The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1892-08-20
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We sometimes see IN the papers o 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 If 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.
Weare brought to these reflections by a
conversation lately had with DIR. ]. C.
Spray, OF 16] State Street, Chicago. For
nearly ten years Doctor Spray was In
charge OF the jefferson, now Dunning, In
stitute, at Dunning, ILL., 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. DR.. Spray,
speaking about it, said:
| 81 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
it is less than seventy-five per cent but
after middle life IT is, should think, fully
that percentage"
This Ii something terrible, Doctor. Few
people can certainly be aware that so large
| o percentage exists!"
The Doctor thought moment and then
said: TT is "a 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
purities from the system, it soon produces
melancholia As a result our asylums are
filled to overlooking, while il the people
would strike ut 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 a large portion
of all paresis cases had kidney difficulties "
''What have you found, Doctor, to be the
standard an1 most reliable remedy in such
casesi"
DIR Spray spoke with great confidence
\ Nes''
tried various remedies, and after n long
and exhaustive trial, finally decided that
Warmers Safe Cure was the best, most ef
fective and most reliable remedy. i founc
1t specially reliable in cases Of iacipien
Brghts disease. 1t is certain to stop it
and even in the advanced conditions it al
lays the disease, aud to my surprise at first
| cured many cases. Before structural
changes setin, it Is certain to cure, IL prop
| erly administered"
HAS your experience while at the asylum
Doctor, been confirmed in your genera
practice since leaving it!'
| "Yes. / have occasion to use the SAT-
| Cure almost daily. Whenever find trace
of albumen in the urine of n patient. pre-
scribe the Safe Cure, and In nearly ever.
instance where notice indications of nery
Gus troubles, analyze the urine, and almos
invariably find that it is caused by some af
lection Of the kidneys. l now have pa
tient to whom am giving the Safe Cure
and find that 1t Is having he desired effect
Some time ago a gentleman came to me
who had been examined for life insurance
and traces Of albumen were found. i nd
vised the use of the Safe Cure, and b
passed the examination without difficult
after having used it"
Al understand, then, Doctor. that you al
, tribute large percentage OF the ills of lif
| to some disease of the kidneys, and that 20
have found the remedy OF which you spea
the most effective in such cases.
"Yes. Ihave no hesitation in saying tina
Warmers Safe Cure has my unqualified eT
dorsement / use it constantly, and woul
! not do so unless thought it possessed cur;
tive qualities -
The high standing wide experience an
, great success of Dr. Spray make his word
exceedingly impressive. Their sincerit
cannot be questioned, and their truthful
ness is absolute. Impressed with this fac
! and realizing the importance Of the same,
, have transcribed his words in full and Civ
them herewith