The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1883-06-26
RECOVERED!
A Remarkable Story of a Gov
5sa eminent Official.
A Case Of Suffering without a
Parallel.
Official Endorsement by the 0. s.
Commissioner. Sos

FrOa ne ENp Orleans TiRa Deao4ut.
Some thirty.two years since, when q DO!
OF sixteen, resident in Western, New York
was attacked with what was declared BY
the physicians q pronounced case o
hereditary scrofula. 1t appeared in tht
form Of q glandular swelling upon the lef
side Of the neck, which, despts all Of thu
usual old-time remedies, continued to grow
becoming Of, say eighteen, q seeming
fixture OF about the size Of o hens egg
The swelling was frequently very sore anC
painful, the more 90 that It was much d
the time raw from the daily application o
iodine. The general health became very
much broken, and the prospects in lie, for
one Just verging uponmanhood were gloomy
enough. ...-,. Z
A promising physician in Cleveland,
Ohio, advised change Of climate, with q
life OF hardship and exposure, as presenting,
in connection with youth, 9 possible chance
OF recovery. A removal to the South and
West, and an active, outdoor life for some
years, attested the soundness u his judg-
ment. The scrofnlous swellings gradually
disappeared; thesystem as gradually toned
itself up; the broken and dispirited boy
became strong and hearty man OF 1888
pounds. There was respite for fifteen
years. During all OF this time there was no
sign Of . return OF the dread disease. As
the future but too sadly proved, however, 1t
was none the less surely, Il slowly, working.
In the spring OF 1870, now thirteen years
since, It again put in an appearance, and in
an intensely aggravated form. First, q
single ulcer appeared upon the left breast;
this was but the precursor of more than ten
long years Of as miserable and wretched an
existence, with certainly as much OF ply,
steal suffering, as often falls 10 the lot Of
man. The one ulcer was followed by an
other, until the whole surface oil 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 filed with yell
lowish, waxy, and exceedingly offensive
matter. Everything known to the medical
fraternity was tried In vain. The disease be-
Came but the more and more virulent. Grad
ually the bone itself became diseased, and
then the sutferings 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
the eruphons were OF watery nature, 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 strong
solution Of carbolic acid. This served as q
disinfectant, removing the otherwise in
tolerable smell, loosened up the matter,
and allayed for the time the intolerable
itching. As il all this was not enough, the
ulcers broke out upon the shoulder blades
and extended to the small of the back, and
then, indeed, the cup Of misery was COM
plete. .ift. gas..
] became reduced TO mere wreck; for
months at q time could not get my hands
to my ewn head because OF extreme sore.
ness; could not turn over in bed without
first rising to sitting posture; knew not
from the one years end 10 another what
it was to be an hour even free from pain,
save, as before, in the temporary relief ai-
forded by the burning oil the ulcers with
carbolic acid; had reason 10 look upon life
itself Us curse. -. ~ a.,i b
In the summer Of 1850, after better than
ten long years oil this Wretched existence,
I was induced by lady friend TO try box
OF CpT1cUR4. ] did 30, much as l tried
everything else that offered, without any
faith. l was agreeably surprised TO find, at
once, that 1t acted with wonderful, Sooth.
ing effect, in allaying the terrible burning
and itching Of the ulcers. was induced,
a little later, to try q box OF CuTICuRA Re.
SOLVENT. While l saw no immediate effect
upon the particular disease, was encour.
aged to continue its use by an unexpected
and fattering resultin quite another direc-
ton. lhad been troubled with the dyspepsia.
! found here at once an agreeable sense Of
relief. i continued to use the CpTicuRA
RRNEDIEs. After some months began 10
see q change, and for the better. The old
ulcers began to discharge far more freely,
and relief was experienced in proportion.
The general tone OF the system began to i'm
prove; there was marked increase, in the
appetite, and amost decided improyementin
the digestion. kept on with the remedies,
and kept on improving. First the one old
ulcer, which had run for more than ten
years, gradually healed. Then another,
and still another. There were new and
frequent erupdons. Truely 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, alter something better than two
years persistent use OF the CpTlcuRA Rem.
IDIRs, the last ulcer was healed. The work
Of renovation has been slow, but seemingly
sure. The dread disease has succumbed.
All over the breast, shoulders and back,
where for 80 many long, long years all was
but mass OF corruption, there Is now q
healthy skin. ~ u sa5o5 -
The broken-down system has gradually
recuperated; has increased IN weight from
1913 TO 1855 pounds; the good work is still
going on; the general health Is becoming
remarkably good; the man OF IS years OF
age, alter more than u years OF suffering,
teels himself q new man, and all through
the CUTIcuRA RENEDIEs. ls1 III
l make this affidavit uncalled for, and
wholly through sense OF duty TO suffering
humanity, that others, perhaps, Influenced
thereby, may themselves be healed. am
not altogether unknown, and there are.
those in prominent positions here person
ally knowing to much as here stated. Any
interested parties are at liberty to refer 10
any Of the leading Federal officials in New
Orleans, and through them, again, II need
be, to JAMES E. RIcHARDsoE,
Office Special Agent Treasury Department,
New Orleans Custom House.
Personally appeared before me, tho un-
dersigned authority, James E. Richardson,
10 me well and personally known, who de.
poses and says that the matter as contained
In the foregoing affidavit, Is true in each
and every statement contained therein. In
testimony whereof l hereby set my hand
and seal Of Office, this 9th day Of April,
1888. % - ]. D. CRAWFORD,
Commissioner United States Circuit Court,