The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-03-11
RETAIN YOUR SENSES.
Could You If You We're Confined
In an Asylum?
OF LIFE
Some Int resting Facts From a Promin-
emit Scientific Man Who Has Had q
Most Valuable Experiences.
Chicago Journal.)

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We sometimes see in the papers q
thrilling account of where a perfectly
sane person has been confined in an
asylum. Think of it, reader! How
long would you retain your senses II
you were confined with a 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 oflife
and how best to overcome them!
We are brought to these reflections
by O conversation had with DR.. j.. @.
Spray, of 1853 State Street, Chicago.
For nearly ten years DR.. Spray was in
charge of the Jefferson, now Dun
ming, Institute, at Dunning, Ill. This
tremendous institution contained
about twelve hundred patients in the
Insane Department.. and fifteen hun
dred in the Infirmary, Among this
large number of persons there were a
vast number Of physical ailments.
DR.. Spray, speaking about it, said:
II traced the great cause for most of
the mental and, indeed. physical dis
orders very carefully, and while some
authorities make an estimate that sew
enty-ive 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 mid
die life it is less than seventy-tve 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 a percentage exists"
The Doctor thought a moment and
then said: ut is q fact not generally
recognized that where a person has
diseased kidneys and the organs fail
to perform their functions of remov-
ing the waste and impurities from the
system, it % produces melan-
cholia. AS a result, u asylums are
filled to overlooking, while il the peo-
pie would strike at the root of the
matter and see that their kidneys Were
in good order, there would be fewer
patients in the asylums. l have no
ticed that a large portion of all paresis
cases had kidney difficulties"
i" What have you found, Doctor, to
be the standard and most reliable
remedy in such cases?"
DIR. Spray spoke with great conf
dence. He said: Having so many
cases to treat, 1 tried various remedies,
and after a long and exhaustive trial,
finally decided that Warmers Safe
Cure was the best, most effective and
-..z+ .ol;ohIa v0n,ndu II f0nnd IL
specially reliable in cases of incipient
Bright's disease. 1t is certain to stop
it, and even in the advanced condi-
tions it allays the disease, and, to my
surprise at first, cured many cases.
Before structural changes set in, it is
certain to cure, If properly admins
tered"
HAS your experience while at the
asylum, Doctor. been confirmed in
your general practice since leaving
it.n
"Yes. I have occasion to use the
Safe Cure almost daily. Whenever ]
| find traces of albumen in the urine OF
| a patient, l prescribe the Safe Cure,
| and in nearly every instance where ]
| notice indications of nervous troubles,
I anaIyze the urine, and almost in
variably find that il is caused by some
affection of the kidneys. / now have
a patient to whom I am giving the
| Safe Cure, and find that it is having
| the desired effect. Some time ago
gentleman came to HE. who had beer
examined for life insurance, and traces
of albumen were found. | advised
the use of Warmers Safe Cure, and HI
passed the examination without dill
Guilty after having used it,"
II understand, then, Doctor, tina
you attribute q large percentage o
the ills of life to solne disease OF TIN
kidneys, and that you have found TIN
remedy of which you speak the mos
effective in such cases."
Eyes, I have no hesitation in say
ing that Warmers Safe Cure has N.
unqualified endorsement. l use j
constantly, and would not do SO un
less / thought it possessed curative
qualities"
The high standing, wide experiences
and great success of DR.. Spray max,
his words exceedingly impressive
Their sincerity cannot be questioned
and their truthfulness is absolute
Impressed with this fact, and realiz
ing the Importance ofthe same. l havt
transcribed his words in full and giy'
them herewith.