Rensselaer Republican, Volume 15, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 August 1883 — THE DANGER OF OVER-EXERTION. [ARTICLE]

THE DANGER OF OVER-EXERTION.

A Stalwart Maa' Baeaaaw Weaker Than a Child and Thea Recovers His Fanner Strength. (Waterloo (N. T.) Observer.] In these days of rowing giants and athletic heroes fine physical development is more observed than ever before since the time of the Athenian games. A man who shows the elements of physical power is looked up to far more than in the days of our ancestors* possibly because there are fewer specimens of well-developed manhood than then. An emissary of this paper met a magnificent specimen of physical power a few days since in the person of Dr. A W. McNamee, of Waterloo. His muscles, which showed unusual development, were as hard as wood, At his request the writer sought to pinch him in the arms or legs, but found it wholly impossible. A realization of what is meant by an iron man was fully made manifest “Have you always been so stalwart as this?” inquired the news gatherer. “Not by any means,” was the reply. “When a young man I was always strong and active and felt that I could accomplish anything. This feeling so took possession of me on one occasion that I attempted to lift a box which four men found it impossible to prove. I succeeded in placing it on the wagon, but in two minutes from that time I was unconscious and remained so for hours, and when I recovered consciousness I vomited a large quantity of blood. From that day I began to grow weak and sickly. I beljeved that I had suffered from internal injury and experienced a general debility, which seemed similiar to the effects produced by milaria My back was very weak. I had no ap L etite, anti at times loathed food. My lips were parched and cracked. My head felt as though it were entirely open at the top and it pained me on the side intensely. Lu six weeks’ time I had fallen away from 208 pounds to less than 170. I was in a. most wretched condition. I was completely discouraged.” “Wnat did the doctors say about you?” “Almost everything. I consulted no less than six different physicians. They all treated me and none did me any good. At that time I was suffering intensely. I could not Mt upright but was ob.lged to rest in a cramped, uneasy position. I was compelled to urinate every five minutes, and I passed over three quarts every day. I was not living, I was existing. J “One night (how well I remember it!) my wife had put the children all in bed when the feeling came .over me that I should live but a very f hort thna My wife and I talked matters a 1 over and I gave the minutest directions as to what she should do after I was gone. I was not in a flighty condition by any means, lor tne docter, on leaving town the day following, bade mo good-by saying he never expected to see me again, for I was suffering with Bright’s direase of the kidneys in its last stages. Within the next few days more than twenty friends came to bid me good-by. Among the number was Dr. John L. Clark. He asked me what I had used m the way of medicinea I told him He then recommended a remedy of which I bad heard much, but about which I was very skeptical. If faith were an element of power it certainly was lacking in my case.” “And so you did not try it?” “On the contrary, I did try it and to my surprise it seemed to go to just the spot. Indeed, it was the most palatable th ng I had taken into my mouth for months. I relished it.”

“And did it cure you?” “Do I look as if it did?” “Yes, indeed. What was it?” “Warner’s Safe Cure.” “A proprietary medicine?* “Of course. What of that?' I suppose I once had as great a prejudice against advertised medicines as any one could have. When I was studying medicine at Ann Arbor, Mich., I used to vow with the rest of the clfo.s that we would fight all such remedies atalltimea When a man comes down to the last hour, however, and bids his wife and friends good-by, such bigoted prejudices as these all vanish, I can assure you any remedy that can cure is gladly welcomed.” “And how have you Deen since then?" “As well—or better than before”

“Do you still exert your strength?” “Certainly. But I do not over-exert, as formerly. My strength is increasing every day, ana my health is number one I know that my lite was saved by Warner's Safe Cure, and I believe it is the best medicine that was ever compounded by any chemist or physician. I am willing the doctors should sneer at me for such a statement if they choose, but I have proven its truth, ana am prepared to stand by it” The above experience should be of great value to all who are suffering. It shows the deceptive nature of this terrible malady; that all symptoms are common to it and that there is but one way by which it can be absolutely avoided.

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