Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1886-03-06
TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Physician Prssents Some star,lins
CAN IT BE THAT THE DANGER INDICATED IS

lay 1t before our readers entire:
10 the Editor Of the Rochester y. Y Democrat
SIR:-On the first day OF June. 1851, 1 lay at
M 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 a few years pre-
Fious any one had told me that | was TO be
brought so loE. and by SO terrible a disease. /
should have scoffed at the idea. Ihavs always
been u~nconmonly strong and healthy. and
weighed over 10 pounds aid hardly knew. n
NY own experience, what pain or sickness
were. Very. many people who will read tbs
statement realize at times they are unusually
tired and cannot account Tor it They feel
dull pains in various parts Of the body and do
not understand why. .. they are exceed
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
the next. This was just the way felt w1ea
the relentless ma.ady which had fastened
Itself upon Inc first began Still thought
oothing Of it; that probably | had taken a cod
which would soon pass away. Shortly after
this | noticed a heavy, and at times neuralgia
pain in one side Of 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
tailed to digest, causing at times great
inconvenience. Yet, even as a physician, | did
not think that these things meant anything
serious. | fancied l was suffering from malaria
and doctored myself accordingly. But | got
no better. / next noticed a peculiar color and
odor about the ilQids | was passing also that
there were large quantities one day and very
little the next, and that q persistent froth and
scum APPEARED upon the surface. and a sedt-
nent settled. And yet | did not realizelmy
danger. for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, / finally became accustoneds to
them, and my suspicion was wholly dlsarmed
Oy the fact that | had no pain in the Affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why shouldAaSe
been 80 blind | cannot understand. ass
consulted the best med cal Skill in the land.
visited al the famed mineral springs in
America aad Travelled from Maine to CaiIor-
MA. Still | grew worse. No two physicians
agreed as to my malady. One said Dwas
troubled with spinal irritation, another, dys-
pepsia: another, heart disease; another,general
debility; another, congestion Of the base of tho
brain; and so on through a long list of common
diseases, the symptoms OF miny OF which J
really had. In this way several years passed,
during which time l was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become pitt
able. The slight symptoms l at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and con-
slant disorders. My weight had been reduced
from 2OT to 80 pounds. Ny life was a burden
TO myself and friends. lcould retain no food
on my stomach and lived(wholly by injections.
/ was a living mass OF pain. Ny pulse was I'M
controllable. In my agonyI frequently fell to
the floor and clutched the carpet, and prayed
for DEATH Morphine had little or no effect in
deadening the pain. For six days and nights l
had tho death-premonitory hiccoughs con-
etantlyl My water was filed with tube-casts
and albumen. / was struggling with Brlghts
Disease of the kidneys in its ':t-t stages.
While suffering thus 7 = ceived a call from
my pastor. the Rev..Dr cote, at that time rec
tor OF st. Paul s EpF>uupal church, of this city.
! felt that 1t was our last interview. but in the
course Of conversation DR.. Foote untalled to
ME the many remarkable cures Of o,:ses like
my own VIII CHI had come under his o0serva-
ton. as a pract cling physician and a graduate
Of the schools, / derlded the idea OF any medi-
cine outs de the regular channels being in the
least beneficial. So solicitous, however, was
Dr.. Foote, that / finally promised l would
valve my prejudice. / b. gan its use on The
fl st day Of June, 1881, and took it according tt
dire ions. Al first it siCkened me; but this |
thought was q good sign for one in my debill-
! tated condition. ! continued to take it; the
sickenine sensation d parted and | was finally
able to retain food upon my tomach. In a flew
days l 10 iced a decided chars &c for the better
as also d d my wife and friends. My hiccough:
ceased and | experienced less pain than for
merly. was so r%ejOiced at this improved con
dition that, uron what | believed but a few
DAYS before was my dying bed, | vowed. in the
presence OF my family and friends. should | re
cover | would both publicly and privately
make known this remedy for the good of hu-
mainly, wherever and whenever ! had an op-
portunity, and this letter is in fulhlIment @
that VOW. My Improvement was constan
from that time, and i'll less than three month,
| had gained rs pounds in flesh, became ell
trely free from pain and | believe | owe m,
life and present condition wholly to Warner:
safe cure, the remedy which | used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly rein
vestigated thesubiect Of kidney difficulties an,
Brlght's disease, and the truths developed ar,
astounding. | therefore state. deliberately
and as a physician. that / believe more thu
onc-half the deC'iS rhtch occur tn America ar
caused by Brjgjt>s disease of the kidneys. Thi
may sound Ike crash statement, but | am pre-
pared to verify i fully. Bright's disease ha+
no distinctive features of its own Indeed, /!
often develops without any pain whatever il
tae kidneys or their vicini VI, but has the
symptom, OF nearly every other common com.
paint. H1ndre IS Of people die daily, who's,
olrla!s are Authorized BY a physicians certii
cate as occ lrring from eart Disease, APO
.Iexy,' "Parajysis,N Spinal Complaint
rheumatism" "Pneunoaia," and the othe
common complaints, when in reality it is from
B@aaik's disease Of the kidneys. Few physi
c,!tns, and fewer people, realize the extent 0
this disease or It's dangerous and insidious IA
ture. 1t steals into the system like a THE,
manitests its presence il at all by the conmoA
est symptoms and fastens itself in the const.
tuition before the victim is aware OF it. 1t
! nearly as hereditary as consumption, quite a
common and fftlly az fa.al. Entire families
! inheritinS it. from their ancestors, have die
aad yst none Of the nInber knew or realize
the mysterious power which was removin
! them. Instc4i OF comnoa symptoms it ofte
j.. shows none Whatever, but brings death sud
'sniy, from coavulsions. apoplexy or hear
/ disease.
As one who has suffered, and knows by bitt.
experience what he says. | implore every or
who reads these words not to neglect u
: slightest symptom. OF kidney difficulty. No Oh
can afor1 to nazarl sucn chances.
/ make The foregoing statements based upC
facts waich | can substantiate to the lette
Tho welfare II those who may possibly be 81
Y fcrers such a. | was i, an m pie inducemeI
for me L take the step | have, and IL | ca
successful; Nvara others from he danyerol
pa.h n WI Oh | once walked, I am wiling
endure ali the profess.oaa al and personal co,
sequences. J. B. HENION, II. D.
ROCHESTER, y. Y. Dec. 20.
Bob Chicrprs.