The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-14
A HARD fight
THE STORY OF A FAILURE

The writer was called to the phone by
prominent attorney Of San Francisco
who said that a friend of his was dying
Of Brights Disease and that IL we could
90 anything to send the treatment and a
physician. Both were sent The doctor
phoned back that the patient was at the
end of years fight With chronic Bright's
Disease and was almost a skeleton, and
was in coma. and that the priests had ad-
ministered the last rites. and that the at
tending physicians had told the patients
wife that it was only question of hours.
and he declared with considerable spirit
that he had practically been called in TO
sign the death certificate. The patient,
a San Francisco business man. was in
charge OF the nurses They said that
nothing had passed into or out of the pa
tents stomach for tweBty-four hours !;
that IL had ceased to act-would not hold
peptopized milk-and that they were
waiting for the end Our consulting ply
siclan did not think that there was one
chance in thousand, but started hard
aght for that chance. Jumping into a
carriage, he went to Wakelee G. Co.'S,
procured q high twenty-inCh tube and the
necessary adjuncts and returned for an
all nights fight to keep the patient alive
After four hours with emulsions through
the high tube the impacted feces were re-
moved and as the stomach had almost
ceased functionlngs the patient was fed
and given both treatment and food per
rectum, The food and treatment were
administered and Withdrawn every three
hours, night and day. The patient was
given an alcohol and emulsion rub alter
nately every three hours He was given
no food by the stomach for ten days ex-
cept n little champagne and cracked Ice
The second day he began TO move 81 little
The fourth day he was beginning to clear
mentally, In two weeks his stomach be-
gan to accept chicken and solid foods In
a month he was walking around the room,
and In two months Contrary to the siren
uous advice OF the physician) he insisted
on taking southern trip. He was not
as CT nc he lprhf
relapse The physician was telegraphed
for and went south to attend and bring
him home, but the trip and consequent re-
lapse was so serious that the patient eS-
pircd on arrival In San Francisco
This was battle against tremendous
odds. and II is our belief that II would have
been won II the patient had followed the
physicians advice and given up the trip
until he was stronger.
The attorney mentioned who called us
up by phone was the Hon. Barclay Hen
ley. the ex-member OF congress and we'll
known lawyer of San Francisco, His Of
fees arc In the Pacific Building on Market
street and he will doubtless confirm these
facts to anyone. who may be Interested
We refer to this instance and his name in
connection Herewith without his consent
We could hardly afford to do this IL the
above was not strictly true.
We consider the treatment that this
physician used In this case to aid the
Renal Compound as so important that il
was at our request written up In detail
giving the various prescriptions and for
mulae. We Will mall IL TO physicians who
may have critical cases like the above
Bright's Disease is now durable In a
great majority of all cases by the new
emolllent treatment-Fulton's Renal Com
pound. II may be had In your city of F.
]. Hin Drug Co.
Literature mailed free Address John
j. Fulton Co, PIP First street. San Fran
cisco. We desire to hear from and ad-
wise with every case not making the usual
recovery.
F. ]. Hill Drug Co. so ". End South.
arc our sole local agents.