Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1886-02-10
TERRIBLE CONFESSION.
A PHYSICIAN PRESENTS SOME
STARTLING FACTS.
Can 1t be that the Danger Indicated
is UNIVERSAL.


if we do not lay II before our readers en-
tire:
To the Editor of the Rochester (N. ~
Democrat
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 / then endured, Tor
words can never describe it. And yet, ii a
few years previous any one had told me
that l was to be brought 30 low, and by
so terrible a disease, l should have scoffed
at the idea. | had always been uncommon
ly strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 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 can
not account for it. They feel dull pains in
various parts of the body and do not un-
derstand why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appe-
tite 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 heavy, and at
times neuralgia, pain in oneside 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 failed to digest, causing at times
great inconvenience. Yet, even as q physl-
clan, / did not think that these things
meant anything serious. / fancied | was
suffering from malaria and doctored my
self accordingly. But [ got no better.
next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids [ was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that persistent
froth and scum appeared upon the surface
anu sediment settled. And yet [ did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, / finally became &C.
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmed by the fact that had no
pain in the affected organs or in their vicin-
ity. Why [ should have been SO blind 1
cannot understand
[ consulted the best medical skill in the
land. | visited all the famed mineral
springs in America and Travelled from Maine
to California. Still I grew worse. No two
physicians agreed as to my malady. One
said [ was troubled with spinal irritation;
another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
another, general debility; another, conges-
ton of the base of the brain; and so on
through g. 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. My weight had been reduced
from 207 to 100 pounds. My life was
burden to myself and friends. / could re-
tain no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly by Injections. / was q living mass
of pain. My pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony | frequently fell to the floor and
clutched the carpet, and prayed for death
Morphine had little or no effect in deaden.
sr1o1 hn Il ,InI,H
had the death -premonitory hiccoughs con-
stantlyi My water was filled with tube
casts and albumen. / was struggling with
Bright's Disease of the kidneys in it's last
stages
While suffering thus I received call from
nay pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at that time
rector Of St. Paul's Episcopal church, of
this city. felt that it was our last inter
view but in the course Of conversation DR..
Foote detailed to me the many remarkable
cures OF cases like my own which had come
under his observation. AS a practicing
| physician and graduate of the schools, ]
| derided the idea of any medicine outside
the regular channels being in the least bene
| fetal So solicitous, however, was DR..
| Foote, that l finally promised l would
waive my prejudice. l began it's use on the
| first day of June, 1881, and took it accord
| ing to directions. At first it sickened me ;
| but this thought was good sign for one
in my debilitated condition. / continued
! to take 1T; the sickening sensation departed
and was finally able to retain food upon
my stomach. In a few days 1 noticed de-
cided change for the better, as also did my
wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and
L experienced less pain than formerly. /
was SO reloiced at this improved condition
that, upon what had believed few days
before was my dying bed, I vowed in the
| presence of my family and friends, should l
Il Il
! ly make known this remedy for the good
OF humanity, wherever and whenever [ had
an opportunity, and this letter is in full
fllment of that vow. My improvement
was constant from that time, and in less
| than three months l had gained 26 pounds
in flesh, became entirely free from pain and
l believe [ owe my life and present condi-
| ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the
remedy which used.
Since my recovery [ have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject ofkidney difficulties
and Brights disease, and the truths develop
ed are astounding, I therefore state, deliber-
ately, and as a physician, that | believe
more than one-haf the deaths which occur
in America are caused by Bright's disease
OF the kidneys. This may sound like a rash
statement, but / am prepared to verify it
fully. Bright's disease has no distinctive
features OF it's own, Gndeed, it often de-
Eelops without any pain whatever in the
kidneys or their vicinity, but has the
] symptoms of nearly every other common
complaint. Hundreds Of people die daily,
whose burials are authorized by physi-
clans certificate as occurring from Heart
Disease, ""Apoplexy, ""Paralysis, ""Spinal
/ Complaint, rheumatism" s'Pneu-
monia," and theother common complaints,
when in reality it is from Bright's disease
of the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize the extent of this disease or
its dangerous and insidious nature. 1t
steals into the system like a thief, man
| TESTS it's presence if at all by the COM
mones6 symptoms and fastens itself
| IN the constitution before the victim is
aware of it. 1t is nearly as heredi-
tary as consumption, quite as COM
mon and fully as fatal. Entire families, IN
herlting 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 symptoms it
often shows none 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