The Bolivar bulletin. [volume] (Bolivar, Hardeman County, Tenn.) 1865-1888, 1886-01-29
a TERRIRLE CONFESSION.
A Physician Presents some Startling



Facts.
The following story-which is attracting
wide attention from the press-is SO re-
markable that we can not excuse ourselves
If we do not lay it before our readers en-
tire;
10 the Editor Of the Rochester (N. ~ Demo
crat.
Simon 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 vet, if
! few years previous any one had told me
| that / was to be brought so low, and by so
| terrible a disease, / should have scoffed at
| the idea had always been qncommonly
| strong and healthy, and weighed over 2OO
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
| and can not account for it. They feel dull
| 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 of my
| head, but as it would come one day and be
| gone the next, l paid little attention to 1t.
| Then my stomach would get ont 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. fancled
was suffering from malaria and doc
| tored myself accordingly. But got no bet
| ter. l next noticed peculiar color and
| odor about the fluids 1 was passlng-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 dld
| not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
| these SYMPTOMS continually, finally be-
| came accustomed to them, and my susp1-
| cion, was wholly disarmed by the fact that
/ Z h(sI no pain in the affected organs or In
| their vicinity. Why ! should have been so
! blind can not understand
| consulted the best medical skill in the
| land l visited all the famed mineral springs
! i'm America and Travelled from Maine TO
| California. Still grew worse. NO two phy-
| sicians agreed as to my malady. one SAID
| l was troubled with spinal irritation; an
| other, dyspepsia; o"other, heart dlsease;
| another, general debility; another, con-
geStiOn of the base of the brain; and so on
| through a 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 / at first experienced
| were developed into terrible and constant
/ disorders. NY weight had been reduced
| from 207 to 100 pounds. My life was bur
| den to myself and friends. l could retain
| no food on my stomach, and lived wholly
| bv Injections / was living mass of pain.
| NY pulse was uncOntrOllable. In my agony
| / frequently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed for deathl 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 albumen. l
| was struggling with Brlght's Disease OF Inc
| kidneys in its last stages!
| While suffering thus L received a call
! from nv pastor, the Rev. Dir. toOte, at that
time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal Church,
Of raffr I Fsalk qgtT
| terview, but in the course Of converse
ton DR.. Foote detailed to me the
| many remarkable cures Of cases
1 like my own which had come under
| his observation. As practicing physician
and graduate of the schools, L derided the
idea of any medicine outside the regular
channels being in the least beneficial. Sc
| solicitous, however, was DR.. FOote, that
| finally promised / would waive my preJu-
| dice. l began its use on the first day OF
| June, 1881, and took it according to direc-
| tions. At first it sicllened me; but this
| thought was good sign for one in my de
| bilitated condition. | continued to take it;
| the siclzening sensation departed and was
| finally able to retain food upon my stOm
ach. In a few days / noticed a decided
| change for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and
| experienced less pain than formerly.
| was so rejOiced at this improved condition
| that, upon my dying bed, / vowed in the
| presence of my family and friends, should
L recover would both publicly and pri-
| the good of humanity, wherever and
| whenever had an opportunity, and this
letter is in fulfillment of thatvow. My i'm
| prOvement was constant from that time,
| and in less than three months 1 had gained
| 26 pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain and believe lowe my life and pres
emit condition wholly to Warmers safe cure,
| the remedy which used
! Since my recovery / have thoroughly re-
| investigated the subject of kidney difficult
| ties and Brights disease, and the truths de-
| veloped are astounding. 1 therefore state,
| deliberately, and as q physician, that be-
heve more than Olte-tatf Tie deaths aChieh occur
| IN 4nlericG are caused by Br{ght,S disease Of
| the Eid7telS. This may sound like rash
| statement, but am prepared TO verify it
| fully. Bright's disease has no distinctive
| features OF its own, (indeed, il often devel-
| ops without any pain whatever in the kid
| news or their vicinity, but has the symp-
| toms of nearly every other common COM
| plant. Hundreds of people die daily,
| whose burials are authorized by a physi-
| clans certificate as occurring from Heart
| Disease - 50 ApOpleXy,0 PARALYSIS, y Spinal
| Complaint, y Rheumatism, pneumonia"
| and the other common complaints, when in
| reality it is from Brights disease Of tho
| kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer peO-
| pie, realize the extent of this disease or its
! dangerous and insidious nature. 1t steals
into the system like a thief, manifests its
| presence If at all by the commOncst symp-
! toms and fastens itself in the constitution
| before the victim is aware of it. IL is near
| ly as hereditary as consumption, quite as
! lies inheriting it from their ancestors, have
| died and yet none of the number knew or
| realized the mysterious power which was
| removing them. Instead Of common symp-
| toms it often shows mono whatever but
| brings death suddenly, from commissions,
| apoplexy or heart disease.
AS one who has suffered and knows by
| bitter experience what he says, | implore
| every one who reads these words not to
! neglect the slightest symptoms Of kidney
| difficulty. No one can afford TO hazard
| such chances.
make the foregoing statements based
| upon facts which can substantiate to the
| letter. The welfare Of those who may pos
| sibly be sufferers such as / was is an ample
/ inducement for me to take the step have
and il can successfully warn others from
| the dangerous path in which once walked
| am willing to endure all the professional
and personal consequences.
| j. b. HENION. NJ. d.
ROCHESTER,, N. ". Dec. 30.
DESIRABLE thing in gloves-A warm
lining.-BOstOn Courier