San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1886-01-20

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Su. ON the first day Of June. ISL,
Inv ot my residence in this city sur
rnIluded by nv friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured. for words can never de-
scribe if. And vet, il Il few years pre-
yious any one had told me that | WAS to
be brought 50 low. and 10y so terrible
disrU.r. should have ,cUiled at the idea.
had always been unCommonly strong
and healthy, and weighed over POO
mounds. and hardly knew, in my own cX-
periencC, what pain or sickness were.
| Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times they are I'M
usually tired and cannot account tor it.
| They feel duh pains IN various parts OF
the body and do not understand why.
I Or they are exceedingly hungry one day
and entirely without appetite IN" next.
| This was just the way ! felt when the
] relentless malHdy which had fastened
itsclfu upon me first began. Still thought
| nothing Of it: that probably had taken
a cold which would soon pass away:
| shortly after this noticed heaNf, ana
at times neuralgia, pam IN one side "'
my head. but rs II would come one Gay
and be gone the next, paid IittIe Aitch-
| tion 10 II. Then my stomach "ouiu SI'
| out Of order and my food often laIe" 10
| digest, causing al times great lnc0hNe-
/ nencc. Vet. even rs a physician, ala
| not think that these Things meant any
| thing serious. ianclcd ! was suffering
| from malaria and docIorea myself "c-
| cOrdIngly. But got no better. next
| noticed peculiar color ana oG"r HDoul
/ the fluids | was passing also lNaI mere
were large quantities one DAY ana
| very little the next, ana Ihft persistent
| lrOth and scum appeared upon me sur
| face, and that SEDIMENT seULca: An"
| yet did not realize my danger, I"r, IN
| deed. seeing these symptoms coniinu-
| ally. ! finally became accustomed 10
them, and my suspicion was wholly uis-
| armed by the Tact that hau no pam III
| the Affected organs or III iheiT NicIiII'N'
| why should nave n'eh 80 oIllu call
| not understand;
consulted Inc utH' iit"c"' HNI" III
| the land. visited all the famed Nun
| erNl springs IN America ana lLaNeie"
! FROM Maine to iaHlofnIa' 9lIII / gre"
worse. No two physlclans agreed rs T"
| my malauN. one salu ! was 'ToUoIeu
with spinal irritation, ahoIher, u!sPep-
STA; another, heart disease; announcer gen
| eraI debility: another, CONGESTION OF 'he
base OF the BRAIN ana so on through
| long list OF common diseases; the sNihP-
| toms OF many OF when really hau. III
| this way several years passed, curing
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. MY
weight had been reduced from - TO I"O
! pounds. My life was burden TO my
| self and friends. could retain no 1000
on my stomach, and lived wholly by m
| jectiOns. | was llNlng mass Oh pam.
| My pulse was uhconlTOllaele' In my
agony frequently fell to the loOr ana
clutched the CARPET, and prayed Tor
| death. Morphine had niue or no erect
| in deadenlng the pam. For SIX days ana
| nights had the death premonltary me
| coughs constantly. My water was lIIeu
with tube-casts and aIbumen. ! was
| struggling with BrighiS Disease OF the
kidneys in its last stages.
While suffering thus received call
from my pastor, the Eev. Dr. FOote. al
| that time rector of st. Iauls Episcopal
Church, OF the city. felt that II was
our last interview, but IN the course OF
conversation Or. tOote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures OF cases Ike
my own which had come under his OBJ
servatiOn. As Il practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, derided
the idea of any medicine outside the reg
ular channels being in the least beneii-
cial. So sOliCitOus. however, was Dr.
! FOOtp that | finally promised | would