Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1883-11-20

A talented reporter of that sprightly jour-
nal, the Pittsburgh Commercial Gazette,
tells in the most highly Interesting manner,
a terrible story of the sufferings Of gentle
little lady named Mrs. Milo Ingram, now
49 Fayette st., Allegheny City, Pa, the
daughter of Captain Hugh McKelvey, of
same place. 1t was told to the reporter by
Mrs. Ingram herself, and the news gatherer
says it would have been too much to believe
only the evidence was close at hand to sub
stantiate every word of what she said.
SIT was another instance" says the re-
porter. "of the culpable ignorance of a
large class of practitioners of med cine VIII O,
while they pretend to be perfectly familiar
with the minutest details of the science, are
often brought to bay by some unusually diff
fcult case, which they are ashamed to ac-
knowledge they do not understand. The
little lady gave the names of some of the
most reputable physicians in the two cities,
to whom she had paid large sums of money
for treatment, and all they had succeeded in
doing was making big fees, while she grew
rapidly worse.
Her troubles began about six years ago,
when she experienced fall while attempt
ing to cross a sewer drain that had Just been
dug. A large swelling came on her right
side, which rapidly spread, became very
much disc0lored, and caused the most intol-
cradle pain. She sent for the leading ply
sician of Allegheny; who summoned con-
sultation of prominent physicians and sur
geons, who united in pronouncing it case
of malignant cancer, and they told her it
was incurable. She next consulted well
known cancer doctor of Kittaning, under
whose treatment she remained six months.
Her case not manifesting the slightest I'M
provement, she experienced the most ex-
cruciating torture all the time. Her rela-
tives took her to Rome, New York, where
she remained for two years under the care
of DR.. Kingsley. He pronounced it rose
cancer, and although he failed to cure her,
very much relieved her sufferings. He also
pronounced her case incurable.
The flesh of her breast was eaten away
down to the ribs, the breast-bone was laid
bare, and the disease made its way upward,
causing the breast to become detached from
the wall of the chest hanging loose from
above. After awhile this healed partially,
and the disease made its appearance in the
limbs, with even ten-fold greater virulence,
not only eating away the flesh, but attack
ing the bones beneath. 1t affected both
limbs, and then broke out on her head and
face, affecting her eyes, making her almost
blind, and causing her face to swell out OF
all its former likeness. Her mind was af-
fected, and at last her death became only
question of time. A very reputable herb
doctor pronounced her at deaths door,
At this juncture, her friends were told of
the remarkable recoveries effected by PERU
Ma, and without any real hope of benefit
i'm hnT hovy dot 1a6t IN !
derful remedy would be of any avail in her
ease. Four months after commencing the
use of PERUNA she showed remarkable
signs of improvement, and to-day she is a
perfectly healthy woman. All her sores
are healed.
Some fearful scars remain behind to tell
the terrible story. Her sight is completely
restored, and a more grateful patient doc
tor never had. She says she never grows
tired sounding PERUNA's praises.
Mrs. Ingram says they had paid over one
thousand dnllars to her previous doctors,
without any permanent good, and her father
would gladly have paid as much for PERUNA
had cure been guaranteed. About one
hundred bottles of PERUNA each containing
half an ounce of iodide of Potassium, was
the whole cost of her cure. She took at
first one tablespoonful four times daily, and
gradually increased the dose, until she took
| four tablespoonful every two hours. Not
withstanding these large doses, her appe.
tite at once improved, and continued good
all the time until she was perfectly cured
She gained forty-five pounds while under
! treatment.
There are only two cases on record where
it is known to have required half as many
bottles to effect cure. Generally speaking,
ordinary chronic cases require only from
six to thirty bottles, and thousands of cases
of recent date have recovered perfectly OF
single bottle.