The Wilmington daily Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1890-1902, 1891-02-04
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.


Ohuger ana trOviden1ai Escapes
The following story-which is at
tracting wide attention from the press
lis so remarkable that we cannot ex-
cuse ourselves II we do not lay it be-
fore our readers, entire:
To the Editor Rochester On. " Demo-
| crat:
SIn-on the first day of June, 1881, 1
lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting
for death. Heaven only knows the
never describe it. And yet, II few
years previous any one had told me
that was to be brought SO low, and
by so terrible a disease, | should hive
scoffed at the idea. had always been
uncommonly 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 that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for IL. They
feel dull pains in various parts OF the
body and do not understand why. Or
they are exceedingly 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. sH
1 Shortly aftersthis I.noticed a heavy,
and at times neufalgic,. pain in one
side 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
physician. 1 did not think that these
things meant anything serious. fan
cied was suffering from malaria and
doctored myself 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 a persistent. froth and
scum appeared on the surface, and a
sediment settled And yet l did not
realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
| these symptoms continually, finally
became accustomed to them, and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by the
, fact that | had no pain In the affected
organs or in their vicinity. Why l
should have been so blind l cannot
understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill in
the land. visited all the famed min
eral springs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Still grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
TO my malady. One said was troubled
with spinal irritation; another dys-
pepsia; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion
of the base of the brain; and so on
through a long list of common dis
! eases, the symptoms OF many OF which
really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time | was
steadily growing worse. MY condi
tion had really become pltiable. The
: slight symptoms | had at first expert
l enced were developed into terrible and
: constant disorders. My weight had
: been reduced from 207 to 1870 pounds
I. MY life was burden to myself and
9 friends. l could retain no food on my
! stomach, and lived wholly by injee
8 tions. i was living mass of pain
My pulse was uncontrollable. In my
agony l frequently fell to the Hoo
$ and elutched the carpet, and prayed
/ for death. Morphine had little or NJ
t effect in deadening the pain. For 81,
Z days and nights l had the death
u premonitory hiccoughs constantly
Ny water was filed with tube-cast!
Q and albumen. / was struggling witt
q Bright's Disease of the kidneys in ii!
VI last stagesl
! While suffering thus I received {
0 call from my pastor the Iev. DR.
: Foote, at that time rector of st. PAUL
d Episcopal Church, of this city. fel
that it was our last interview, but Ii
+ the course of conversation DR.. Foot
= detailed to me the many remarkable
Y cures of cases like my own which hat
:. come under his observation. As
II practicing physician and gradual
of the schools, dclided the idea o
u any medicine outside the regula
le channels being in the least beneficial
" So solicitous, however, was DIR. Foote
+, that / finally promised | would waiy
~ my prejudice. / began its use on tn
u first day of June, 1881, and took it ac
cording to directions. At first 1t sick
ened me; but this | thought was
e good sign for one In my debilitate'
S1 G ondition. continued to take it, tn
n siekening sensation departed and
was finally able to retain food upo
a. my stomach.
n In few days / noticed decide
~ change for the better, as also did IN
e wife and friends. My hiccough
n ceased and experienced less pain tina
, formerly. i was so rejoiced at thi
!. improved condition that, upon what
had believed but few days before wa
my dying bed, l vowed, In the pres
/
~ recover, I would both publicly an
u privately make known this remedy 70
a. q the good of humanity, wherever an
- whenever / had an opportunity, an
y this letter is In fulflllment of that vow
My improvement was constant froI
that time, and in less than thre
months | had gained 20 pounds i
i flesh, became entirely free IRON pal
n and believe owe my life and presen
4 condition wholly to Warmers Sal
ie Cure, the remedy which used.
y Since my recovery have thorough
$, re-inyestigated the subject of kidne
lc difficulties and Brights disease, an
y the truths developed are astounding
d therefore state, deliberately, and as
o. physician, that believe more than ont
ne half the deaths which occur in Americ
N are caused by Bright's disease of th
kidneys. This may sound like a ras
eS statement, but l am prepared to full
~ verify il. Brights disease has no di.
N tinctiYe features of its own (indeed,
er often develops without any pain wlai
Y, ever in the kidneys or their vicinity
II but has the symptoms OF nearly ever
N other common complaint. Hundred
% of people die daily whose burials al
y authorized by a physicians certilicat
., as occurring from Heart Disease,
10 "Apoplexy," Paralysis, 'Spinal Com
70 plaint," "Rheumatism," Pneumonia,
o. ana other common complaints, whe
s. in reality 1t is from Bright's disease c
e. the kidneys. Few physicians, an
y fewer people, realize the extent OF thi
T. disease or Its dangerous and insidiou
d. nature 1t steals into the system lik
ne thief, maniteStS its presence ii at a