Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-02-10
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
PHYSICIAN PRESENTS SOME STARTLING
FACTS.
Can Il Je that the Danger Indicated is
Universal,

The following story-which is at
tracing wide attention from the press
is SO remarkable that We cannot excuse
ourselves if we do not lay it before our
readers entire:
To the Editor ortle Rochester (N. " Democrat
SR:-On the first day OF Jure, 1881,
/ lay at my residence In this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
1 then endured, fo- words can never
describe it. And yet. if a few years
previous any one had told me that l
was to be brought so low. and by SO
terrible a disease, / should have scoffed
at the idea. l had always been uncom-
monty strong and healthy, and weighed
over 200 pounds, and hardly knew, In
my own experience, what pain or SICK
ness were. Very many people who will
read this statement realize at times
theT are unusually tired and cannot ac-
count for it. They feel dull pans in
various parts of the body and do not
understand why. Or they are exceed
ingly hungry one day and entirely with
out appetite the next. This was just
the way 1 felt when the relentless mall
adv which had fastened itself upon me
first began. Still thought nothing of
it; that probably 1 had taken cold
which would soon pass away. Shortly
after this / noticed a heavy, and at
times neuralgia, pain IN one side of my
head, but Us 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 ofttns failed to
digest, causing at times great incon-
yenience. Yet. even as a physician,
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. L fancied was SUI
fering from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better. L
next noticed peculiar color and odor
about the fluids 1 was passing-also
that there were large quantities one day
and very little the next, and that per-
sisfenr froth and scum appeared upon
the surface, and a sediment settled
And vet did not realize my danger,
for, indeed, seeing esesymptoms con-
tlnuaIly, finally became accustomed
to them, and my suspicion was wholly
disarmed by the fact that 1 had no
pain IN the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why l should have been so
blind cannot understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill II
the land. visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and Travelled
from Maine to California. Still grew
worse. NO two physicians agreed as to
nv malady. One said l was troubled
with spinal irritation, another, dyspep-
sia; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion oi
the base of the brain; and so on through
q long list of common diseases, the
symptoms Of many Of which L really
had. In this way several years passed, |
during which time 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 2J7 to
$50 pounds. Ny life was a burden to
myself and friends. / could retain nc
food on nv stomach, and lived wholly /
by injections. was q living mass ol
pain. My pulse was uncomfortable. LII
my agony frequently fell to the tiool
and clutched the carpet, and prayed 10,
death ! Morphine had little or no effeci
In deadening the pain. For six days
and nights / 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 IFS last stages
While suffering TINS L received a cal
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote. al
that time rector of ST. PauPs Episcopal
church, of this city. 1 felt that it was
our last interview. but in the course OF
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
the msny remarkable cures Of cases like
my own which had come under his OBJ
servation. As a practicing physician
and graduate of the schools, l derided
the idea OF any medicine outside the
regular channels bang IN the least
beneficial So solicitOus, however, was
D.. toote, that 1 finally promised
would waive my prejudice. began its
use on The first day OF june, 1881. and
took it according TO directions. At first
IT slckened me; but this / thought was
a good sign for one In my debilitated
condition. l continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and L was
finally able TO retain food upon my
stomach. In few days l noticed de.
cided change for the better, Is also did
my vie and friends. My h;ccoughs
ceased and l experienced less pain than
formerly. L was so rejoiced at this i'm.
proved condition that, upon what had
believed but few days before was ny
dying bed, 1 vowed. in the presence OF
ny family and friends, should recover
i would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good
of humanity, wherever and whenever i
had an opportunity, anu this letter is IL
fuIflment of that VOW. My improve
ment was constant from that time, and
in less than three months had gained
% pounds in flesh, became entirely free
from pain and believe l owe my life
and present condition wholly tc
Warmers safe cure, the remedy which ]
used.
Since my recovery 1 have thoroughly
re-investigated the subiec. of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding.
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician. that L believe more than
oras-half the deaths 1Chich occur an
America are caused Gy Bright disease
of the kidaegs. This may sound like
a rash statement, but l am prepared tc
verify it fully. Bright's disease has
no distinctive features OF its own. lin
deed, it often develops without any
pain whatever in the kidneys or their
vicinity, but has the symptoms OF
nearly every other common complaint {
Hundreds of people die daily, whose !
burials are authorized by a physicians
certificate as occurring from ''Heart
Disease" "Apoplexy," Paralysis,
Spinal Complaint" "Rheumatism, !
"Pneumonia," and the other common |
complaints, when in reality it is from q
Bright's disease of the kidneys. Few l
hysicisns, and fewer people. realize {
the extent of this disease or its dan q
gerous and insidious nature. 1t steals $
into the system like thief, manifests l
its presence, if at all by the commonest '
symptoms and fastens itself in the con. '
c+itutton hafOra tha victim is auara of