The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-06-10
RETAIN YOUR SENSES!
Gould You If You Were Confined
in an Asylum?
Some Interesting Facts from a Prominent
Scientific Man Who Has Had a Most
Valuable Experience.
(Chfcql0 JOHrnnl.l

We sometimes see IN the papers a thrill
ing account of where perfectly sane per-
son has been confined in an asylum. Think
of it, readerl How long would you retain
your senses il you were confined with
number of lunatics, 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 vagaries:
what a 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 163 State Street, Chicago. For
nearly ten years Doctor Spray was in
charge of the Jefferson, now Dunning, In
stitute, at Dunning, LII. This tremendous
institution contained about twelve hundred
patients in the Insane Department, and fif-
teen hundred in the infirmary. Among this
large number of persons there were vast
number of physical ailments. DIR. Spray,
speaking about it, said:
81 traced the great cause for most Of the
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, 1 do not
think that the rate is so high, taking all
ages into consideration. Before middle life
it Is less than seventy-fve per cent. but
after middle life 1t is, l should think. fully
that percentage"
''This is something terrible, Doctor Few
people can certainly be aware that so large
a percentage existsi"
The Doctor thought moment and then
said: sit is fast 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
purities from the system, it soon produces
melancholia As q 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
casesl"
DR. Spray spoke with great confidence.
He said: Having so many cases to treat,
l tried various remedies, and after long
and exhaustive trial, finally decided that
Warmers Safe Cure was the best, most ef-
fective and most reliable remedy. found
It specially reliable in cases OF incipient
Bright's disease. 1t is certain to stop il,
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, it Is certain to cure, If prop
erly administered"
HAS your experience while at the asylum,
Doctor, been confirmed in your general
practice since leaving it,"
Eyes. / have occasion to use the Safe
Cure almost daily. Whenever find traces
Of albumen in the urine of IA patient, pre-
scribe the Safe Cure, and in nearly every
instance where l notice Indications of nerv-
Gus troubles, l analyze the urine, and almost
invariably find that it is caused by sOme af-
lection of the kidneys. 1 now have pa
tient to whom am giving the Safe Cure,
and find that It. Is having the desired effect
Some time ago a gentleman came to me,
who had been examined for life insurance,
and traces of alhUmen were found l ad-
vised the use Of the Safe Cure, and he
passed the examination without difficulty
after having used it'
Il 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"
"Yes. Ihave no hesitation in saying that
Warmers Safe Cure has my unqualified en-
dorsement | use it constantly, and would
not do so unless l 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 tho Importance of the same,
have transcribed his words ia full and give
them herewith