Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 46, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1883 — RE-INVESTIGATED. [ARTICLE]

RE-INVESTIGATED.

A Remtu-k»ble Statement Fully ConUUad tar Three Important Interviews. « Ah Unusual article from the Rochester (N. K) Democrat -and Chronicle vu published in this paper recently iftfl haa been the subject mpM ooaversatflm both in professional circles and on the street Apparently it caused more oommotion In Rochester, as , the following from the same paper shows: Dr. J. R Henion, who is well known not only in Rochester, but in nearly every part of America, sent an extended article to this paper, a few days since, which was duly published, detailing his remarkable experience and reecue from what seemed to be certain death It would be impossible to enumerate the personal inquiries which have been made at our office as to the validity of the article, but they have been so numerous that farther Investigation of the subject was deemed an editorial necessity. With this end in view a representative of this paper called on Dr. Henion at his residence, when the following interview occurred: ‘ That article of yours, doctor, has created quite a whirlwind. Are the statements about the terrible condition you were in, and the way you were rescued, such as yon can sustain?” “Eveiy one of them and many additional ones, tew people ever get so near the grave as I did ana then return, and I am not surprised that the public think It marvelous It was marvelous” -now iu the world did yon, a physician, come to be brought so low?” “By neglecting the first and most simple symptoms I did not think I was sick. It is true 1 had frequent headaches; felt tired most of the time; could eat nothing one day and was ravenouß the next; felt dull, indefinite pains, and my stomach was out of order, bnt I did not think it meant anything serious” “But have these common ailments anything to do with the fearful Bright’s disease which took so firm a hold on you?” “Anything? Why, they are the sure indications of the first stages of that dreadful malady. The fact is, few people know or realize what ails them, and I am sorry to say that too few physicians do either. ” “That is a strange statement, doctor.” “But it is a true one. The medical profession have been treating symptoms instead of diseases for years, and it is high time it ceased. We doctors have been clipping off the twigs when we should strike at the root The symptoms I have just mentioned or any unusual action or irritation of the water channels indicate the approach of Bright's disease even more than a cough announces the coming of consumption. We do not treat the cough, hut try to help the lungs. We should not waste our time trying to relieve the headache, stomach, pains about the body or other symptoms, but go directly to the kidneys, the source of most of these ailments.” “This, then, is what yon meant when you said more than one-half 'the deaths which occur arise from Bright’s disease, is it, doctor?”

“Precisely. Thousands of so-called diseases are torturing people to-day, when in reality it is Bright's disease in some one of its many forma It is a hydra-headed monster, and the slightest symptoms should strike terror to every one who has them. I can look back and recall hundreds of deaths which physicians declared at the time were caused by paralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia, malarial fever and other common complaints which I now see were caused by Bright’s disease. ” “And did all these cases have simple symptoms at first?” “Every one of them, and might have been cured,, as I was, by the timely use of the same remedy—Warner’s Safe Cure. lam getting my eyes thoroughly open in this matter and think I am helping others to see the facts and their possible danger also. Why, there are no end of truths bearing on this subject. If you want to know more about it go and see Mr. Warner himself He was sick, the same as I, and is the healthiest man in Rochester to-day. He has made a Btudy of this subject and can give you more facts than I can. Qo, too, and see.br. Lattimore, the chemist, at the University. If you want facts there are any quantity of them, showing the alarming increase of Bright's disease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, and there is but one way by which it can be escaped ” Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the doctor’s words, the reporter bade him good day and called on Mr. Warner at his establishment on Exchange street. At first Mr. Warner was inclined to be reticent; but, learning that the information desired was about the alarming inorease of Bright’s disease, his manner changed Instantly and he spoke very earnestly. “It is true that Bright’s disease has increased wonderfully, and we find, by reliable statistics, that in the past ten years its growth has been 250 per cent Look at the grominent men it has carried off: Everett, umner, Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishops Haven and Peck, and others. This is terrible, and shows a greater growth than that of any other known complaint It should be plain to eveiy one that something must be clone to check this increase or there is no , knowing where it may end” “Do you think many people are afflicted with «it to-day who do not realize it, Mr. Warner?”

“Hundreds of thousands. I have a striking example of this truth which has just come to my notice. A prominent Profesor in a New Orleans Medical College was lecturing before his class on the subject of Bright's disease. He had various fluids under microscopic analysis, and was showing the students what the indications of this terrible malady were. In order to show the contrast between healthy and unhealthy fluids, he had provided a vial, the contents of which were drawn from his own person. ‘And now, gentlemen,’ he said, ‘as we have seen the unhealthy indications, I will show you how it appears in a state ol perfect health,’ and he submitted his own fluid to the usual test, As he watched the results his countenance suddenly changed—his color and command both left him, and in a trembling voice he said: ‘Gentlemen, I have made a painful discovery; I have Bright’s disease of the kidneys,’ and in less than a year he was dead.* “You believe, then, that it has no symptoms of its own and is frequently unknown even bv the person who is afflicted with it?” “It has no symptoms of Its own and very often none at alt Usually no two people have the same symptoms, and frequently death is the first symptom. The slightest Indication of any kidney difficulty should be enough to strike terror to anyone. I know what I am talking about for I have been through all the stages of kidney disease.” “You know of Dr. Henion’s case?” “Yea, I have both read and heard of it ” “It is very wonderful, is it not?” “A very prominent case, but no more so than a great many others that have come to my notice as having been cured by the same means.” “You believe, then, that Bright’s disease can be cured?” “I know it can I know it from the experience of hundreds of prominent persons who were given up to die by both their physicians and friends. ” “You speak of your own experience, what was it ?” “A tea falone. I had felt languid and unfitted for business for years. But I did not know what ailed me When, however, I found it was kidney difficulty, I thought there was little hope, and so did the doctors I have sinoe learned that one of the phy-

sicians of this city pointed me out to a gentleman on the street one day, saving; ‘there goes a man who will be dead within a year.’ I believe his words would have proven true if I had not fortunately secured and used the remedy now known as Warner'S Safe Cure.” as ; “And this caused yon to manufaoture it?” “No, it caused me to investigate . I went to the principal cities, saw physicians prescribing and using it, and I therefore determined, as a duty I owe humanity and the suffering, to bring it within their reach ana nowit is known In every part of America, is sold in every drag store and has become a household necessity.” - • The reporter left Mr. Warner, much impressed with the earnestness and sincerity of his statements and next paid a visit to Dr. 8. A. Lattimore at his residenoeon Prince street Dr. Lattimore, although busily emSged upon some matters connected with e State Board of Health, of which he Is one of the analysts, courteously answered the Questions that were propounded him: “Did you make a chemical analysis of the oase of Mr. H. H. Warner some three years ago. Doctor?” “Yes, sir.” “What did this analysis show you?”. “The presence of albumen and tube casts in great abundance. ” “And what did the symptoms indicate?” “A serious disease of the kidneys.” “Did yon think Mr. Warner could reoover?” “No, sir. I did not think it possible* It was seldom, indeed, that so pronounced a case had, up to that time, ever been cured.” “Do you know anything about the remedy which‘cured him?” “Yea, I have chemically analyzed it and upor critical examination, find it entirely free from any poisonous or deleterious substances.” We publish the foregoing statements in view of the oommotion which the publicity ofßr. Henion’s article has caused and to meet the protestations which' have been made. The standing of Dr. Henion, Mr. Warner and Dr. Lattimore in the community is beyond question and the statements they make cannot for a moment be doubted. They conclusively show that Bright's disease of the kidneys is one of the most deoept.ve and dangerous of all diseases, that it is exceedingly common, alarmingly Increasing and that it can he cured.