The Black Hills union. [volume] (Rapid City, Pennington County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1889-1904, 1891-03-20
a THRlL.INa EXPERIENCES.
RstaafkAbis Statement ii Psrsonal Danger
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wide attention from tile press-is Sd, fe:
%markable that we Cannot excuse OhfselyeS
II We do hot lay It before Bur fsaders sh-
TO the editor RoschesterJM IN. H.LDenocrat;
lay at my. reSidepee Iii thin eit5 satrrSuhaea |
by MY fiiends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony l then en-
dured, for words can never describe 1t.
And yet, II q few yelrs previous any one
low, and by. SO terrible q disease, I should
have ssoffed. vt tbs idsa. ! Mad always b6ef
hntoh,m6hly .,htrohg. and ,hehlthy;, and
weighed OVER 200 pounds, ard hardly knew
in MY own EXPERIENCE; whit pain or sickl
ness were. Very, many; people who vii!
read this statcmeft realize at times that
they are unusually tired and cannot &C
count for 1t. They feel dull pains, in
various parts of the body and do not under
stand why. Or they are exceedingly hum
CRY one day and entirely without appetite
he next. This was just the way 1 felt
when the relsntless nalady which had
fastened Itself tibofi, me first began. stillI
taken a cold which would soon pass away:
Shortly after this I noticed d heavy, and ut
times neuralgic, pain in one side OF my
head, but as 1t would some one day and be
gone the next, I paid little attention to 1t.
Then my stomach would get out of order
Civ my oou oioSh oiiINN W uASSots @toAh
ut times great inconvenience Yet, even as
n physician, 1 did not think that these
things meant anything serious. / fancied l
was suffering from malaria and doctored
myself accordingly. But / got, no better. I
next noticed II peculiar color and odor
about the iuids I WINS passlng-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that d persistent
froth and 5 :uIl appeared on the surface;
and d sediment settled. And yet / did not
realize my danger, for. indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually. / finally became ac-
cnstomcd to them, and my suspicion. was
wholly disarmed by the fact that 1 had no
pain In the affected organs or in their
vicinity. Why I should rave been SO blind
l cannot understand.
consulted the best medical skill in the
land. I visited I'LL the famed mineral
Maine to California. Still I grew worse:
No two physicians agreed as to my malady:
One said l was troubled with spinal irrita-
ton; 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 I really
had. In this way several years passed.
during which time l was steadily growing
worse, My condition had really become
pitiable. The slight symptoms I had at
first experienced were developed into terri
Die anu CONSTANT ulSUrueFS. MY wight DaU
been reduced from 20f to 1870 pounds. Ny
life was a burden to myself and friends. l
could retain no food on my stomach, and
lived wholly by injections. / was q living
mass of pa.1 My pulse was uncomfortable.
In my agony / frequently fell to the floor
and clutchcd the carpet; and prayed for
death. Morphine had little or no effect in
deadening the pain. For six days and
nights I had the deatb-premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My water was filed
with tube-casts and albumen. Twas strug-
Cling with Rright's Disease Of the kidneys
In the last stages.
While suffering thus I received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Footc, at that
time rector of St. Pauls Episcopal Church,
of this city. l felt that it was our last in
terview, but In the course Of conversation
DR.. Foote detailed to me the many remark
able cures Of cases like my own which had
come under his observation. As O practicing
physician and a graduate of tile schools, l
derided the Idea Of any medicine outside
the regular channels being in the least ben
cticial. So sOlicitouS, however, was DR..
FoOte, that l finally promised would waive
my prejudice. l began its use on the first
day Of June, 1851, and took it according 70
directions. At first it sickened me; but this
l thought was a good sign for one in my de-
bilitated condition.. ! continued to take it;
the sickening sensation departed, ahd I was
finally able to retain food upon my stOm-
ach. In Il few days / noticed q decided
change for the better, as also did my wife
and friends. My ~hiccoughs ceased, and 1
experienced less pain than formerly. l was
so rejotced at this improved condition that,
upon wh;t l had believed but a few DAYS
before was my dying bed. l vowed, in the
presence Of my family and friends, should
recover. l would both publicly and private
ly make known this remedy for the good OF
humanity, wherever and whenever l hat
an opportunity, and this letter is in fulfill
Ment OF that vow. My Improvement wa:
constant from that time, and IN less thai
three months l had gained &c pounds il
flesh, became entirely free from pain, and
believe / owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy
which l used.
Since my recovery I have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject Of kidney difficult
ties and Bright's disease, and the truths
developed are astounding. l therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician, that
/ believe more than One-hGJ the deaths lChich
occur IN america are caused By Bri0ht's disease
Of the kidneys. This may sound like a rash
statement. but l am prepared to fully yeri-
fy 1t. Bright's disease has no distinctive
features Of It's " Indeed, 1t often de-
yelops without any pain whatever in the
kidneys or their vtcinityh but has the
symptoms Of nearly every other common
complaint. Hundreds of people die daily,
whose burials are au.horizeds by a physi-
clans certificate as occurring from aHeart
Disease "ApopleNy." "Paralysis, =" aSpinal
Complaint" "Hheumatism." .Pneumonia, ,
and other common complaints, when in
reality it is Bright's disease of the kidneys.
Few physicians, and fewer people, realize
the extent OF this disease or its dangerous
and insldious nature. 1t steals into the
system like a thief, manifests its presence
II at all by the commonest symptoms and
fastens itself In the constit ution before the
victim Is q ~ ra Of II II iS near1v nc har,,;
itary as consumption, quite as common and
fully as fatal. Entire families, inheritins
1t from their ancestors, ave died, and vet
none of the number knew or realized the
mysterious power which was removing
them. Instead of common symptoms il
often shows none whatever, but brings
death suddenly, from commissions. %npoplexy
or heart disease. AS one who has suffered,
and kaows by bitter experience what he
says, l implore everyone who reads these
words not to neglect the slightest symptoms
OF kidney difficulty. No one can afford TO
hazard such chances, sa
/ make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which 1 can subs;antiate to the
letter. The welfare Of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such as l was. Is an ample
inducenent for Inc to take the step l have,
and II can successfully warn others from,
the dangerous path in which l once walked
l am willing to endurc all professional and
personal consequences.
J. b. HEN1oN, NJ. D.
ROCHESTER N. Y. Dec. 80.
The Growth of Brains.
In the inferior races the head cease;
to grow after 20 years of age. In tn,
superior races the head Of the intelligent
and educated man increases in volume
until 35, 40 n 90 years. The skull ha:
reached its maximum development wbci
the bones COMPOSING it are welded To