Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1891-02-14
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Staf-menf of Personal Dan
gor eMa Prorid-utial Exeap..

THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable staf-menf of Personal nan.
gcr saa Prorid-utial Escape.
The following story-which is attractine
wide attention from the press-is 80 remark
eoie that we cannot excuse ourselves If we
DO not lay 1t before our readers, entire
10 the Editor Rochester. N II Democrat
SIR-On the first day Of June 1881, Law
at my residence In tails city surrounded hv
my friends sni waiting for death Heaven
only knows the agony | then endured. for
words can never describe it, And yet. il a
lew years previous any one had told me that
was to be brought so low, and by SO ter
Tlois disease, | should have scoffed at the
idea. mad always been uncommonly strong
and healthy, and weighed over 200 pounds
and hardly knew, in my own experience
what pain or sickness were Very MANY
people who viii read this statement realiza
at uIaes thai they are unusually tired and
cannot account Tor it. They feal dull oains
IN various parts OF tia body and do not
Understand why. Or they are exceedingly
hungry one day and entirely without appetite
tee next. T1s was Just the way felt when
tas relentiess nasady which had fastened it
self ilpon me first began. Still Thought
nothing Of it, taat probably | had taken q
ced ThicA would saon pass away. Shortly
g ter tlis | no1ced q heavy, and at TIMES
neuralgia pain IN one sids OF my head, but
a. It would come ons dag and bs gone the
rext, ! paid little attention to It, rael nv
stomach would get ont OF order and NV
fooa often faded TO digest. causing at tinles
greas Inconvenience. Yet, even as q phv-
siciaa, l did not think that these things
meant anything Serious. | fancisd l was
suffering from malaria ami doctored myself
accordingly. But got no batter l next
noticed peculiar color and olor about the
fluids | was psssing--also that there wers
Inv H.
next, and that a persistent froth and scum
appeared on the surface, and sediment
settled. Aud vet I did not realize nv
danger. for, indeed. seeing these symptoms
continually, l finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly disarmed
BY the fact that I had no pain in tho
affected organs or in their vicinity. Why
should have bsen so blind l cannot under
stand
| consulted the best medical skill III 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 nalady. One
said ! was troubled with spinal irritation;
another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease.
another, general debility; another, conges-
tion of the base of the brain; and so on
through q 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.
Ny condition had really become pitiable
The slight symptoms l had at first expert
enced were developed into terrible and con-
slant disorders. Ny weight had been re-
duced from 207 to 100 pounds. Ny life was
a burden to myself and friends. l could
retain no food on my stomach, and / lived
wholly by injections. was living mass
OF pam. Ny pulse was uncomfortable. In
my agony l frequently fell to the floor and
~. i e.
Morphine bad little or no effect in deadening
the pain. For six days and nights had the
death premonitory hiccoughs constantly.
My water was filed with tube-casts and
albumen. l was struggling with Bright's
disease of the kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus l received 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 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 in the least beneficial So solicitious
however, was DR.. Foote, that finally prom
ised ! would waive my prejudice. / began
its use on the first day Of June, 1881, and
took II according to directions. At first it
sickeued me- but this l thought was a good
sign for me in my debilitated condition. /
continued to take it: the sickening sensation
departed and | was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In a few days / noticed
a decided change for the better. rs also did
nv wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased
and experienced less pam than formerly.
was so rejoced 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 know this remedy for the
rood OF humanity, wherever and whenever [
mad an opportunity, ana this letter is in ful
fllment OF that vow. NY improvement was
constant from that time and in less than
three months had gained twenty-six poun is
in flesh became entirely free from pain and
believe l owe my life and present condition
wholly to Warmers Safe Cure, the remedy
which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly re-
investigated the subject OF kidney difficulties
and Bllght's disease, and the truths devel-
oped are astounding. 1 therefore state, de-
liberateiy, and as physician, that believe
more than one-half the deaths ,Chieh occur
III America are caused by BYighes disease
of the kidneys. This may sound ike a rash
statement. but am prepared to fully verify
it. Brights disease has no distinctive feat.
ures OF its own indeed, it often develops
without any pain whatever in the Kidneys Or
their vicinity, but has the symptoms OF
nearly every other common complaint
Hundreds OF people die daily, whose burials
are authorized by a physicians certificate as
occurring from Heart Disease" Apo
plexy," Paralysis Spinal Complaint, !"
"RheunatiSmn "Pneumonia,o and other
common complaints, when in reality it is
from Bright disease OF the kiinevs Few
physicians, and fewer people, realize the ex-
tent Of this disease or its dangerous and in
sldl9us nature. 1t steals into the system like
thief, nanifests its presence if at all by the
con1lnOnest symptoms and fastens itself in
the con5ti1c ion before the victim is aware
Of it. 1t is Il early as hereditary as eonsuup-
ton, quite rs common and fully as fatal.
En1re families, inneritag 10 from their an
restOrs have died. ami yet mona Of the num-
Der knew or realized the mysterious power
which was removing them. Instead Of COM
mon symptoms it often shows none what
ever, but brings death suddenly, from con-
gHtsioRs, apopieyy or heart disease As one
who has suffered, ard knows by its bitter ex-
perieuee Whist hs says, ! implore everyone
who reads these words not to neglect the
slightest symptoms of kidney difficulty. No
0ne can afford to hazard such chances
l make the foregoing statements based
upoa facts which can substantiate to the
letter. The welfare of those who may pos
slDiy BE- sufferers such as | was is an ample
inducement tor me to take the step have,
and Il can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path in which once walked,
] am willing 10 endure all professional and
personal consequences
]. B. HENI0N. NJ. D.
ROCHESTER,, y. Y, December 30.