The Stourbridge Observer, Cradley Heath, Halesowen & District Chronicle.
Stourbridge, West Midlands, England, 1887-12-31 00:00:00

THRILLING EXPERIENCE OF A CUNARD

B.S. CO.'S ENGINEER.

A leading Liverpool daily paper says: " day
or two a7O a gentleman, whi:e in conversation with
a prominent army officer, was made acquainted
with a meat thrilling account of prolonged suffering
and ultimate rescue experienced by one of the
oldest engineers in Liverpool. The name Of t 11.•
latter gentleman is Mr. William Ruckanan, who,
upon being visited, made the following statement:
I Lave been twenty.four years in the service of
the Cunard Steamship Company, and I reside at
81, Derby Road, Kirkdale, Liverpool. Two years
-go. wiile attending churehe I was suddenly
stacked wi.h a most excruciating pain in my
head, which so completely prestrated me that I had
to be conveyed to my hate. Then followed twelve
months of agony, which it is utterly impossible to
de-cribe, I Lad to resign my position.
heieg entirely incapacitated from wcrk. Medial
pinion was divided as to wh tt my in ilady really
kris. One doctor said thet I was cuff ring
fr- in a rheumatic affection of the
resin, another that it was an overflow of blood to
t'le head, and a third that it vete acute neuralgia
of the head All agreed, however, that it would
Iran to softening of the brajn. Six of the most
=rninAnt physicians in Liverpool attended me but
,ffo.ded me no relief My c ise was regarded as
i \curable, and my sufferings were so great that
I often became unconscious and fairly crazy
with pain. I could neither se.) nor hear
for days at a time, and during the
fearful attacks of pain my cries often attracted
the attention of the neighbours. My house was
pointed out as one in which a man lay at cleata's
door, and some of my paroxysms of pain were, so
great that it required two and sometimes three
strong men to hold me in bed. My physicians held
consultation., but all of no avail. My aufferins
remained the same. My family were in despair,
and at one time they regarded me so near death
that, in addition to three physiciens who were in
attendance, two clergymen were summoned to my
bedside. At that time my wife's attention
was called to a new remedy which
was "'then being introdnced, and which
claimed to be a cure for rhentnatiam and
ueuralgia. She procured a bottle; and aeplied the
contents to my head. Neither she nor I had any
cmfidence in the remedy, but it was like a
drowning man catching at a straw, and lt looked
like the last hope. The remedy acted like magic.
it saved my life: I feel sure, my family and my
Mends feel sure, that had I not used it I should
now be dead, instead of alive and hearty and in
nerfect health, as you see me here. All other treat-
ment had entirely failed, and, wonderful to relate,
have never had the slightest return since I was
•.ured some months ago. I have re-entered my old
position. and in giving you the foregoing facts,l can
only repeat that St. Jacobs Oil—which is the
remedy referred to—savel my life. My case is nn
secret. My friend* and neiehbours know all about
it, and are likewise familiar with my terrible
sefferings, and my former helpless and hopel.ss
condition. My cure was conaiaered so marvellous
—it liss beceine much talked over and is well
Cr wn—that I have rec, ived over 200 visits and
'etters on the subject. To all of these I have
,imply stated the facts as I have related them to
von. A call was then made upon Messrs. Budden
Jed Co., chemise. 399, &wily Road, Kirkdale, from
wham Mrs. Buchanan procured the oil, and Mr.
Gill, the Manager, fully ver'fled the statment
which had been made to the reperter, and said
that was only one of the many remarkable cures
effected by St Jacobs Oil which had come ander
his firm were daily receiving expressions as to the
wonderful benefits people derived from the uae of
this marvellous oil, especially when sufferiug from
rheumatism or neuralgia"