Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1891-02-12
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan
ger and Provide initial Escape.


selves if we do not lay it before our
readers, entire:
To the Editor Rochester { n. y Democrat:
SIR. On the first day of June, 1881, L
lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
l then endured, for words can never
describe it. And yet, if a few years pre-
yious any one had told me that | was to
be brought SO low, and by so terrible a
disease, | should have scoffed at the
idea. | had always been uncOmmOnly
strong and heal ~, and weighed over
200 pounds aud 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 are unusually tired and cannot
account for it. They feel dull pains in
various parts of the bodyan do not I'M
derstand why Or they are exceeding
ly 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 1t; that
probably [ had taken cold which
this | noticed a heavy, and at times
liz pain III OtIC SlNIC VI III iiSGtSt
but as it would come one day and be
gone the next, [ paid little attention 10
it. Then my stomach would get out OF
order and my food often failed to dl-
gest, causing at times great incon-
venience. Yet, even as a physician, L
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. | tancied L was sut-
feriDg from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better. L
| next noticed peculiar color aid door
about the fluids | was passing, also that
there were large quantities one day ana
very little the next; and that a persist
ent frOth and scum appeared on the
surface, and a sediment settled. And
yet did not realize my danger, for, in
deed, seing these symptoms continual
ly, [ finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly dis
armed by the fact that | had no pain IN
the affected organs or in their vicinity.
Why should have been SO blind l can
not 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
my malady. One said [ was troubled
with spinal irritation; another, dyspep-
STA; 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 grow
ing worse. Ny condition had really be-
come pi liable. The slight symptoms l
had at first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disorders.
My weight har been reduced from 207
to 1870 pounds. My life was burden
to myself and friends. I could retain
no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. / was living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony Frequently fell
to the floor and clutched the carpet, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadening the pain. For
six days and nights | had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly. My
water was filled with tube-casts and al
bumen. | was struggling with Bright's
Disease of the kidneys IN its last stages
While suffering thus [ received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at
that time rector of St. Paul's Episcopal
Church, of this city. I felt that it was
our last interview, 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 practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, [ derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being i'll the least ben
eficial So solicitous, however, was
DR.. 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 I thought was
a good sign for one in my debilitated
condition. / continued to take it; the
sickening sensation departed and l was
finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In few days / noticed a de-
cided change for the better, as also did
my wife and friends. My hiccoughs
than formerly. [ was SO rejoiced at
this improved condition that, upon
what ] had believed but few days be-
fore was my dying bed, vowed, in the
presence of my family and friends,
should | recover, would both publicly
and privately make known this RENE
dy for the good of humanity, wherever
and whenever [ had an opportunity,
and this letter is in fultillment OF that
VOW. Ny improvement was constant
from that time, and IN less than three
months | had gained rs pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain, and [
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 of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, ana the
truths developed are astounding. |
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician, that / believe more than one
half ihe deaths Which occur IN Americo are
caused by BrigMs disease of the kidneys
This may sound like rash statement,
but l am prepared to fully verify it.
Bright's disease has no distinctive feat
ures of its own (indeed, it often de-
velops without any pain whatever in
the kidneys or their vicinity, but has
the symptoms of nearly every other
common complaint. Hundreds of peo-
Il Ioil lur lo