The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1892-06-11
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.
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We sometimes see III the papers q thrill
Ing account Of where a perfectly sane per-
son has been confined in an asylum. Think
OF it, readeri How long would you retain
your lenses if you were confined with d
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
miscries of life and how best to overcome
them.
We are brought to these reflections by a
conversation lately had with DIR. J. c..
Spray. OF 1G} Stats Street. Chicago. For
hearty ten years Doctor Spray WIS in
charge of the Jefferson. now Dunning, III:
stitute, at Dunning; Ill. This tremendous
Institution contained about twelve hundred
patients in the Insane Department, and fif-
teen hundred in the infirmars. Among this
large number of persons there were Il vast
number of physical ailments. DIR. 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
nh estimate that seventy-iiye per cent. of
the people In the United States are afflicted
with some form Of kidney disease; I do NOT
think that the rate is 81 high; taking all
ages into consideration. Before middle life
it Is less than seveniy-fivo per cent. but
after middle life 1t is, | should think, fully
that percentage"
This is something terrible, Doctor. Few
people can certainly be aware that so large
i percentage e~xists:"
The Doctor thought n moment and then
said: at is Il fact not generally recognized
that where n person has diseased kidneys
and the organs fail to perform their func-
tons Of removing the waste and the i'm.
puritics from tho system. 1t soon produces
melamcholia- As q result our asylums are
filed 10 Overlooking, while Il 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 asv-
lums. have noticed that o large portion
of all paresis cases had kidney difficulties
"What have you found. Doctor, 10 I've the
Standard and most reliable remedy in such
tascs:'
DR. Spray spoke with great Confidence.
He said: Having so many cases to treat,
l tried various remedies, and after Il long
AMI exhaustive trial, finally decided that
Warmers Safe Cure was the best, most eff
fective and most reliable remedy. | found
it specially reliable in cases of incipicnl
BriCht's disease. 1t is certain to stop ii,
and even in the advanced conditions it al
lays the disease, and to mt snrprise at first.
cured many cases. Before structural
changes set in: it Is certain to cure; if prop
erly administered
'Ias your experience while atthe asylum.
Doctor, been confirmed in your general
practice since leaving it!"
YES. | have occasion to use the Safe
Cure almost daily. Whenever | find traces
of albumea in the urine of Il patient, | pre-
scribe the Safe Cure. and in nearly every
instance where | notice indications of merry
Gus troubles, | analvze HE urine. and almost
invariably fiHd that it is caused by some af
fecti3n of the kidneys. | now have a pa
ticnt tn WHOM | am giving tho Safe Cure,
and find that II Is having the desired effect.
Some Time ago y gentleman came to me,
who had leea examined for life insurtnpe.
ami trace, OF albimcn were found. I nd
viscd the use of the Safe Cure. anil he
passed the examination without difficulty
after having used it"
Il understand, then, Doctor, that You at
tribute a 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 sHch cases"
Yes. 1have no hesitation in saying that
Warmers Safe Cure has my unqualified en-
dorsemcnt. use it constantly, and would
not do SO unless | thought it possessed 2ura.
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, |
have transcribed his words In full and give
them herewith