The Dallas weekly herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1885, 1883-06-28
From the New orlea ms Times Democrat

From the New Orlea ms Times Democrat
Some thirty.two years since then boy Of
sixteen, resident In Western New York, l was
attacked With what was declared by the ply
sicians pronounced case of hereditary scrof-
ula. 1t appeared In the form of glandular
swelling upon the left side of the neck, which.
despite all of the usual old. time remedies. con-
tinued to grow, becoming at. say eighteen. a
seeming fixture of about the size of hens egg.
The swelling was frequently very sore and
painful, and more so that 1t was much of the
time raw from the daily application OF iodine
The general health became very much broken
and the prospects in life. for one just verging
upon manhood, were gloomy enough. -
A prominent physician in Cleveland Ohio
advised change OF climate with a life of hard
ship and exposure, as presenting, In connec-
ton with youth, possible chance Of recovery.
tive, outdoor life for some years. attested the
soundness of his judgment. The scrofulous
swelling gradually disappeared; the system as
gradually toned itself up: the broken and dis;
pirited boy became a strong and hearty man Of
1888 pounds. There was 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, 1t was
none the less surely. ifslowly, working. In the
spring of 1870 now thirteen years since, 1t again
put in an appearance, and in an intensly sggra-
waited form. First, single ulcer Appeared upon
the left breast; this was but the precursor Of
more than ten long years Of as mi SCRABBLE and
wretched an existence, with certainly as much
of physical suffering, as often falls to the lot of
man. The one 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 half inches in
diameter, the edges rough, ragged, and seem,
ingly dead, the cavity open 10 the bone, and
filled with yellowish, waxy, and exceed
ingly offe Isiye matter. Everything known to
the medical fraternity was tried In vain. The
disease became but the more and more virulent
Gradually The bone itself became diseased, and
then the suffering began in earnest Bone ul-
GERS here and there began TO take the place oil
those hitherto on the surface.
The difference manifest in these was that the
eruptions were OF watary nature, were copiors
and were attended with almost constant and sc,
we're pain. About the only lief experienced
was found in bui ming the whole surface\el the
breast night and morning, literally TO bins,
ter, with a strong solution OF carbollc acid. This
| serves as a disinfectant removing the other
wise irtolerable smell, loosened up the matter,
and allayed for the time the intolerable Itching.
| AS II all this was not enough, the ulcer broke
| out upon the shoulder blade and extended to
| the small Of the back, and then, indeed the cup
| of misery was complete.
1t became reduced TO a mere wreck; for months
| at time could not get. my hands to my own
head because OF extreme soreness; could not
turn over In oed without first rising to sitting
posture, knew not from the one years END 10
sno her what 1t was TO be an hour even free
from pain, save, Us before stated in the tempo
rary relief oderded by the burning of the ulcers
with carbolic acid had reason TO look upon life
itself as curse.
lin summer of 1880 after better than ten
long years of this retched eXlsten g, was in
duced by a lady friend TO try box Of Cuhcura
did so, much as / tried everything else that
offered. without any faith was agreeably sur
pTsed to find, at once, that II acted with won
derful, soothing eff'ct in allaying the terrible
burning and itching of the ulct rs, was In
Anna a a iat n fr n a.
solvent. While saw no immediate effect upon
the particular disease. | was enco ragged TO con-
iinue its use by an unexpected aud nattering re-
| suit in quits another direction. | had been
troubled with the dyspepsia. / found here at
| once an agr cable sense of relief. / continued
to use the Clticura Remedies Alter some
months / began to zee a change, and for the
better. The old ulcers began TO discharge far
more fl ely, and relief was experienced in pro-
portion. The general tone OF the system began
| 10 ion prove; there was marked increase IN the
appetite and 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, grad
ualy healed. Then another, and still another
enough they were rather encouraging thas 9th
erwise, in tn unlike the old, they DISCHARGED
'hem,e'yes f., c y and healed again In com
Finally, after some hing better than two
years Iers stent use Of the Cuticura Remedies,
| the last uicer was healed; The work OF renoya'
| ton has been Slow out seemlugiy bufo. Inc
| dread disease has succumbed All over the
breast shoulders and back, where for 40 many
| long long years, there is now healthy skin,
| The broken down syst sm has gradually recu
| peraied: has increased In weight from l23 10 i5t
| pounds; the good work is still going on; the gen
eral health Is becoming remarkably good; the
an Of IS years OF age, alter N ore than IL yearl
! OF suffering feels himself new man, and al
i through the Cuticura Remedies
Il Imske this sfidayit unoalled FOR, and wholly
through a sense Of duty u suffering humanity
that others perhsps Influenced thereby, MAJ
| themselves be healed am not altogether IN
Known, and there are those I'm prominent posi-
tons here personally lno wing 10 much A. her
stated ANY Interested parties are at liberty Z
refer 20 any Of the 'esding Federal officials II
| New Orleans, and through them, again, Is nee
be, 20 JAMEs n. kiCHAhDtOk.
once Special Agent Treasury Department New
Orleans JustOm- House.
Personally appeared befOie me, the under
signed authority. James D. Richardson, 70 M
| well personally known. who depo.es and say
that the matter Il contained in the fOrcgoini
afidsvit IL true I'm esch and every stated n
contained therein In testimony whereof
herebv set my I'm ! aud seal Of once, this 81
day Of April 1853.
J. u. CRawFORc.
Commissioner United States Circuit Court East
ern Dis rict Louisiana