Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1886-02-03
A TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
4 Physician Presents Some Startling
Facts:
Can It BE hat the Danger Indicated IL
Universal?

Tho following s~tory-which is attracting wide
attention from the press--is 80 remarkable
that we cannot excuse ourselves If we do not
lay it before our readers entire:
To the Editor Of the Rochester ~. ~ Demo-
cyat
SIR: On 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 l then endured, for words
can never describe it And yet, II q few years
previous any one had told me that l was to be
brought 80 low, and by so terrible o disease, l
should have scofiod at the idea had always
been uncommonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over aU pounds, and hardly knew, in
my own experience, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who Will read this statement
realize at times they are unusually tired and
pains in various parts Of tho 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 tho relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began. Still l
thought nothing of it; that probably / had
taken a cold which would coon pass away.
Shortly after this l noticed q heavy, and at
times neuralgia, pain III one side Of my head;
but as it would come one day and be gone the
next, l paid little attention 10 it 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. l fancied l was suffering from ma
laria and doctored myself accordingly. But l
got no better. / next noticed a peculiar color
and odor about the fluids was p~assing-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
sediment settled And yet l did not realize
my danger; for, indeed, seeing these symptoms
continually, l finally became accustomed to
them, and my susp cion was wholly disarmed
by the fact that had no pain in the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why I should
have been so blind l cannot understand.
l consulted the best medical skill In the land.
l visited ali the famed mineral sIliogs in
America and Travelled from Maine to California.
Still l grew worse. No two physicians agreed
with spinal irritation; another, dyspepsia;
another, heart disease; another, general oeblli-
ty; another, congestion of the base of the
brain; and so on through a long list of com
mon diseases, the symptoms of many of which
l really had. In this way several years passed,
during which time l was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms l at first experienced
were developed into terrible and constant Is
orders. My weight had been reduced from 2J7
to $50 pounds. My life was a burden to myself
and friends. l could retain no food on my
stomach, and lived wholly by injections. l was
o living mass of pala. My pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony l frequently fell to the
floor and clutched the carpet, and prayed for
death! Morphine had little or 10 effect i'll
deadening the pam. For ak days and nights l
had tho death -~premonltory hlccoughs constant
ly! My water was filed with tube-casts and
albumen. l was struggling with Bright's
disease of the kidneys III It's last stages.
While suffering thus l received u call from
my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at that time
rector of st. Paui's Episcopal Church, of this
city. felt that 1t was our last interview, hut
In the course of conversation DIR. Foote detailed
to me the many remarkable cures of cases like
my W which had com under his ohsarva-
ton. As a practiclng physician and a graduate
of the schools, | deriled the id a Of any medi-
cine outside the regular channels being i'll the
least beneficial. So sole tous, however, was
DIR. Foote that | 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 sickened me; but this | thought was
a good sign for one in my dobilitated condi-
ton. l continued to take it; the sickening
sensation departed, and l was finally able to
retain food upon my stomach. In a few
days l noticed u decided change for the better,
rs also did my wife aud friends. My h~iccoushs
ceased andI experienced less pain than former
ly. | was SO rejoiced at this improved condition
that, upon what | had believed but a few DAYS
before was my dying bed, l vowed, in the pres
ence of my family and friends, should / re-
cover l would both publicly and privately make
known this remedy for the good Of humanity,
wherever and whenever I had an opportunity,
and this letter il in fultilimeat of that vow.
My improvement was constant from that time,
and in less than three months l had gained rs
pounds in flesh, became entirely free from
pain, and / believe l owe my life and present
condition wholly to Warmers safe cure, the
remedy which | used.
Since my recovery l have thoroughly rein
v~estigated the subject of kidney difficulties and
Brights disease, and the truths developed are
astounding. l therefore state, deliberately,
and as a physician, that l believe more than
one-hdif the deaths mhich occ,t,. in .Ameyica
are caused BY ErighfS diSecSe IF tie Kidneys.
This may sound like a rash statement, but I
Am prepared to verify it fully. Bright's dis
ease has no distinctive features of its own lin
deed, it often develops without any pain what
ever in the kidneys or their vicinity, but has
tho symptoms of nearly every other COM
mon complaint. Hundreds of people die
daily, whose burials are authorized by
q physicians certificate az occurring
from Heart Disease" 4Apoplexy," -Paraly-
Sis" Spinal Complaint" rheumatism, i"
plants. when in reality it is from Bright's dis.
case of the kidneys. Few physicians, and
fewer people. realize the extent of this disease
or its dangerous and insidious nature. ~ltsteals
into the system like o thief, maiifests Its pres
ence if at all by the commonest symptoms, and
fastens itself in the constitution before the VIC
tim is aware of it. 1t is nearly as hereditary as
consumption, quite as common aud fully as
fatal. Entire families, inheriting it from their
ancestors, have died and yet none of the mum
Der knew or realized the mysterious
power which was removing them. Instead OF
common symptoms it often shows none what
ever, but brings death suddenly, from
commissions, ~apoplexy, Or heart d sease.
As one who has suffered, and knows by bit
ter experience what he says, l implore every
one who reads these words not to neglect the
slightest symptoms of kidney difficulty. No
one can afford to hazard such chances.
1 make the foregoing statements based upon
facts which l can s~ubstantiate to the letter.
The welfare Of those who may possibly be suf-
ferers such as l was is an ample inducement
for me to take the stop l have, and if l can
successfully warn others from the dangerous
path in which l once walked, I am willing to
endure all the professional and personal conse-
quenccs. j. b. HENlON, M
ROCHESTER,, N. Y. Dec. &c.