The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1891-02-12
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE,
Remarkable Statement of Personal
Danger and ProVlden-
tlaI Escape.


ourselves il we do not lay it before our
readers entire
TO the Editor Rochester (N, ~ Demo-
Grdt:
SIR On the first day Of June, 1881
| lay at my residence in this city sur.
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured, for words can never
depcrlbe it, And yet, if a few years
previous any one had told me that |
was to be brought so low, and by so
terrible disease, ! should have scoHed
at the idea, had always been uncom-
monty s'rong and healthy, and Weigh
ed over two hundred pounds and
hardly knew, in my own experience,
what pain or sickness was. Very
many people who will read this state.
ment realize that they are unusually
tire and cannot account for it. 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 l
thought nothing of it, that probably
| had taken cold which would soon
pass way. Shortly after this / noticed
a heavy, and at times a neuralgia,
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 di.
gest, causing at times great inconve-
MET ce. Yet, even as a physician, /
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. l fancied / was suf.
fering with malaria and doctored my
self accordingly, But l 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 ap.
peared on the surface, and sediment
settle And yet did not realize my
danger, for, indeed, feing these sYmp.
toms continually, finally became aC-
custumed to them, and my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by the fact that
hal no pain in the affected organs or
in their vicinity Why | should have
been so blind cannot understand
! Consulted the btst medical skill in
the land | visited nll lhe famed min.
eral springs IN America and Travelled
from Maine to- California Still | grew
woree M lw., physicians ;,treed ss to
my malady. One said was troubled
with spinal irrita ion another, dys-
ptp-la another, heart disease an
other, general debility; another, con-
gest on Of the base uf the brain; and
so on through a long list Of common
diseases, the symptoms Of which |
really had. In this way several years
passed, during which time | was stead
lily growing worse My condition had
really become pitiable. The slight
symptoms | had at first experienced
were developed iato terrible and con-
stant disorders. My weight had beer
reduced from 207 to 1870 pounds. My
life vas a burden to myself and
friends. could retain no food on my
stomach, and lived wholly by iniec-
tions. l was living mass of pain My
pulse was uncomfortable. In my ag,
ony l frequently fell to the floor and
clutched the carpet, and prayed for
death. Morphine had little or no ef-
feet in deadenlng the pain. For six
days and nights | had the death.pre.
monitory hlccoughs constantly. My
water was filled with tube.casts and
albumen. was struggling with
Bright's Disease OF the kidneys in its
last stagesl
While suffering thus | received d
visit from my pastor, the Rev. DR.
Foote, at that time rector of St. Paul'r
Episcopal Church, Of this city, fell
that it was our last interview, but in
the course of conversation DR.. F0ott
detailed to me the many remarkable
cures OF cases like my own which haC
, come under his observation. As {
practicing physician and graduate o
the schools, / derided the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channel
J being in the least beneficial. SO solic
lbOub, HOM6FSIj Was DI, IuObc, buhb
finally promised | would waive m!
. prejudice. / began its use on the frs
j, day OF June, 1881, and took it accord
ing to directions. At first it sicken,t
!, me; but this / thought was a goot
2 sign for one in my dtbilitated condj
tion. | continued to take it; the sick
3 ening sensation departed, and wa
G finally able to retain food upon m
/ stomach. In few days | noticed
decided change for the better, as ais
J. did my wife and friends, My hic
/ coughs ceased and | experienced les
I pain than formerly. l was so rejoice
' at this improved condition that, upo
/. what had believed but few day
}. before was my dying bed, l vowed, i
4, the presence Of my family and friends
should / recover, would both pui
licly and privately make known thi
remedy for the good OF humanit.
wherever and whenever I had an OF
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