. 1t is near
Y as hereditary as consumption, quite as
ommon and fully as fatal Entire fami-
les inheriting it from their ancestors, have
led and yet. none of the number knew or
ealized the mysterious power which was II
emoving them. Instead of common symp- c
oms it often shows none whatever, but =.
rings death suddenly, from convulsions,
poplexy or heart disease. =