Buchanan County bulletin. [volume] (Independence, Iowa) 1869-1891, 1876-08-04
Tho Man Who Was Nearly Starved to
Death.

We received call from Lincoln Getch
ell, who, for the last six years, has been
literally starving from condition Of Dys
pepsia, which caused him to throw up
everything nearly as soon as eaten, and
sometimes before the meal was half over
This state of things, of course, could not
long exist without reducing him to mere
skeleton, and producing all the other dis
tressing symptoms incident to such con-
dition, which was a most pitiable one in
deed. Always suffering from hunger;
constantly eating, and suffering from
that too; dying by slow degrees from star
vation with plenty all around him. Had
not relief been obtained, few days or
weeks at the most would have closed the
scene, but through the influence of friends
he was induced to apply to Drs. Yarnall
& Son, and the result is from little over
two months treatment, he has gained rs
pounds in weight, eats well, sleeps well,
looks we'll, and says he feels so we'll that
he can hardly realize that he is the same
being; thinks he can never be grateful
enough for what the doctors have done
for him, and wants every invalid to know
where they can come without fear of be-
ing disappointed or imposed upon.
While on this subject, there are other
cases equally interesting, few of which,
perhaps, it would not be out of place to
mention. Mr.. VIM. Davis, who, for near
ly SIX years, has been afflicted with
spasms and fits, supposed to have been
caused by the bite of a cat on one of his
fingers The case was most distressing
one, rendered the more SO as he had spar
ed neither pains or money, had consulted
several eminent physicians, but all to no
purpose; was getting worse instead of
better; would fall down sometimes in the
street; liable to die at any moment and
if he lived, to lose his mind, which was
worse still. He. too, like Mr.. Getohell,
was induced to try the skill of Drs. Var.
nall & Son, some five months ago, and we
learn has not had fit since. He looks
we'll, feels well, and is considered, by his
physicians, on the safe side.
The next is good little patient Sarah
Goodwin, whom Father John calls the
Saint of his parish. She has been four
years confined to her bed with scroful-
GUS disease, affecting her generally
Feeble, emaciated and IN constant pain
from the state of her nerves and limbs,
which were simply mass of running
sores. But, through these weary, wait
ing years Of pain, she has ever been pa
tent and hopeful, and now there is every
prospect of a realization of her hopes, for,
in few months treatment, DR. Yarnall
has so relieved her that she has little or
no pain; can now sit up and go around
the house; is gaining in her general
health, and her limbs are improving nice
ly, with every prospect of permanent
cure, and with only slight deformity.
Many other cases of equal interest we
might give. had we space for them, but
the above are beautiful illustrations of
the power of medicines over disease if
properly administered. We give them
for the encouragement of invalids. Re-
member Drs. Yarnall & Son, of Cedar
Rapids, visits Independence the LIST and "a
of every month. Rooms at the Empire
House.