EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER.

Temuka Leader, Issue 1491, 10 April 1886, Page 3

EXCITEMENT IN ROCHESTER.

An unusual article from the Rochester, N.Y., Democrat and Chronicle, was published in this paper recently, and has been the subject of much conversation both in professional circles and on the street. Apparently it caused more commotion in Rochester, as the following from the same paper shows : Dr J. B. Heuion, 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 rescue from what seemed to be certain death. It would be impossible to enumerate the personal enquiries which have been made at our office as to the validity of the validity of the article, but they have been so numerous that further investigation of the subject was deemed an editoiial necessity. With this end in view, a representative of this paper called on Dr Henion, at his residence on Andrews-s'reet, when the following interview occurred:— 11 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 auch as you can sustain 1” “ Every one of them, and many additional ones, bew people over get so near the grave as I did and th*n return, and I am not surpris'd that the public think it marvellous. It was marvellous ?” “ How in the world did you, 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 *at nothing one day and was ravenous the next; felt dull indefinite pains ; and my stomach was out of order, but 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 1” “ Anything I Why they are the sure indications of the first stage of that dreadful malady. Ihe fact, is few people know or realise 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 medial 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 »t 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 tdan a cough announces the coming of consumption. We do not treat the cough, but by try to help the lungs. We should nofc waste our time trying to relieve our headache, atoimch, pdas about the body, or other symptoms, but go directly to the kidneys, the source of most of these ailments.”

•'This, then, is what you meant whan you said that more than one-lmlf the deaths which occur arise from Bright's disease, is it doctor?" "Precisely. Thousands of 80-calle.i diseases are torturing people to-day, when in reality it is Bright's disease in sorri* one of its rna"y forms. It is a Hydrarheaded monster, and the slightest symptoms skould strike terror to every one who has them. 1 can look back nnd reoall hundreds of deaths which physicians declared at the time were caused by puralysis, apoplexy, heart disease, pneumonia, malarial fever, and other common complaints which I s«e now were caused by Bright's disease." "And did nil cases have simple symptoms at first V " Every one of them, and might have been cured as 1 was by the timely use of the fcame remedy—Warner's Safe Cure. L am getting my eyes thoroughly opened I in this matter, and think | am helping I others to see the facta and their possible danger also. Why, there are no end ot 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 rnade a study of this subjept and can give you more facts than 1 can. Go, too, and see Dr La'timore, the chemist, at the University. If you want fact-* there are any quantity of them showing the alarming increase of B ight's disease, its simple and deceptive symptoms, aud that there is but one way by which it can be escaped." Fully satisfied of the truth and force of the Doctor's words, the repoiter bade him good day and called on Mr Warner at his establishment. At first Mr Warner *«s inclined to be reticent, but learning tkat the information desired waa about, the alarming increase of Bright's disease, his manner changed iustahtiy and he spoke very earnestly : " It is true that Bright's disease has increased wonderfully, and we fiucl, by reliable statistics, that in the pabt ten years its growth has bean 250 per cent. Look at the prominent men it lias carried off: Everett, Sumner, Chase, Wilson, Carpenter, Bishop Haven and others. J This i» terrible, and shows a greater

growth than 'hat of any other known complaint, I' should be plain to every nno tliat something must bo done to chock this increase or there is no knowing where it msy end.” “Do you think many people are afflicted with it to-day who do n' t realise 1 it, Mr (Varner 1” “Hundreds of thousands. I have a striking example of this truth which has just come to my notice. A prominent professor 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/ ho said, ‘as wo have seen The unhealthy indications, I will show vou how it appears in a state of perfect health,’ and he submitted his own fluid to the usual test. As he watched the results his countenance suddenly changed—hia color and command both left him, and in a trembling voice he said : ‘ Gentlemen, [ have made a painful discovery ; I have Bright’s disease ef the kidneys,’and in less than a year he was dead,” “ You believe thafcit has no symptoms of its own and is frequently unknown even by the person who is afflicted with it!” “It has no symptoms of its own, and very often none at all, Usually no tw# people have the same symptoms, and frequently death is the first symptom. The slightest indications of any kindney difficulty -hould be enough to strike terror to any one. I know what lam talking about, for I have been through all the stages of kidney disease.” “ You know of Dr Henion’s case ?” “ Yes, I have both read and heard of it.” “ It is very wonderful, is it not 1” “ A. very prominent case, but no more so th«n 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 wera given up to die by both their physicians and friends.” “You speak of your own experience ; what was’itf” “A fearful one. I had felt languid and unfitted for business for years. But I did nut know what ailed me. When, however, I found it was kidney difficulty I thought there was Utile hope, and so did the doctors. I have sinced learned that one of the physicians of this city pointed me out to a gentleman on the street one day, saying : ‘ There goes a man who will be dead within a year.’ 1 believe his words would have proven true if I bad not fortunately secured and used the remedy now known as Warner’s Safe Cure.” “ And this caused you to manufacture it.” “ No, it caused me to investigate, and I determined as a duty I owed humanity and the suffering, to bring it within their reach, and now it is known in every part of America, is sold in every drug 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 S, A. Baltimore, at his residence on Pinch street. Dr Lattinoore, although busily engaged upon some other matters connected with the b’tate Board of Health, of which he is one of (he analysis, courteously answered the questions that were propounded him; “ Did you make a chemical analysis of the case of Mr H. H. Warner some three years ago, Doctor I" “Yes, sir.” “ What did this analysis show you V‘ “ The presence of albumen and tube oast in great abundance." “And what did the symptoms indicate f ’ “A serious disease of the kidneys.” “ Did you think Mr Warner could recover!” “No, sir, I did not think it possible. It was seldom, indeed, that so pronounced a case had, up to that lime, ever been cured,” “Do you know anything about the remedy which cured him!” “Ifee, I have chemically analyzed it, and, upon critical examination, find it entirely free from any poisonous or deleterious substances.” We publish the foregoing statements in view of the commotion which tfio publicity of Dr Henion’s article has caused, and t° meet th* protestations which have been made. The standing of Di Henion, Mr Warner, and Dr Baltimore 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 deceptive and dangerous of all diseases, that it is oxceeduigly common, alarming increasing, and that it can be cured.