The Highland weekly news. [volume] (Hillsborough [Hillsboro], Highland County, Ohio) 1853-1886, 1886-02-03
a TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A Phyuioian Presents Some Startling
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Facts.
The following story-which Is attracting /.
wide attention from the press-is so re-
markoble that we can not excuse ourselves
n we do not lay It before our readers en-.
tire;
To he Editor Of the Rochester tY ~ Demo
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Simon the first day Of June 1881, Ilay
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 IL a
few years previous any one had Jold me
that I was to be brought SO low, and by so
terrible a disease, ] should have scoHed at
the idea. had always been uncOmmonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over SJO
pounds, and hardly knew, i'm my own eN-
perience, what pain or sickness were. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times they are unusually tired
and can not account for It. They feel dull
pains i'm various parts Of the body and 90
not understand why. Or they are exceed
mgly hungry one day and entirely WlthouE
appetite the next. This was just the way
felt when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began. STU l
thought nothing Of it, that probably had
taken a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed heavy, and aE
times neuralgiC, pain I'm one side OF my
head but as it would come one day and be
gone the next, paid little attention TO 10.
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
things meant anything serious. tuncled
was suffering from malaria and doc
tOred myself accordingly But goG no beJ-
ter / next noticed peculiar color and
OdOr about the fluids ] was passing-also
that there were large quantities one Day
and very little the next, ana JhaJ q persist
cnt trOth and scum appeared upon the sur
G. no. n rI limo mt
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually j finally be-
came accustomed 20 Jhem} anu my a.Spl.
clon was wholly QlSaIlneu Oy Lue Iae1 Lua1
hId n0 pl,A m L9e &AeGyg9 organs OF Lu
.heir vicinity, w ny sloulu nave Oeeh SO
| blind can not understand!
/ consulted the best meqlcal Skill 10 Jhe
land. l visited an lhe Iamed mlhef1l springs
IN America anu 'aNa'eh lOL4 -N"lHe W
California. Stul grew worse: mo Two puE,
sicians agreed as 70 my mafi'9tayi Cue Salu
| was troubled win splhal iIIlLauout au-
| other, dyspepsla' anoIueI' ueaIG uis7asg'
/ another, general ueblllJy' ahoJueL' CON
/ gestiOn of iIe base OF the brain; ana so on
through long lIsO OF common On diseases, I-e
! symptoms OF many OF "ulcn Ie9lI( uau.
| In this way several years passed. during
| which tune was hJeauuy growing Woi TO-
! My condluon hau really become p.slaLle;
/ The slight symptoms az Irsb eE PeIlsuCeu
! were developed luJo JetLIoie anu CousIauS
! disorders. MY WeIShJ I9u DGeu IeuqlCu
from 2J' TO l,O Po9has. NY ne va vas It u I:. put.
| den TO myself ana Irlenus' l CouIu IIGih
! no food on my stomach, ana uVed Wno!Iy
| " injections. was llVluS mass OF pam
| Iy pulse was uncunuolaDIe' In my agony
! frequently teu 10 J3s moor anu GIuUG4lu i
| the carpet ana pIaye lot uSaIn MO- MO- puIue
had little OF no euecI IN 4JlueI.u5 @ OuT pun @
tOr SIX Gays ana eAUs uou uLlo 11g.,'Ll pa " u
/ mOnltOry hlCCouEhs constantly MY "oOe5
! was filled win Juoe-casIs anu luuee eluuLIeF. II A.
/ was Struggling WIN bIlShI IS DISeaSe Vi Ouo
kidneys IN lLS lasJ stages III
While suffering mus IeJslNeu yea ~ u tat GStit
/ rom my pastor, Jue A'o'' ~ A'''1g' N' -+'.'E
time rector Of st. Pauls Episcopal Church,
| of this city. felt that III was our last lu-
| terview, but in the course OF conVerSa-
tiOn DR.. FOote detailed to me the
many remarkable cures OF cases
/ like my own which had come under
his observation AS a pracuciug pny yslclah
and graduate OF the schools, dendeu Lhs
idea Of any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least benehclaL 30
soltcttous, however was Dr. FOote, that l
finally promised would waive my PIeJu.
qlce' l began ltS use on Jne uIsO Gay OF
June, l99 ana TOOK ~ aC'3IuIIS 70 uiIe'
uOns. At first 1T slckened me- buJ thls i
IhOughb was goOd S,y" lot one IN my ue.
Dlntated cOndlUOn. continued 10 JaSe lLi
Lhe slckenlng sensation departed ana was
nnally able 10 retain 1000 upon my sloh,
ach In a lew days L noIlced a uecldSu
change Tor the DeLJei, as also ulu my VIC
and friends, My hlccoughs ceased ana !
experienced less pain than formerly. ]
was so reJOlced at this improved CONDITION
that, upon my dying bed' vowed IN O9g
presence OF my family and friends, should
recover would boJh puDucIy ana pr
VaJeIy make known TINS remedy Iot
T the good or humanity, wherever ana
whenever L hAd an opportunity ana Ihls
letter Is IN tulilllmenJ OF thaJ VOW. MY ia
pTOYement was constant from JhaJ Jiine
, and IN less than three months had gained
70 pounds m flesh, became enJlIely Iree IroIL
PAIN ana DeHeVe owe my llLe ana pres
enJ condition wholly 10 warmers saLe cure
Jne remedy Whlcu usgu'
since my recovery nave InofougnlE re
investigated the subject Of kidney dlihcul
ties and Brlgbts disease, and the truths de
, yeloped are astounding; Therefore state
deliberately, ana as a physician JnaJ De
heve more than ORe-hdy me QeIihS Wh,ch OccW
II Amertca are caused 6y Bright,s, disease o
the ktdHeys. This may sound IKE rasl
I statement but am prepared TO verify II
/ fully. Brlght's disease has no distinctive
features OF its own, llndeed, 1t often deyel
ops without any pain whatever in the KID
q neys or their vicinity, but has the symp
toms Of nearly every other common com
! platnt Hundreds or people die daily
whose burials are authorized by physi
! clans certificate as occurring from Hear