Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1883 — NO HOME EXEMPT. [ARTICLE]

NO HOME EXEMPT.

The Sooroe of Those Mysterious Troubles that Como to Every Household Explained. IB* ’* The following article from the Democrat and of Rochester, N. Y., la of so striking a qature and emanates from so 'reliable a soqxce, that it is herewith republished eritirey Tvy* addition to the valuable matter itcohtainf, it win be found exceedingly interesting*: To the Editor of t\e Democrat and Chronicle: BiE: motives for the publication of the most unusual statements which follow, are, first. gratitude for the fact that I have been saved from a most horrible death, ahd, secondly, a desire to warm all who read this statement against some of the most deceptive intiuanpes by which they have ever been surrounded. It is a fact that to-day thousands of people are within a foot of the grave and they do not know it To tell how I was caught away from just this positon and to warn others against nearing it, are my objects in this communication. On the Ist day of June, 1881,1 lay at my re idence in this city surrounded by my friend s and waiting for death. Heaven only knows the agony I then endured, for words can never describe it And yet, if a few years previous, any one had told me that I was to be brought so low, and by so terrible a disease, I Should have scoffed at the idea I had always been uncommonly strong and healthy, bad weighed over 200 pounds and hardly knew, in my own experience, what pain or sickness were. Very many peopie who will read this statement realize at times that they are unusually tired and cannot account for.it They feel dull and indefinite pains in various parts of the body and do not understand it Or they are exceedingly hungry one day and entirely without appetite the next This was just the way I felt when the relentless malady which had fastened itself npon me first began. Still I thought it was nothing; that probably I had taken a cold which would soon pass away. Shortly after this I noticed a heavy, ana at times a neuralgic pain in my head, but as it would come one day and be gone the next, I paid but little attention to it However, my stomach was out of order and my food often failed to digest, causing at. times great inconvenience. Yet I had no idea, even as a physician, that these things meant anything serious or that a monstrous disease was becoming fixed upon me. Candidly, I thought Iwas Buffering from malaria, and so doctored myself accordingly. But I got no better. I next noticed a peculiar color and odor about the fluids I was passing—also that there were large quantities one day and very little the next, and that a persistent froth and scum appeared upon the surface, and a sediment settled in the bottom. And yet I did not realize my danger, for, indeed, seeing these symptoms continually, I finally became accustomed to them, anil my suspicion was wholly disarmed by the fact that I had no pain in the affected organs or in their vicinity. Why I should have been so blind I cannot understand.

There is a terrible future for all physical neglect, and impending danger always brings a person to his senses, even though it may then be too late. I realized, at last, my critical condition and aroused myself to overcome it And, oh! how hard I tried! I consulted the best medical skill in the land. I visited all the prominent mineral springs in America and traveled from Maine to California. Still I grew worse. No two physicians agreed as to my malady. One said I was troubled with spinal irritation; another, nervous prostrat.on; another malaria; another, dyspepsia; another, heart disease; another, general debility; another, congestion of the base of the brain; and so on through a long list of common d seases, the symptoms of all of which I rdally had. In this way several years passed, during all of which time I was steadily growing worse. Mv condition had really become pitiable. The sight symptoms I at at first experienced were developed into terrible and constant disorders—the little twigs of pain had .grown to oaks of agony. My weight had been reduced from 207 to 130 pounda My life was a torture to myself and friends. I couid retain no food upon my stomach, and lived wholly by injections. I was a Jiving mass of pain My pulse was uncontrollable. In my agony I frequently fell upon the floor, convulsive ;y clutched, the carpet, and prayed for death. Morphine had little or no effect in deadening the pain. For six days and nights I had the death-pre-monitory hiccoughs constantly. My urine was filled with tubs casts and albumen. I was struggling with Bright’s Disease of the kidneys in its last stages.

