Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1857-11-18
EDGEFIELD, S. c., NovEMBER IS, 1857

tude TO my .1tde. Now, despairing of getting
cured, returned home, 10 endure it with pa
tience and resignation. On the 10Th of April,
having in the menime suffered severely, and
with the prospect of u speedy death, was per.
suaded to put myself in the hands of Dr. Gil.
bert At that time my riSiOn 1cns almost entire
ly destroyed, the cancer had affected my nose,
the adjacent bones had bacome diseased and
even occasionally rotting out. l was under
treatment until the 18th Of June, and thanks be
to God and Tic miraculous skill and pcrserer-
u,lce of Dr.. Gilbert, AN NOW WE'LL" Without
the aid of knife, he removed the cancer aud a
part of the bone My sight has BEEN restored,
my general health is good. have been resi-
dent and planter of Jefferson county, in the
State of Mississippi, in the same settlement
where l now reside, since 1909. am mem
Der of the Baptist Church, and i'll gratitude to
God and the truly eminent man who has snatch
cd me, as it were, from the grave, make this
statement for the benefit Of my fellow-suiierers
HIRAM BALDWIN.
Mr.. John Carson, of Franklin, La, who had
Ebccn suffering for fen years froma cancer, writes
to the editor of the Planters I.a.) Banner, with
! reference TO his application to Dr. Gilbert, as
follows:
g at that time wanted but one month Of be-
ing II years OF age; and the natural infrmities
OF my age, my protracted sickness, cancer i'll
my nose and another large one under my car,
all these, added to the fatigue of my journey,
appeared enough to render my case entirely
hopeless -, .,,, .... oc ~, c;,,o,. ,,,,u+
siN weeks In about twelve days he removed
the cancer attached to my nose, and i'll about
twelve days more the place from which it was
taken healed up. The large cancer under the
ear was growing rapidly, and was about the size
of a turkey egg. This he removed in 25 days,
and in about two months after the place healed
up. Another small cancer in the nose was re-
moved and the place healed up in a short time
All these were removed with plasters, no knife
or surgical instrument having been used at any
time about thenl
"My health, strength, and spirits, arc now,
eight months LATER as good as could be expected
of q manof ny age, ate: having passed through
the pain and suffering that has fallen 10 my lot
| consider the cure which DR.. Gilbert has effect
ell in my case. to be one Of q most extraordinary
character. There are no symptoms, whatever,
Of the cancers returning. and have every con-
idence that the cnrc will prove to be perma-
ncnt.''
Capt. II. G. Gatlett, of Texas, gives the fol-
lowing testimony
"The disease originated npon the cheek bone,
near the outer corner OF my right eye, and con-
tinucd to spread upon HE bone before develop
ing itself upon the surface. DR.. Gilbert put me
! under treatment, at Memphis, on the 23d Sept,
1852. The raw surface was then rather larger
than a dollar, but extended nearly over the cn-
tire side Of my face as2oon The bone. The doctor
al thea Aesh.anl the
entire surface of the check and jaW:60nc TrulT
the eyebrow to my gums, and from mr. car to my
nose, and the roof Of ny mouth, two openings
were made through into the nose; all my jaw
teeth, part OF the eyebrow. and tie entire
! socket hone of the eve, were removed, and al!
without the use of the knife. Where the cheek
bone should have been, there is a hole remain
ing, about The size of Il quarter dollar, which Is
kept covered with piece of oil silk. The sore
seems to be perfectly healed, and several cmi-
ncnt physicians of Washington City, WHO re-
Gently examined the case, with the utmost as
Punishment, declare that no vcstige Of cance" is
left. and that It is case that all the surgeons
in the world coulI not have reached with the
! knife