The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1892-06-09
RETAIN YOUR sENsfsl
Gould You II You Were Confined
~- In an Asylum2 :
Some Interesting Facts from . Prominent
0clentlno Man Who Has Had Most
Valuable Experience.
(Chicago Journal.)

(Chicago .IournaI)
we sometimes see In the papers q thrill
Ing account of where perfectly sane por-
son has been confined in an asylum. Think
OF 1t, readerl How long would you retain
your senses ii you were confined with q
number Of lunattcs, night and day, and yet
think Of the physicians In charge of these
patients who are compelled, day by day and
year by year, to live among them. What
wonderful opportunities they have for
studying characteristics and vaRaries:
what wonderful chance for learning the
miseries of life and how best to overcome
them.
We are brought to these reflections by
conversation lately had with DR.. J.. C.
Spray, Of 1853 State Street, Chicago. For
nearly ten years Doctor Spray was in
charge of the Jefferson, now Dunnine, In
stitute, at Dunning, Ill. This tremendous
institution contained about twelve hundred
patients In the Insane Department, and flf.
teen hundred in the inhrmary. Among this
large number Of persons there were q vast
number OF physical ailments. DR.. Spray,
speaking about it, said:
II traced the great cause for most of the
mental and indeed physical disorders very
carefully, and while some authorities make
an estimate that seventy-five per cent. of
the people In the United States are afflicted
with some form of kidney disease. do not
think that the rate is SO high, taking all
ages into consideration Before middle life
1t Is less than seventy-five per cent. but
after middle life 1t is, l should think. fullv
that percentage"
''This is something terrible, Doctor. Few
people can certainly be aware that so large
q percentage exists!"
The Doctor thought q moment and then
said: ut is fact not generally recognized
that where person has diseased kidneys
and the organs fail to perform their func-
tons OF removing the waste and the i'm.
purltles from the system, it soon produces
melancholia- AS result our asylums are
filled to overlooking, while if the people
would strike at the root Of the matter and
see that their kidneys were in good order,
there would be fewer patients in the asy-
lums. have noticed that q large portion
OF all paresis cases had kidney difficulties"
what have you found, Doctor, to be the
standard and most reliable remedy in such
cases."
DR. Spray spoke with great confidence.
He said: "Having so many cases to treat,
l tried various remedies, and after a long
and exhaustive trial, finally decided that
Warmers Safe Cure was the best, most ef-
fective and most reliable remedy. found
1t specially reliable in cases of incpient
Bright's disease. 1t is certain to stop it.
and even in the advanced conditions it al
lays the disease, and to my surprise at first,
cured many cases. Before structural
changes set In, 1t IS certain to cure, II prop
erly administered"
HAS your experience while at the asylum,
Doctor, been confirmed in your general
practice since leaving it?''
Cure almost daily. Whenever find traces
OF albumen In the urine of a patient, pre-.
scribe the Safe Cure, and in nearly every
instance where notice indications of nerv.
Gus troubles, analyze the urine, and almost
invariably find that it is caused by some af-
lection of the kidneys. I now have a pa
tient to whom am giving the Safe Cure.
and find that 1t IS having the desired effect.
Some time ago a gentleman came to me,
who had been examined for life insurance,
and traces Of albumen were found. ad-
vised the use Of the Safe Cure, and he
passed the examination without difficulty
after having used tt''
II understand, then, Doctor, that you at
tribute large percentage Of the ills of life
to some disease OF the kidneys, and that you
have found the remedy OF which you speak
the most effective in such cases."
Eyes. 1have no hesitation in saying that
Warmers Safe Cure has my unqualified en-
dorsement. use it constantly, and would
not do so unless thought it possessed cura-
tive qualities"
The high standing, wide experience and
great success of DR.. Spray make his words
exceedingly impressive. Their sincerity
cannot be questioned, and their truthful
ness is absolute. Impressed with this fact,
and realizing the Importance of the same, l
nave transcribed his words in full and give
them herewith