While suffering thus I received a call from my pastor, the Rev. Dr. Foote, rector of St. Paul’s church, of this city. I felt that it was our last interview, hut in the course of conversation he mentioned a remedy of which I had heard much but had never used. Dr. Foote detailed to me the many remarkable cures which had come under his observation, by meflns of this remedy, and urged me to try- it. As a practicing physician and a graduate of the schools, I cherished the prejudice both natural and common with all regular practitioners, and derided the idea of any medicine Outside the regular channels being the least beneficial So solicitous, however, was Dr. Foote, that I finally promised I would waive mv prejudice and try the remedy he so highly recommended. I began its use on the Ist day of J tine and took it according to directions. At first it sickened me; but this I thought was a good sign for me iu my debilitated condition. I continued to take it; the sickening sensation departed and I was able to retain food upon my stomach. In a few days I noticed a decided change for the better as also did my wife and friends. My hiccoughs ceased and I experienced less pain than formerly. I was so rejoiced at this improved condition that, upon what I had believed but a few days before was my dying bed, I vowed, in the presence of my family and friends, should I recover I would both publicly and. privately make known this remedy for’the good of humanity, wherever and whenever I had an opportunity. I also determined that I would give a course of lectures in the Corinthian Academy of Music in this city, stating ih'xfnll the symptoms and almost hopelessness of my disease and ths remarkable means by wine h I have been saved. Mv improvement was constant from that time, and in less than three months I had gained twenty-six pounds in flesh, became entirely free from pain and I believe I owe my lite and .present condition wholly to Warner s Safe Cure, the remedy which I used. Since my recovery. I have thoroughly reinvestigated the subject of kidney difficulties and Bright s disease, and the truths developed are astounding. I therefore itite deliberately, and as a physician, that I believe more than onfe-hali the deaths which occur in America are caused by Bright's disease of the kidneys. This may sound like a ra->h statement, but I am prepared to fully verify it Bright's disease has no distinctive symptoms of its own, (indeed it often develops without any pain whatever in the kidneys or their vicinity), but has the symptoms of nearly every other known complaint Hundreds of people die daily, whose burials are authorized by a physician's certificate of “Heart Disease,”. “Apoplexy,” “Paralysis,” “Spinal Complaint,” “Rhematism,”' “Pneumonia,” ana other common diseases, when in reality it was Bright’s disease of the kidneys. Few physicians, and fewer people, realize the extent of this disease or its dangerous and insidious nature. It Steals into the system like a thief, manifests its presence by the commonest symptoms, and fastens itself

upon*# the victim ifi aware. It is nearly as hereditary as con their ancestors, have died, andjiet none of ths number knew or realized the mysterious power which was removing them. In tend of common symptoms it often shown none, whatever, but brings death suddenly, ana as such is usually supposed to be heart ease. Aa one who has suffered, and knows by bitter experience whathe pays, I Implore every one who reads these words not to will be the sure result of such neglect, and no one can afford to hazard such chances. I am aware that such an unqualified statement as this, coming from me, known as I am, throughout the entire land Malpractioner and lecturer, will arouse the surprise and possible animosity of the taedioal profession and astonish all with whom lAm acquainted, but I make the foregoing Statements, based upon facts upon which I am prdpaied to produce, and truths which lean substantiate to the letter.' 'The welfare of those who may possibly be sufferers such as Iwas, is an ample inducement for me to take the step I have, andgf I can successfully warn others from the dangerous path in which I once walked, lam willing to endure all professional and personal consequences. J. B. HejuoX M. D. ■

“Youn language is wholly uncalled-for," as the publi-her told the author whose works failed to sell , , ■ I If y Sot a drink, not sold in a bar-room, but a able, non-alcoholic tonic medicine, useful at all times, and in all seasons, is Brown’s Iron Bitters Slandeb is like a tin kettle tied to a dog’s tail—very good fun so long as it isn’t our dog. ; t i Chapped Hands, Face, Pimples, and rough Skin, cured bv using Junipeb Tab Boat, made by Caswell, Hazabd & Co., New York. It is an extraordinary fact that those who get to high words generally use very low language, I That husband of mine is three times the man he was before he began using Wells’ Health Benewer.