Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1809-02-07
PATENT MEDICINES.
1T s. PLeasants' Book Sore

no inttancc more juftly, than it aopear. :; IN
ieaey Of HAMILTON's WORM LoZEMs"ne,ea >
prepared andfcld, wholefaie and retail. by n
NAH Ley no. SO, Maiden-lane. New w
ng-ofice. Frine-
The proprietor haslately prefen,ed - ,,.,,.
eye the teftimoay of the Hon. A. q Htp u"ue
chancellor OF Maryland, the Rev. Mr.. Mol.h"r
aud OF other diftinguiihed and reipes all. ehs..
ters- The tolio,ving cafes, Of more recon, 60
renee, are now RESPECTFULLY fubn,i,.ed.
SINGULAR OCCURRENCES
Ire vile OF MIR. WIN. Stillwei,. ,,..
chant, Water street, New-Ycrk. had h..
IN poor state Of health for several vsars
past, and was often confined To her -.
Der by lndisposition her symptoms wan.
various, though generally-attended ,y;,S
sreat oeoilty sometimes they were sup
peseo 20 Indicate dropsy, at others q die.
ease OF the liver. Having suffered a We.
ry severe attack, without obtaining an.
renet iron her physician, and aImost des,
pairing OF recovery, she was induced =,
make trial of HamiIton's Worm I1es,rov1
ing Lozenges: having heard other n.r-.
FORMING cures in several complaints that
could not be accounted for. Two dos.s
were taken, which brought away a Iarg.
worm, nearly half yard in length. and
a great quantity of matter evidentIv ~. :
ces OF worms, SC. On taking the tb;rd
or OF lourth dose, an entire animal shaped,
IKE a crab, was expelled: its parts were
examined with the aid of a microscons.
when the claws, feet, Sc, appeared per..
iectly formed different in but few res
poets from the common crab. M.
SuiweH began from that time to recovsr
her health ;-three months have ,;ncs
iapsed, and she has been free from her
former complaints, and has acquired a
degree OF health ard strength which for
years before she had been stranc-er
ohe being free to extend the knowIrl,ra
OF medicine from which so much b.ns-
NJ mas been received, has authorised
MRS. Lee, the present proprietor, to state
these particulars for the good of others.
Hequ- York, June S, 1907.
1DhflodeEaiia. May %, 1905.
TO H.. LEE.
Haying 10 most singular manner, ex.
per'enced in my family the astonisb;po
efficacy ct HamiIton's Worm DestroyinS
Lozenges, prepared by the late Mr.. Lee.
l ieei II my duty to add the following Gu.
rious case to the lis, of remarkable cures
performed by that celebrated medicine
My daughter at the age of IL mon,ha
was taken I'll with those symptoms which
are supposed to denote worms: aft. ha.
wing tried a number of things which are
SAID to be good in such cases, without
any benefit, we had the attendance Of a
respect able physician but she still con-
tinued to decline in health, and at the end
oil six months became so weak that shs
could not walk, nor keep food on her s,o.
mach, 1t was so extremely disordered.
nj this interesting period, one of orr
neighbours recommended your Lozen.
ges so earnestly, we were induced m
send 10 Mr.. Birch's for bog of then
on her taxing he third dose, ACCORDING
20 the printed directions, there came from
her living animal abou, three quarters
OF an inch long and of most frightfuI
appearance, being very white, with a
great Number of legs, and sometb;rq
which resembled wings, by which il an,
Peared to spring and which it did re.
peaiedly' TO our great surprise, about the
same distance that small toad can hon
on the ground. Its form was aitoe ether
unknown to every person who saw il. II
lived In water abou, 8 hours. We after
wards put 1t in spirits and il is now in
the possession of DIR. Beight of this city,
The child grew better from that day: in
very short period began to walk again.
ana IS nowin perfect health. -
Yours. &c. WIN. BRADLEY.
Callowhili street, between sih and 9th sta.
ANY person may be satisfied of the ac.
curacy and authenticity Of this singular
occurrence, by making enquiry in the
neighoorhood many of the neipbbors
saw the Creature alive, and are well &C.
with the above particular.
WI.
Among hesymptoms attending worms.
are disagreeshle breath, especially in the
morning bad and corrupted gums.
itching in the nose and about the scat
convuIsions and epilepiic FITS and some.
times priya;ion of speech-startine and
ofthe teeth in s!eep-irregular
appetite sometimes loathing food and
sometimes voracious purging, with sli.
nay and ioetia stools Vomiting; Laree
and hard belly Pains and sickness at,5e
stomachi Pains in the head and thighs.
with lowness of spirits Slow fever. Vii,