Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1891-02-21
ArAR,LLINe EXPERIENCE.
Remarkable Statement Of Personal Dam
ger and Providential Escape.

ger and Providenfial Escape.
The following story-which is attract
ing wide ttention from the press-is &C
remarkable that we cannot excuse our
selves ii we do not lay it before our read
ers, entire.
10 NE Editor Rochester IN. ~ Democrat:
SIR.-On the FIRST day Of June, 1881, ]
lay at my residence in this city sur
rounded By my friends and waiting fo1
death. Heaven only knows the agony
then endured, for. words can never de-
scribe it. And vet, if q few years pre-
y;ous any one had told me that l was
TO be brought 80 low, and by 60 terrible
4 disease, I should bave scofed at the
idea. Ihad always been uncommonly
strong and healthy, and weighed over
200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own
experience, what pain or sickness were.
Verv u1sny people who will read this
statement realize at times that they are
unutually tired and cannot account
for Il. They fee, dull pains in various
pertz Of the body ,.rd 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 fret began. Still |
thought nothing Of it; that probably l
had tsken q cold which would soon pass
away. Shortly after this noticed q
heavy. and at times neuralgia, pain IN
one side of my head, but 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
fail to digest, causing at times great
Inconvenience. Yet, even as q physi-
clan, did not think that these things
meant an ything serious. l fancied ] was
suffering from malaria and doctored my
self accordingly. But got no, better.
next noticed a peculiar color and odor
about the fluids was passing, also that
there were large quantities one day and
very little the next, and that a persistent
froth and scum appeared on the surface,
and a sediment settled. And yet did
not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing
these symptoms continually, l finally be-
came accustomed to them, and my sus-
picion was wholly disarmed by the fact
that had no pain in the effected organs
or in their vicinity. Why should have
been 80 blind I cannot understand.
I 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 rs to
nv malady. One said l was troubled
with spinal irritation; another, dyspep-
sia; another, heart disease; another,
general debility; another, congestion OF
the base of the brain; and so on through
q long list of common diseases, the symp-
toms of many of which really had. In
this way several years passed, during
which time was steadily growing worse.
Nv condition had really become pitiable.
The slight symptoms had at first expe-
rienced were developed into terrible and
cor. tant disorders. My weight had been
reduced from 2O7 to 100 pounds. My
life was burden to myself and friends.
could retain no food on my stomach,
and lived wholly by injections. l was
living mass of pain. My pulse was I'M
In my agony frequently
fell to the floor and clutched the carpet,
and prayed for death. Morphine had
little or no effect in deadening pain.
For six days and nights had the DEATH
premonito'y hiccoughs constantly. My
water was filled with tube-casts and
albumen. Twas struggling with Bright's
Disease Of the kidneys Ia its last stages
While suffering thus, received call
from my pastor, the Rev. DR.. Foote, at
that time rector of st. Pauls 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 OBJ
seryation. As 4 practicing physician
and Q graduate OF the schools, ! derided
the idea of any medicine outside the
regular channels being in the least ben.
eficial. SO solicitous, however, was DR..
Foote, that l finally promised l would
waive my prejudice. l began it's use on
the first day OF June, 1881, and took it
according 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 sickening
sensation departed and l was finally able
to retain food upon my stomach. In q
few days noticed decided change for
the better, as also did my wife and
friends. My hiccoughs ceased and ex-
perienced less pain than formerly. Twas
60 reioieed at this improved condition
that, upon what I had believed but a
few days before was my dying bed, l
vowed, in the presence of my family and
friends. should l recover, l would both
publicly and privately make known this
remedy for the good Of humanity,
wherever and whenever l had an oppor-
tunity, and this letter 10 in fulfillment OF
that vow. My improvement was con-
slant from that time, and in less than
three months had gained twenty-six
pounds in flesh, became entirely free
kom pain, and l believe l owe my life
and present condition wholly to Warmers
Sale Cure, the remedy which used.
Since my recovery have thoroughly
re-investigsted the subject Of kidney
difficulties and Bright's disease, and the
truths developed are astounding.
therefore state, deliberately, and as q
physician, that / believe more than one.
half The deaths which occur in .imerico
are caused by Brights disease Of the Kidneys.
This may sound like Q rash staten snt,
but / am prepared to fully verify it.
Bright's disease has no distinctive fea.
lures Of its own, Indeed, it often de.
velopes without any pain whatever in
the kidneys or their vicinity but has the
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