Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1891-02-14
A Thrilling Experience.
remarkable sta'. ne a. OF Personal pa
ger aud ii,, idontiai Escape.

The following story which is attract
ing w.dJ attcnti1n fI0m he press-is So
remarkable that we can not excuse our.
selves if we do not lay it before our read
crS, entire.
I0the Editor RocheSfer(N. Y1Demoeydt;
SIR. On the first day of June. 1881, |
lay at my residence in this city surrounded
10y my friends and awaiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony | then en-
dured for words can never describe it.
And yet III few years previous any one had
told me that was 20 be brought so low,
and by so terrible disease, | should have
scotfed at the idea. had always been I'M
commonly strong and healthy, and weigh
ed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in
my own experience, what pain and sick
ness were. Very many people who will
read this statement realize at times that
they are unusually tired and cannot ne.
count for it. They feel dull pains in var
ious parts of the body and do not under
stand why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day aud entirely without ap-
petite the next. This was Just the way
felt when the relentless malady which had
fastened itself upon me first began. Still
| thought nothing of III, that probably
had takena cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this | noticed heavy
and at times neurag pain in one side Of
my head, but ms 1t would come one day
IL. Then my stomach would get ont of
and be gone the next, | paid li.tleattentiam
TO order and my food often failed to digest
causing at times great inconvenience.
! ct, even as Il physician, did not think
that these things meant anything serious.
! e. D.,
dOctored myself accordingly But | got no
better. lneAt noticed peculiar color and
odOT about the finds | was pasinr-ulsO.
that there were large quantities one day
and very little the next, and that persist
eat troth and scum appeared on the sur
face, and sediment settled. And yet |
did not realize my danger for indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, | final
~ became accustomed TO them and my
suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact
that bad no pain in the affected organs
or in their vicinity. Why ! should have
been SO blind 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 grew worse
No two physicians agreed rs 10 my mala-
dy. One said was troubled with spinal
irritation; another dyspepsia; another,
heart disease; another, general debility;
another, congestion OF the base of the
brain; and so on through a long 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 had at first experienced were
developed into constant and terrible dsUr-
ders. My weight had been reduced from
207 to 100 pounds. My life was burden
to myself and friends. could retain no
food on my stomach, and lived wholly by
injections ! was living mass Of pain.
My pulse was uncomfortable. In my ago
ny FIRE luently fell to the floor and clutched
the carpet, and prayed for death. Nor
phine had little or no effect in deadening
the pain. For six days and nights had
{ be death-premonitory hiccoughs constant
~ My water was filed with cube-casts
and albumen. / was struggling with
Bright's disease of the kidneys n its last
stages
While suffering thus received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR., Foote, al
that time rector of St. Pauls Episcopal
church, of this city. felt that it was our
last interview, but in the course of CONVEX
sation DR.. Foote detailed to me the many
remarkable cures &C cases like my own
VIII ch had come Il, Ter his observation.
As practcing physician and a graduate
of the schools, derided the idea OF any
medicines outside the regular channels
being in the least beneficial So solicit
Gus, however, was DR.. FoUte, that finally
promised ! would waive my preju-
dice. ! began its use on the first day OF
June, 1881, and took it according TO di-
rections. AT first it sickened me- bat
this thought was good sign for one In
nay dehiitated condition, ! continued TO
take it; the sickening sensation departed
and | was finally able to retain food upon
my stomach. In few days ! noticed de-
cided change for the better, as also did
my wife and friends. Ny hiccough ceased
and experienced less pam than formerly.
! was so rejoiced at this improved condition
that upon what had believed but few
days before was my dying bed, ! vowed,
in the presence of my family and friends,
should recover, would both publicly and
privately make known this remedy for the
good of humanity, wherever and when
ever had an opportunity, and this letter
is in ful6llment Of that vow. Ny inn
proyement was constant from that time,
and in less than three months had gain
ed rs pounds in flesh, becau atircly free
from pain and believe owe my ifs and
and present condition wholly to Warmers
Safe Cure, the remedy which used.
Since my recovery hay9 thoroughly re-
investigated the suhject Of kidney diff
culties and Dright's disease and the
truths developed are astounding. there
fore state, deliberately, and as apbyeician,
that / believe more than oRe-hnJ the
deafhs phich occur ia Ameiica are caused
By Brigh's disease Of the Kidneys This
may sound like a rash statement, but am
prepared to fully verify it. Bright's dis
ease has no distinctive features Of its own,
(indeed, it often developes without any
pain whatever in the Fidneys r their
vicinity but has the symptoms OF nearly
every other common complaint. Hundreds
Of people die daily, whose burials are
authorized by physicians certificate as
occurring from "Heart Disease, Apo
plexy, Paralysis. " Spinal Complaint,
Rheumatism, Pneumonia, and other
common complaints, when in reality it is
from Bright 3 disease Of The kidneys. Few
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