River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1891-02-12
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dam
ger and ProYidenfiaI E.cane.

statement OF PERSONAL DAN
ger and Providentisl Escape.
! The following story-whieh is attract
( ing wide attention from the press-isso
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves If we do not lay it before our
I readers, entire.
/ TO the Editor Rochester az y Democrat.
| SIR On the first day of June, 1881, lay
/ at my residence in this city surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured, for
/ words can never describe it, And yet, if a
few years previous any one had told me
/ that / was to be brought so low, and by so
1 terrible disease, / should have scoffed at
Z the idea | had always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over 200
\ pounds and hardly knew, in my own expert
ence what pain or sickness We're. Very
many people who will read this statement
realize at times that they are unusually
tired and cannot account for il. They feel
I dull pains in various parts OF the body and
do not understand why. Or they are ex-
ceedingly 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 be-
gan. Still / thought nothing of it; that
probably had taken a cold which would
soon pass away. Shortly after this no.
ticed heavy, and at times neuralgia. pain
in one side of my head, but as it would come
one day and be gone the next, paid little
attention to t. Then my stomach would get
out of order and my food often failed TO
digest, causing at times great inconven-
fence Yet even as "A physician, / did not
think that these things meant anything seri-
Gus l fancied / was suffering from ma
laria and doctored myself accordingly. But
] got no better. | next noticed peculiar
color and odOr about the fluids l was pass
ing-also that there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and that
persistent froth and scum appeared on the
surface, and a sediment settled And yet
did not realize my danger, for, indeed, see
ing these symptoms continually, | finally
became accustomed to them, and my suspi-
cion 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
i cannot understand.
1 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 as to my malady. One
said was troubled with spinal irritation;
another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease;
another, general debility; another conges-
! ZION Ol lllt DdSt VI INC VI dAh aAV ~ VA
through long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of many of which l really had.
In this way several years passed, during
which time was steadily growing worse
! Ny condition had really become pitiable
/ The slight symptoms had at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and
constant disorders. My weight had been
reduced from 207 to 100 pounds My life
was burden to myself and friends. lcould
retain no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly BY injections. | was living mass
of pain. My pulse was uncontrollable In
my agony frequently fell TO the floor and
clutched the carpet, and prayed for death
| Morphine had little or no effect in deaden-
ing the pain. For six days and nights had
the seath- premonitory hiccoughs constant
/ ly. My water was filed with tube-casts
and albumen. / was struggling with
Bright's Disease of the kidneys in its last
stagesl
While suffering thus Ireceived a call from
my pastor, the Rev DR.. Foote, at that time
rector of st Pauls Episcopal Church, OF
this city. felt that it was our last inter
| view, 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 a practicing
physician and a graduate of the schools,
deflueO Jne lued OF any OubSANO eAN
| regular channels being in the least bene-
fetal. SO solictous, however, was DR..
Foote, that finally promised would waive
my prejudice l began its use on the first
day of June, 1881 and took it according 70
directions. At first it sickened me; but
| this thought was good sign for one IN
| my debilitated condition. l continued To
take it; the sickening sensation departed
and was finally able TO retain food upon
my stomach In few days l noticed de
cided change for the better, as also did my
wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased
and | experienced less pain than formerly.
was so reioiced 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 pri-
| vately make known this remedy for the
| good of humanity, wherever and whenever
| had an opportunity, and this letter is in
fulfllment of that vow My improvement
! was constant from that time, and in less
than three months / had gained % pounds
in fiesh became entirely free from pain and
believe owe my life and present condi-
ton wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the rem
edy which used
Since my recovery have thoroughly re
investigated the subject of kidney DIM
CulJltS anu DIlElL htoIaoVf anu ttAS u W.
developed are astounding. l therefore
state, deliberately, and as physician, that
believe more than 0nc-hdlf the dedths tchtca
occur IN Americd are caused bB Brghts dis
ease Of me kidneys This may sound like a
rash statement but am prepared to fully
verify it, Bright's disease has no distinctive
features of it's own, Indeed, it often devel-
! ops without any pain whatever in the
kidneys or their vicinity but has the symp-
toms Of nearly every other common com
plant Hundreds of people die daily, whose
burials are authorized by physicians GER
tificate as occurring from Heart Disease"
"Apopiexy" Paralysis" Spinal Com
plaint" "Rheumatism, " pneumonia" ana
other common complaints, when IN reallty
it is from Bright's disease of the kidneys.
Few physicians, and fewer people, realize
the extent Of this disease or its dangerous
and insidious nature. 1t steals into the
system like a thief, manifests its presence
If at all by the commonest symptoms and
fastens itself in the constitution before the
victim Is aware of it. 1t is nearly as hered-
itary as consumption, quite as common and
| fullv as fatal Entire families, inheritinglt
from their ancestors, have died, and yet none
OF ohe number knew or realized the mysterl-
Gus power which was removing them IN
stead of common symptoms it often shows
none whatever. DuJ brings ued1h SuuuSlaS'
from commissions, apoplexy, or heart dis
ease As one who has suffered. and knows
nv bitter experience what he says, i'm
piore everyone who reads these words no:
to neglect the slightest symptoms OF kidney
difficulty. No one can afford to hazard such
chances.
| make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which can substantiate TO the
letter. The welfare OF those who may pos
siby be sufferers suchas was, is an ample
iuducement for me 10 take the step have,
and if can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which / once walked,
/ am willing to endure all professional and
| personal consequences.
j. B. HENfON, NJ. ID.
ROCHESTER, n. Y, Dec 3d.
a RELIC OF DUELING DAYS.
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