Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1891-02-13
A THRILLING EXPERIENCE
Remarkab Statement or Personal
Danger and Providential Escape.

we do not lay il before our readers, entirc.
To the Ed Ro he tr az " Democrats
sIt-On the first day OF June, 1881. lay
at my residence Ia this city, surrounded by
my friends and waiting for death. heaven
only knows the agony | then endured, for
worGs can never describe IL. And yet, IL "a
few years previous any one hau tolu mo
that l was TO be brought so low, ana by Sd
terrible "a disease, | should have scoHed at
the idea. / had always been un ommonIy
strong and healthy, and weighed over ~"
pounus and hardly knew, In my own expert
ence, what pain or sickness were very many
people who viii read this statemen mt realize
at times that they are unu sually urea anu
cannot account for 1t. They feel duh pains
in va ious parts OF the body ana 90 not TN
derstand why. Or they are exceeding nun
cry one day and entirely without appe-
lite 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 propably | had taken cold
which would soon pass away. shortly atter
this noticed IA heavy, ana at times neural
gc. pain In one side OF my heal, but as IL
would come one day ami be gone the next,
/ paid little attention % II. Then my
stomach would get out OF order and my food
often failed To digest causing AT times great
Inconvenience. Yet, even ms Il physician
did not think that these things meant any
thing serious. | fancied i wa suffering
ingly. But i got no Better.
next noticed peculiar color ana
odor about the Luits was pass
ing also that there were large qualities one
cay and very little the next. an that "a
persistent froth and Sum appeared on the
surface and "A sediment e,tei. And yet
did not realize my danger, for, inoced, see
ing these symptoms con inually, j hnally
became accusto med To them, and my sus-
picion was wholly disarmod by the TACT
that had no pain in the u ectcd organs or
their vi Unity. Why | should have been
so blind | cannot understand.
/ consulted the best medical skill In the
land. visited all the famed IN neral
springs In America, and Travelled from
Maine to Cal foi MIA. Still & CIV worse. No
two physicians agreed as TO my malady.
One said was tIoub.e ed with spinal irrita-
ton; another, dyspep ia; another, heart
disease; ano her. general debility; ano her.
cong cstion OF the base of the BRAIN and 80
on through long list OF comm diseases.
the sym ptoms OF many OF which l really
had. In this way several years passed,
during which time 1 was steadily growing
worse. My condition had really become
pitiabla. The slight symptoms l had at
first experienced were developed into terri
bic ana constant disorders. My weight had
been reduced from 207 10 1870 pounds. My
life was IA burden to myself and friends. ]
could retain no food ON my stomach, and
lived wholly by In. ection. l was living
mass OF pain. My pulse was uncontrola-
be. In my agony frequently fell TO the
floor and clutched the carpet, and prayed
for death. Morphine had little or no enect
in deadening the pain. For six days and
nights | had the oeath- premonitory hic-
coughs constantly. My waer was filled
vi, tube-casts and aibumen. | was strug-
CLING with Brghts Disease of the Kidneys
in its last stages.
While suffering thus | received call
from my pastor. the Rev. DR.. cote, at that
time rector OF 1t. Pauls Episcopal Church
of this city. i felt that it was our last in
terview. but in the course OF nvcr-
satiun Dr. Foote detailed to me the many
/ remarkable cures OF cases like my own
which had come under his observation As
n practic ne physician and graduate OF
the schools, l derdcd the idea OF any medi-
cine outside the regular channe.s being in
the least beneficial. so SOLICITORS, how
ever, was DR.. foote, that finally promised
i would waive my pre- udice. j began its
use on the first day OF June, 1851, and took
! II according To directions. At first il sick
ened me; but this ] thought WAS good
sign for one in my debilitated condition. !
continued to take il; the sickening scnsa-
ton departed and was finally able TO re-
I tain food upon my omach. In "A few days
n ,cd decided change for the better
as also did my wife and friends. My hic-
coughs ceased and experienced less pain
| than formerly. | was so re DICED at this
improved condition that. u on what L had
beiIeved but IA few days before was my
dying lie 4. | vowed. in tn prose nee OF my
family aud fr ends, should | recover ]
would both publicly an privately make
known this remedy for the good OF human
ity, wherever ana whenever I hal an OPP
portunity, ana this Letter 5 n fulh In Mt OF
that WOW. My improvement wi.- ton tant
from that time, and IN less than three
months | had gained 20 pounds in flesh.
became entirely free from pan and | be
7 lst
wholly to Warmers Safe Cuie, the remedy
/ which l used.
! Since my recovery have thoroughly re
investigated The sub ect OF X ,duey III cul-
ties and Bright disca C, an he truths de-
veloped are astounding. | therefore state
/ deliberately, and as phys clan. that be
lieye more than ne-half the deaths which
| o cur In America are caused by Bright's
| disease OF the kidneys This may sound
! like a rash statement. but am prepared TO
! fully verify It. Bright's Disease has no dis
! tinctiye features OF Its own. Indeed. IL often
developes without any pain whatever in
the Kidneys or their vicinity but has the
symptoms OF nearly every other common
/ complaint. Hundreds OF peo lie die daily,
whose Lurials are authorized by a physi-
! clans certificate as occurring from " Heart
/ ID sease." Apoplexy," Paralysis" Spi-
nal Compla mt" rheumatism" "Pneu-
monia. and other common complaints.
when in reality IL is from Briiht's disease
/ OF the kidneys. Few PHI II ans. and fewer
/ people, realize the extent OF this disease or
| it's dangerous and insidious nature. 1t
steals into the system like "A thief, mani
! tests itself IL at all 10y the commoncst synp-
toms and fastens itself in the constitution
before the victim Is aware Of IL. 1t Is near
ly as hereditary as consumption, quite as
common and fully as fatal rnt re families.
inheriting it from their IN estors. have
died. and yet none OF the number knew or
realized the mysterious power WIKI wa.
removing them. Instead OF common symp-
/ toms IL 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, emporc everyone who reads
these words not TO neglect the slightest
symptoms Of kidney difficulty. No one can
afford to ha ard such chances.
! make the foregoing statements has ID
upon facts which can substantiate to the
letter. The welfare of those who may DOS
sibly be sufferers sue h as | was, IL N ample
Undue, ment for me to take the = en- ha We
and IL can successfully warn others from