Sturgis advertiser. (Sturgis, Dakota [S.D.]) 1887-1???, 1891-03-05
"A THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Kemarixabis statement of Personnel DANCE
and Providsnt:ai Escape.

Ih8 following EtOry--Whtch ~ attracting
wide attention from the press--is SO re-
markabIe that we cannot excuse ourselves
4 we do not lay ~ before our readers en-
tire:
10 the editor Rochester N. " Democrat:
Sta ON the first day Of June, 1881, I
lay att my residence lii this city surrounded
by my friends and waiting for death.
Heaven only knows the agony then en-
dured, for words can never describe IT.
And yet, IL few years previous any one
had told me that was to be brought SO
low, and by so terrible a disease, ! should
haze scoffed at the idea. had always been
uncomnonly strong and healthy, and
weighed over zoo pounds, and hardly knew,
Ia my own experience. what pain or sick
ness were. Very many people who will
read this statement realize at times that
they are unusually tired and cannot ac-
count for it, 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 tho way / felt
when the relentless nlalady which had
fastened Itself upon me first began. Still
thought nothing of 1t; that probably had
taken a cold which would soon pass away.
Shortly after this noticed heavy, and ut
times neuralgia, pain in one side of my
head. but as 1t would come one day and be
gone the next, paid little attention TO 1t.
Then my stomach would get out OF order
z
ut times great Inconvenience. Yet, even as
physician, did not think that these
things meant anything serious Ifancied
Was suffering from malaria and doctored
yself accordingly. But got no better.
next noticed q peculiar color and odor
about the fluids l was passing-also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that a persistent
froth and SUM appeared on the surface,
and sediment settled. And yet l did not
realize nay danger, for, indeed, seeing these
symptoms continually, / finally became ac-
customed to them, and my suspicion was
wholly disarmea By the fact that had no
pain In the affected organs or In their
vicinity. Why should have been so blind
cannot understand.
consulted the best medical skill in the
land. I 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 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 1 really
had. In this way several years passed,
during which time l was steadily growing
worse My condition had really become
pitiab1e. The slight symptoms / had at
first experienced were developed into terri
been reduced from 207 to 100 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 uncontrollable
In my agony frequently fell to the floor
| and cIutched the carpet, and prayed for
| death. Morphine had little or no effect In
| deGdening tbs pain. For six days and
| NIGHTS / had the death premonitory hlc-
| coughs constantly. My water was filed
| with lube-casts and albumen. Twas strug-
| Cling with Bright's Disease OF the kidneys
| Ia the last stagesl
| While suffering thus received call
! from nay pastor, the Rev. Or. Foote, at that
| rimo rector of st. PauPs Episcopal Church,
| OF this city. / felt that 1t 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 practicing
| physician and graduate of the schools, l
derided the idea Of any medicine outside
| the regular channels being in the least BEN
| efcial. So solfcitous, however, was Dr.
4 Eoote, that finally promised would waive
! my prejudice. 1 began it's usa on the first
/ DAY OK June, 1851, ana TOOK it according TO
| directions At first 1t sickened me: but this
| thought Was q good sign for one in my de-
1 bilitated condition. continued to take 1T;
| the sickening sensation Departed, and I was
! finally able TO retain food upon my stom-
| change for the better, as also did my wife
| and friends My hiccoughs ceased, and
| experienced less pain than formerly. | was
| so rejoiced 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 I
| recover, l would both publicly and private
ly make known this remedy for the good OF
| humanity, wherever and whenever / had
| an opportunity, and this letter is In fulfill
nlent of that vow. My improvement was
| constant from that time, and In less than
three months I had gained 26 pounds In
flesh, became entirely free from pain, and
| believe 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 Difficult
| ties and Bright's disease, and the truths
| developed are astounding. / therefore
state, deliberately, and as a physician, that
believe more than one-hdlf the deaths 10llicTa
occur IN Amesica are caused BY Bright's disease
OF the kidaegs. This may sound like a rash
statement, but am prepared to fully veri-
| fy it.. Brights disease has no distinctive
features of it's 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 people die daily,
| whose burials are authorized by physt-
L
Disease, - 4Apoplexy,n "Paralysis,n 9Spinal
| Complaints aRheumatism, = aPneumonia, y
and other common complaints, when in
reality it is Brights 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 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
fully as fatal. Entire families, inheriting
it from their ancestors, have died, and yet
none OF the number knew or realized the
mysterious power which Was removing
| them. Instead OF common symptoms it
often shows none whatever, but brings
death suddenly, from commissions, apoplexy
| or heart disease. As one who has suffered,
and knows by bitter experience what he
says, l implore everyone who reads these
words not to neglect the slightest symptoms
4 of kidney difficulty. No one can afford to
hazard such chances.
l make the foregoing statements based
upon facts which / can sabstantiate TO the
letter. The welfare of those who may pos
sibly be sufferers such as was, is an ample
inducement for me to take the step have,
and il can successfully warn others from
the dangerous path In which once walked,
Z. am willing to endure all professional and
personal consequences
j. B. HENIoN. M. d.
ROCHESTER,, N. Y, Dec. 80.
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