Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1883-06-22
Official Endorsement by the U. S. Commits
sioner.

ing upon manhood, were gloomy enough.
A prominent physician in Cleveland,
Ohio, advised a change OF climate, with a
life OF hardship and exposure, as present
ing, in connection with youth, a possible
chance OF recovery. A removal to the
South and West, ard an active, outdoor
life for some years, attested the ~soundnesS
OF his Judgment. The scrofulous swellings
gradually disappeared; the system as grad
ually toned itself up; the broken and dis
piriied boy became u strong and hearty
man Of 1S3 pounds. There was a respite
for fifteen years. During all OF this time
there was no sign of q return OF the dread
disease. As the future but too sadly proved
however, it was noue the less surely, if
slowly, working. In the spring OF 1870, now
thirteen years since, il again put in an APP
pearanCe, and in an intensely aggravated
form. First, a single ulcer appeared upon
the left breast; this was but the precursor
of more than ten long years OF as misera-
bic and wretched an existence, with GER
tainly as mnCh of physical suffering, as
often falls to the lot of man. The oae
ulcer was followed by another, until the
whole surface of the breast was but one
mass Of corruption. Some OF these ulcers
were not less than one and a half inches in
diameter, the edges rough, ragged and
seemingly dead, the cavity open TO the
bone, and filled with a yellowish, waXy,
and exceedingly offensive matter. Every
thing known to the medical fraternity was
tried in vain. The disease became the
more and more virulent. Gradually the
bone itself became diseased, and then the
Suiferings began in earnest. Bone ulcers
here and there began to take the place of
those hitherto on the surface.
The difference manifest in these was that
tho aruptiODS uera nf q uatpry nakurp were
copious and were attended with almost
constant and severe pain. About the only
relief experienced was found in burning
the whole surface OF the breast, night and
morning, literally to q blister, with a
strong solution of csrbolic acid. This served
as a disinfeCtant, removing the otherwise
intolerable smell, loosened up the matter,
and allayed for the time the intolerable
itching. AS if all this was not enough, the
ulcers broke upon the shoulder blades
and extended to the small of the back, and
then, indeed, the cup OF misery was cOm-
plete.
became reduced to a mere wreck; for
months at a time could not get my hands
to my own head because of extreme sore
ness; could not turn over in bed without
first rising to q sitting posture; knew not
from the one years end to another what 1t
was to be an hour even free from pain, save,
as before stated, in the temporary relief
afforded by The burning of the ulcers with
CarbOlic acid; had reason to look upon life
itself as q curse.
In tine summer OF lrN), after better thar
ten long years of this wretched existence, |
was induced by a lady friend to try a box
OF CUTICURA. | did So. much as | tried
everything else that offered, without any
faith. i was agreeably surprised to find,
at once, that it acted with a wonderful,
soothing effect, in allayiHg the terrible
burning and itching Of the ulcers. | was
induced, a little later, to try a box OF CCTI-
Ora RESOLvENr. While | saw no imme-
diate effect upon the particular disease, |
was encouraged to continue its use by an
unexpected and fiattering result in quite
another direction. l had been troubled
with the dyspepsia | found here at
once an agreeable sense OF relief.
| continued TO use CUTICCRA REMEDIES.
After some months began TO see a change,
and for the better. The old ulcers began
10 discharge far more freely; and relief
was experienced in proportion, The gen.
eral tone OF the system began to improve
there was a marked increase in the appe-
tite. and a most decided improvement in
the digestion. | kept on with the rene
dies, and kept on improving. First the
one Old ulcer, which had run for more
than ten years, gradually healed. Then
ARCHER, and still another. There were
aew and frequent eruptions. Truly
enough, they were rather encouraging
than otherwise, in that, unlike the old,
they discharged themselves freely and
healed again in a comparatively short
time.
Finally, after something better than two
wears persistent use of the Cuticura Rem.
ed es, the last ulcer was healed. The work
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sure. The dread disease has ~succumbed.
All over the breast, shoulders and back,
where for so many long, long years all was
but a mass Of corruption, there is now a
healthy skin.
The broken-down system has gradually
reCuperated; has increased in weight flom
l23 to l56 pounds; the good work is still
going on the general health is becoming
remarkably good; the man of As years OF
age, after more than II years OF suffering,
feels himself a new man, n all through
the CutiCura Remedies.
make this affidavit uucalled for, and
wholly through a sense OF duty to suffering
humanity. that others, perhaps, influenced
thereby, may themselves be healed. l am
not altogether unknown, and there are
those in prominent positions here person
aliy knowing TO much as here stated. Any
interested parties are at liberty to refer to
any OF the leading Federal officers in New
Orleans, and through them, again, il need
be. 10 JAMES +. RICHARDSON,
once Special Agent Treasury Department,
New Orleans Custom House.
Personally appeared before me, the I'm.
dersigned authority, James ID. Richard
son, TO me well personally known, who
deposes and says that the matter as con-
tanned in the foregoing affidavit, is true in
nN-Nas,v nd
therein. In testimony whereof | hereby
set my hand and seal OF Office, this 9Th day
of April, lsS3.
ID. CRAWFORD,
Commissioner United States Circuit Court,
Eastern District of Louisiana.