The state herald., 1891-02-13
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal
Danger and Providentiai
Escape

WHO attention from thc prcsS-lS SO re-
markable thut we cannot excuse ourselves
II We do not lay it before our readers,
entire:
TOthc Editor Rochester IN " Democrat.
Sin. On the iirst day oil June, looi, lay
al my residence IN tins city surrounded by
my friends aud waiting Tor death. Heaven
only knows the agony then endured. for
words can never ursrriDj 1t. And yet, II
lew years previous amy one had told me
That was to Gc brought 50 low, anu Dy 30
terrible u disease, / shouiu nave scoilcu ut
the idea. 4 had always Dren uncominoniy
strong and healthy, and weighed over 2vJ
pouhus aud hardly knew, IN Any own cx-
periencc, what pain or sickness We're.
Very many lcup.c VINO wall read tnis
statement rcaItIu ut Times tnut they arc
unuauniiy tired and cannot account iur IL.
They feel dull pans III various parts o. thn
body aud do not understand why. On they
are exceedingly hungry ono day aud en-
tircly without appetite tho next. TINS
was Just the way felt when the reientless
muiady which had fastened Itself upon
me first began. Still Thought nothing OF
IL; that probably had tlKch u cold wnicn
would soon pass away. SHORTLY after this
i noticed u heavy, and ut times ncuralgic,
pain In ono siuo OF my head, nut ns II
would come one dGy and DO gone the next,
l paid little nttLation TO 1t. linen my
stomach would got out OF order and my
iood often failed 10 digest causing at times
great Inconvenience. let, even rs II pny
stefan, did not think that these tnlngs
meant anything SERIOUS. lanciod | WAS
suffering from malaria anu uoctored my
self accordingly. hut 1 got NO better.
next noticed n peculiar color and odor
about the nuids / was passinG-also that
there were large quantities one day anu
very little the next, and That u persistent
roth and scum appeared on the surface,
and sediment settled. And yet did not
realize my danger, Tor, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, finally
became accustomed to them, and my sus
pcion WIS wholly disarmcd by the fact
That had no pain In the Affected organs
or IN their vicinity. Why | should nave
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 10 California. Stlll 1 grew worse.
No two physicians agreed NJ tU my niaiady.
One salu 1 was trouble with spinal lrrita-
uon; another, dysp, ,'siai another, heart
disease; another, general debility; an
| other, congestion OF the base OF tue brain
aud 50 on through u long list of common
diseases, the symptoms OF many OF which
/ really mad. IN TINS way several years
passed. during which time | was steadily
growing worse. My condition had really
become pitiable. Tue SLIGHT symptoms /
Ind at first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disorders. Niy
| weight had been reduced from -. to lid
pounds. My life was II burden 10 myself
and friends. could retain no food on my
stomach, aud lived wholly by injections.
| was II living mass OF Jain. nay pulse
was uncomfortable. In my agony / ire
pucntly ioll to the iloor aud clutcncd lhc
I a a.
| little or no effect In dcadcning the pain.
For six days and nights | had the death
prcmonitory hiccoughs constantly. My
water was lillcd with tube-casts anu albu-
men. ! was struggling with Bright's Dis.
ease of The kidneys In Its last stages.
While suffering thus l received a call
from my pastor. the Rev. DR.. Foote, NJ
that time rector OF st. Pauis Episcopal
Church, OF this city. ! felt that II was our
last interview, but Ia the course OF CONVEX
sation DIR. foote detailed TO mo tho many
remarkable cures of cases like my own
which had come under his observation.
| As u practicing physician aud IA graduate
OF the schools, / dcridcd the idea of any
medicine outside the regular channels
being in the least beneficial. SO solicit
Gus, however, was DIR. Foote, that
| finally promised ! would waive my preIu
dice. / began its use on the iirst day OF
June, 1851, and TOOK IL according tG
directions AT nrst II sicKcned me; bul
/ this thought "a good sign for one In my
| uebilitatcd condition. 1 continued to take
/ IL. tho sickening sensation departed and
was finally abe To retain food upon my
stomach. In low days | noticed 4
decided change Tor the better, AS also did
my wife and friends. My hiccough,
ceased and experienced less pain Thar
| formerly. ! was 80 rcloiccd at Thu,
/ improved condition that upon what had
believed but "a Tow days before was m,
dJ ing bed, vowed, Ia tho presence of my
| family and friends, should ] recover,
would both publicly and privately make
| known this remedy for the good OF
/ humanity, wherever aud whenever ] Ind
an opportunity, and this letter is in fulili
incnt OF that vow. Nj improvement was
constant IRON that tiino, aud In less than
three mouths had gained ~ pounds In
flesh. became entirely free from pain aud
| believe owe my life and present condi-
| tion wholly to Warmers Salo Cure, the
remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
relnyestigalcd the subject OF kidney aim
cpl,ies and Brighrs disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. ! there.
fore state, deliberately, and as "a physician
that ! believe moro Uun Onc-hdU he
dodfhs mhich occiir Ia imcricd arc
caused by BriJhrs discdsoof The kidneys.
This may sound like rash statement, but
am fully prepared 10 verify H. Brights
disease has no distinctive feature OF its
own, Indeed, II often develops without
any pain whatever In the kidneys or their
vicinity but has the hymptoms OF nearly
every other common complaint. Hundreds
Of people die daily. whose burials are
authorized by physicians certificate AS
occurring FROM Heart Disease" apo
plesy,n Paralysis, "Spinal Complaint, -
II
common complaints, whcn In reality 1t Is
from Brights disease OF the kidneys.
Few Physicians, and fewer people, realize
the extent OF this disease or It's dangerous
| or insidious nature. II steals into the
system like thief, manitests It's presence
! IL NJ all by tue commoncst symptoms aud
I fnsiens itself In the constitution before
the victim In aware Of II. II Is nearly as
hereditary US consumption, quite as CON
mon aud fully rs fatal. Entire families,
inhcritlng u from their ancestors, have
! died, mud yet mons Of the number knew or
realized the mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead Of common
symptoms u often thuws none whatever,
but brings death suddenly from Convul-
sions,. apoploSy, OF heart disease, As
one who has suffered aud knows by bitter
experience what he says, ! imploro every
one who reads theao words not TO neglect
| the slightest symptom OF kidney difficulty
No one can afford to hazard such chances
make tho foregoing statements based
upon facts which can substnntinto TO tht
letter. Tho welfare OF those who may
possibly bo sufferers such as was, IL NJ
| ample lnduccmcnt for mo TO take the stcI
! have and II ! can successfully warn
others from tho dangerous path In which
once walked, am willing IN endure all
professional and personal consequences,
!, u, litSioS, NJ. u.
Rochester, n. y, Dee 30,
a wiso knowledge OF parliamentary