Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1891-02-03
a THRILLING EXeERIENcE
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dam
ger and Providential Escape.

tracing wide attention from the press
is so remarkable that We cannot excus,
ourselves IL we do not lay it before on
readers entire:
To The Editor Rochester IN. " Demo
crdt:
SIR: On the first day OF June, 1881
l lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded by my friends and waiting FOL
death. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured, for words can never de
scribe it, And yet, If few years pre-
vious any one had told me that | was tC
be brought so low, and by so terrible /
disease, | should have scoffed at the
idea. | had 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 will read this
statement realize at times that they are
unusually tired and cannot account fol-
it, They feel dull pains in various parts
OF the body and do not understand why.
Or they are exceedingly 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 began.
Still thought nothing of It.: that prob
ably had taken cold, which would
soon pass away. Shortly after this
noticed heavy, and at times neural
gic, pain in one side of my head, but as
it would come one day and be gone the
next, paid little attention to IL. Then
my stomach would get out Of order
and my food often failed to digest,
causing at times great inconven-
fence. Yet, even as physician, | did
not think that these things meant any
thing serious. fancied | was suffer
ing from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better
next noticed 4 peculiar color and odor
about the fluids | was passing, also tlat
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that persist
ent froth and scum appeared on the sur
face, and sediment settled. And yet
did not realize my danger, for, indeed,
seeing these symptoms continually, !
finally became accustomed to them,
and my suspicion was wholly diSarmed
by the fact that had no pain in the af
fected organs or in their vicinity. Why
| should have been so blind ! 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. One said | was troubled
with spinal rritation; another, dyS-
pepsia; another, heart disease: another,
general debility; another, congestion OF
the base OF the brain. and so on through
long list of common diseases, the
symptoms of many of which really
had. In this way several years passed,
during which time | was steadily grow
ing worse My condition had really be-
come pitiable The slight symptoms
| had at first experienced were devel-
oped into terrible and constant
disorders My weight had been re-
duced from 907 TO 1870 pounds. My life
was a burden TO myself and friends. |
could retain no food on my stomach, and
lived wholly by injections. was a liv-
ing mass of pain. Ny pulse was uncon-
trollable. In my agony | frequently
fell 10 the floor and clutched the carpet,
and prayed for death. Morphine had
little or no effect in deadening the pain.
For six days and six nights ! had the
death premonitory hiccoughS constant
ly. Ny water was filled with tube-caSts
and albumen. | was struggling with
Bright'S Disease Of the Kidneys In its
last stages.
While suffering thus | received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. FoOte, at
that time rector of st. Pau.'S Episcopal
Church, OF this city. felt that it was
our last interview, but in the course OF
conversation DR.. Foote detailed to me
many remarkable cures OF cases like my
own which had come under his observa-
ton. As a practising physician and
graduate of the schools, derided the
idea of any medicine outside the regn-
lar channels being in the least beneficial.
So Solicitous, however, was DIR. Foote,
that | finally promised | would waive
my prejudice. began its use on the
first day of June, 1881 and took ii ac-
cording to directions. At first it sick
ened me; but this thought was good
sign for one in my debilitated condition.
| continued to take it; the sick
ening sensation departed and |
was finally able to retain food
upon my stomach. In few days | no.
ticed decided change for the better,
as also did my wife and friends. My
hiccoughs ceased and eXperien ed less
pain than formerly. | was so rejoiced
at the improved condition that, upon
what had believed but few days be-
fore was my dying bed, | vowed in the
presence of my family and friends,
should | recover, | 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 fuliillment OF that 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 CON
dition wholly to Warmers Safe Cure,
the remedy which | used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-inveStigated the subject OF kidney
difficulties and Bright'S disease, and the
truths developed are astounding. /
therefore state, deliberately, and as
physician, that believe more than one
half The deaths iclicll occur IN AmeIicd
are caused by Brights disease " NE kd-
neljS. This may sound like rash state
ment, but am prepared to fully verify
it.. BrightS disease has no distinctive
features of its own Indeed, it often de-
velops without any pain whatever in the
kidneys or their vicinity, but has the
SYMPTOMS Of nearly every other com
mon complaint. Hundreds OF people
die daily. whose burialS are authorized
bv phySician'S certificate as occurring
from Heart Disease" "Apoplexy, "
paralysis, ""Spinal Complaint, ""Rheu-
matism." pneumonia" and other
common complaints, when in reality it
is from Brights disease of the kidneys.
Few physicians, and fewer people, rea-
lie the extent of this disease or its dan
gerous and insidious nature. 1t steals
into the system like thief, maLifests
its presence If at all by the commonest
SYMPTOMS and faStenS itself in the con-
stitution before the victim is aware OF
il. 1t is nearly as hereditary as con-
sumption, quite a common and fully as
fatal. Entire families, inheriting 1t
from their ancestors, have died, and yet
none of the number knew or realized
the mysterious power which was
removing them. Instead Of COM
mon symptoms it often shows none
whatever, but brings death sudden
Inv. from commissions, apopleXy, or
heart disease. As one who has suffered
and knows by bitter experience what he
saws. implore everyone who reads
these words not TO neglect the slightest
SYMPTOMS Of kidney difficulty. No one
can afford to hazard such chances.