Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1891-02-11
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement of Personal Dan
ger and ProvidentiaI Escape.


The following story-which is attract
ing wide attention from the press-is SO
| remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves if we do not lay it before our
readers, entire:
| TO the Editor Rochester (N. " Democrat:
SIR. On the first day Of June, 1881, |
| lay at my residence IN this city sur
| rounded by my friends and waiting for
death. Heaven only knows the agony
l then endured, Tor words can never
describe it. And yet, if few years pre-
vious any one had told me that | was to
be brought so low, and by SO terrible
disease, | should have scoffed at the
idea. l 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 are unusually tired and cannot
account for it. They feel dull pains in
various parts of the body and do not I'M
derstand why. Or they are exceeding
| " hungry one day and entirely without
appetite the next. This was Just the
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 a heavy, and at times
neuralgia, pain in one side of my head,
bat as it would come one day and be
gone the next, | paid little attention to
it. Then my stomach would get out of
| order and my food often failed to 0i
gest, causing at times great 1ncOn-
venlence. Yet, even as q physician, |
did not think that these things meant
anything serious. | tancied | was suf
fering from malaria and doctored myself
accordingly. But l got no better. |
l next noticed peculiar color aid odor
about the fluids l was passing, also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next; and that a persist
ent trOth and scum appeared on the
surface, and a sediment settled. And
yet | did not realize my danger, for, in
deed, selng these symptoms continual
ly, | finally became accustomed to
them, and my suspicion was wholly dis
armed by the fact that [ had no pain in
the affected organs Or in their vicinity.
Why should have been SO blind [ can
not 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 irritation; another, dyspep-
STA; 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 pi liable. The slight symptoms |
had at first experienced were developed
into terrible and constant disorders.
| My weight had been reduced from 207
to 100 pounds. My life was burden
to myself and friends. could retain
no food on my stomach, and lived
wholly by injections. 1 was living
mass of pain. My pulse was uncon-
trollaDle. IN my agony frequently fell
to the floor and clutched the carpet, and
prayed for death. Morphine had little
or no effect in deadenin5 the pain For
six days and nights [ had the death
premonitory hiccoughs constantly. Ny
water was filled with tube-casts and al
bumen. | was struggling with Bright's
Disease of the kidneys IN it's last stages !!
| While suffering thus [ received a call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at
that time rector of st. P;auls 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 a practicing physician
and a graduate of the schools, [ derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being i'll the least ben
efcial. So solicitous, however, was
DR.. Foote, that | finally promised [
would waive my prejudice. L began its
use on the first day Of June, 1881, and
| took it according to directions. At first
it sickened me; but this [ thought was
good sign for one in my debilitated
sickening sensation departed and | was
finally able to retain food upon my
stomach. In few days / noticed de-
| cided change for the better, as also did
my wife and friends. Ny hiccoughs
ceased and I experienced less pain
than formerly. [ was SO rejoiced at
this 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 rene
dy for the good of humanity, wherever
and whenever | had an opportunity.
and this letter is in fulfillment of that
VOW. Ny improvement was constant
from that time, and IN less than three
months l had gained rs 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-investigated the subject of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, ana the
truths developed are astounding.
therefore state, deliberately, and as a
physician, that believe more than one
holt the deaths a0hich occur i4a America ore
caused by Brighfs disease of the kidneys
This may sound like rash statement,
but | am prepared to fully verify it.
Bright's disease has no distinctive feat
ures of its own Gndeed, 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 peo-
pie die daily, whose burials are author
lied by a physicians certificate as oc-
curing from "Heart Disease" "Apo-
plexy,'' Paralysis, % Spinal Com