The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1891-02-13
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Remarkable Statement Of Personal Dam
ger ami Providsntial Escape.
The following story-which is at.
tracing wide attention from the press
lis SO remarkable that We cannot ex-
cuse ourselves If we do not lay it before
our readers, entire.
10 the Editor Rochester N.Y. Democrat,
SIR: On the first day Of June, 1881,
.sy at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting for
Heath. Heaven only knows the agony ]
then endured, for words cnn never de-
scribe 1t. And yet, if a few years pre-
vious any one had told me that l was to
be brought so low, and by SO terrible q
disease, 1 should have scoffed at the
idea. l had always been uMcommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own
experience, what pain or sickness were.
Very many people who will read this
statement realize at times that
they are unusually tired and can
not account for it. They feel
dull pains in various parts of the body
and do not understand why. Or they
are exceedingly hungry M day and an
tirely without appetite the mex This
was just the way 1 felt when the ro-
lentless malady which had fastened it.
self upon me first began. Still /
thought nothing OF it; that probably l
had taken a cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this / noticed a
heavy, and at times neuralgia, pain in
n side OF my head, but as it would
come ono day and be gone tho next, l
paid little attention to it. Thon my
stomach would get out of order and my
food often failed to digest. causing at
times great inconvenience. Yet, eve
as q physician, 1 did not think these
things meant anything serious.
fancied l was suffering from
malaria and doctored myself ac-
cordingly. But got no bet.
ter. ! next noticed a peculiar color
and odor about tho fluids l was passing
also that there were large quantities
one day and very little the next, and
that a persistent froth and scum APP
peared OH the surface, and a sediment
settled. And yet l did not rcalize my
danger, for, indeed, seeing these symp-
toms continually, | finally became ac.
customed to them, and my suspicion
was wholly disarmed by tho fact that
had no pain in the affected organs or in
their vicinity. Why / should have been
SO blind l cannot understand.
consulted the best medical skill in
the land. ] visited all the famed min.
eral springs in America and travelled
from Maine to California. Still | grew
worse. No two physicians agreed as
to my malady. Ono said | was troubled
with spinal irritation; another, dyspep-
STA; another, heart disease: another,
general debility; another, congestion Of
the base OF the brain; and so OF through
a long list of common diseases. tho
symptoms of many of which | really
had. In this way several years passed,
during which time l was steadily grow
ing worse. My condition had really be-
come pitiable. The sli ght symptoms ]
had at first eXperit nc,d were devel.
oped into terrible and constant
disorders. My weight had been reduced
from POI to 100 pounds. My life was a
burden to myself and friends. could
retain no food on my stomach, aad lived
wholly by injections. ! was a living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncon
t%rollable. In my agony / frequently
fell to the floor and clutched the carpet,
and prayed for death. Morphine had
little or no effect in d%eadening the pain.
For six days and nights | had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly. My
water was filled with tube-casts and al
bumen. was struggling with Bright's
disease OF the kidneys in its last stages
While suffering thus received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DIR. Foote, at
that time rector of st. Paul's Episcopal
4 II, q, unl, ~ Att .st,, L I f1A xi.4 a $780,.
our last interview. but in the course OF
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
the many remarkable cures of cases lik.
my own which had come under his Oh
s%ervation. AS a practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, l derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least bene
fetal. So solicitous, however, was DR..
Foote, that l finally promised ! would
waive my prejudice. | began It's use
it according to directions. At first i,
sickened me; but this | thought was q
good sign for one in my Gebilitated con.
the sickening sensation departed
and ! was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In a few days
bAS 4 SlobSO " III pclOIE
as also did my wife and friends. Ny
%hiccoughs ceased and | experienced less
pain than formerly. | was SO r~e;oiced
at this improved condition that, upor
what ! had believed but a few days be
fore was my dying bed. / vowed, In the
presence of my family and friends,
should recover, l would both publicly
and privately make known this remedy
for the good of humanity, wherever and
whenever had an opportunity, and
this letter is in fulfiilment of tina vow.
My improvement was constant from
that time, and in less than three months
| had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh,
became entirely free from pain and ]
believe | owe my life and present condi
ton wholly to Warmers SAFE Cure. the
remedy which ! used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-investigatcd the subject of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease. and
the truths developed are astounding.
therefore state, deliberately, and as q
physician, that | believe moro than
one-half the deaths which occur in
America are caused by Bright's disease
of the kidneys. This may sound like q
rash statement, but | am prepared tc
fully verify it. Bright's disease has nc
distinctive features of its own, (indeed,
it often develops without any pair
whatever in the kidneys or their vicin.
lty) but has the symptoms of nearly
every other common complaint Hun.
dreds Of people die daily, whose bur;als
are authorized by a physicians certif
cate as occurring from Heart Disease.
"Apoplexy," Paralysis, Spinal Com.
plant, "Rheumatism,'' "Pneumonia,'
and other common complaints, when ir
reality it is from Bright's disease Of the
kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer
people, realize tho extent of this dis
ease or its dangerous and insidious ma
ture. 1t steals into the system like ;
thief. manifests its presence if at all b,
the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS andfastens it's
elf in the constitution before the victim
is aware of it. 1t is nearly as hercditar,
as consumption, quite as common ant
fully as fatal. Entire families, inherit
ing it from their ancestors. have died
and yet none OF the number knew o,
realized the mysterious power which
WAS removing them. Instead OF com
mon symptoms Is often show.
one whatever. but brings dcati
suddenly, from commissions, apo
plexy, or heart disease. As one VIII