Savannah morning news. [volume] (Savannah) 1868-1887, 1883-06-28
ALMOST A MIRACLE.
The Testimony Of a Grateful North
Georgian Who Has Been Cured of \
Case of HereditarY Scrofula.


Case of Hereditary Scrofula.
.Sr<essl Corrssposdsacs Aflanfa (Ga.l Ceasti.
tsttea, June n. 1855.
Last week, while travelling through
Northeast Georgia, friend said toyoul
correspondent: ssIf you want TO become q
public benefactor stop at Gainesville and
see miraculous cure Of hereditary serof.
ula effected BY the celebrated 5. 5. $
(Swift's Specific Of your city, and write
up history Of the case"
Having nothing else to do, and being
satisfied my friend had no private OBJ
Iect 10 serve in having the matter written
up, I decided 10 stop over and look into
the case.
We stopped at the hotel where the sub.
iect of the interview was boarding, and
going right in TO supper, looked around
the table where ten or twelve gentlemen
were sitting, searching for the afflicted
man that had come 10 see. l picked out
two different people at the table that
thought showed signs of scrofula aud 3
severe wrestle with 5. 5. $. but | could
not determine which of the two was des-
tined TO be bored by a newspaper inter.
viewer.
After supper / was introduced to Mr.. E.
c. Halves. Jr., q gentleman Of refined ap-
pearance. a clear skin and a thick head OF
short hair, and was astonished when
was told that he was inst being cured Of 4
most aggravated case of hereditary scrof-
ula. l explained to Mr.. Halves the object
of my visit, and he, after some hesitancy,
said that he was very much averSc "a
going on record as champion Of patent
medicine. and was only induced TO do SO
-, IL haT
he owed to q suffering humanity TO give all
the particulars of his case, so that others
similarly afflicted could have the benefit
of his experience, treatment and cure,
This much accomplished, l asked Mr..
Halves for a history of the case.
THE HISTORY OF THE CASE.
He said: AZ doubt if any man ever suf-
fered more from scrofula than / have, and
for the third of a long life. l would not
20 through again what / have suffered
from this terrible affection. 1t has ap-
peared on various members Of my family.
but on none of them, including myself
until after our majority. All Of the other
members of NV family were only slightly
affected. while my case was OF the very
worst type. AS il was hereditary all
physicians declared it incurable; never
Iheless | went through the whole cata-
lOgue Of medicine, giving each long and
fair trial. Every object l had in life was
secondary to being cured Of this lOathsOme
disease that I had inherited, and which
was wearing my very life out.
was treated by every physician OF
note in every portion Of the coun-
try in which L have been, and
instead of finding relief | continued 10
grow worse. Finally / moved here on
account Of the climate and the high dry
atmosphere, and because it was retired
and / could avoid being thrown much in
contact with my fellow man, as the disease
had such a hold upon me that il made il
entirely unpleasant for me 70 mingle with
the worked or join in any social pleasures
except with intimate friends. Ny
scalp was so sore that there has been
months that / could not touch comb TO
my head. Ny face has been so covered
with sores that felt delicacy in going
to a general table Of even country hotel.
For wears | have been in constant pain
and lost flesh until 1 was a physical
wreck.
PRFJUDICED AGAINST PATENT MEDI-
CINES.
ssIn January of this year, I commenced
using s. s. s. (Swift's Speeifc). This
medicine had been recommended to me
before, but as my father, practicing
physician. and had also studied medi-
cine. / was raised up with a strong pre-
iudice against patent medicines, but find
ing out lately that a great many Of our
best physicians were recommending :. ;.
s., and giving it to their patients, over
came nv prejudice and determined to give
it fair trial. After the first three weeks
the sore commenced healing up and my
hair commenced growing out again. l
also commenced gaining flesh, my
nervous system was greatly improved,
nv sluggish blood commenced quickening
its course. though 1 felt that | was made
a new man by this life-renewing, invigO-
rating medicine. Since then / have con-
tinued to improve rapidly in every re-
spect. The scars have left my face, the
hair lost is coming out again. i have
continued steadily to gain flesh, my
my bones and joints got better and now
are thing of the past, and my general
health and appetite is improved.
NO TRACE OF THE DISEASE LEFT.
with the exception of a roughness
about the glands on my neck, which is not
noticeable unless your attention is called
to it, and few isolated spots on my body,
which are fast healing up, there is no
trace left of a disease that / and every
physician who has ever treated the case
had despaired Of ever curing permanently,
and l, who was one of the greatest skep-
tics as TO the virtues of the 5. ;. s., am
now its warmest advocate. / don't
believe there is a man, woman or
child II don't care what is the
matter with them or how free they are
from disease of any kind-that will not be
benefited by taking 5. 5. ;. believe it to
be without a parallel as remedy Of all
skin diseases and eruptiOns of all kinds.
As health tonic think it is incOmpara-
bly the best medicine known to science.
AS nerye-food / think it superior to bro
mide, which for years has been without a
rival. can also recommend it as hair
restorer. am not even acquainted with
any member of the Swift Specific COmpa-
nv, and / have submitted tn being inter-
viewed for the public good. After suffer
ing what have, and having been restored
to health BY this medicine, when all other
remedies had failed, feel that / would
be recreant to my duty as a man If OBJ
jected to making the public acquainted
with all the facts in the case. In conclu-
sion. | will say that am not alone In my
estimation of this valuable medicine. /
refer with confidence to any man OF re-
spectability and intelligence in or around
Gainesville for an ind0rsemnnt of the 5.
$. s., as they are all perfectly familiar
with my miraculous cure, and know how
utterly hopeless my case was when COM
menced taking s. :. s."
ANOTHER CASE CITED.
Your correspondent asked: 'sDid your
case greatly increase the sale OF this medi-
cine at Clarkesville."
sit did, indeed. When / commenced
taking il s. s. $. was scarcely known in
this section, and now there is scarcely a
leading store in Gainesville that does
not keep il. 1t has a ready sale, and
every one that tries it are loud in their
praises of its efficiency. Only few
months ago a young man here had the
most aggravated case of the camp itch
that ever saw. He was a solid sore from
the crown of his head to the sole of his
foot. He had tried various remedies with
out effect, and through sympathy | gave
him bottle Of s. 5. s.. and induced him
to try it. The result was that with a
siRgle bottle. and in less than a month he
said he was entirely cured. He has since
left Gainesville. but there are hundreds
of people who remember the case well
and viii bear me out in what 1 say.'
Another thing" continued Mr.. Halves,
shat l want to say is this, that while the
5. s. s. is the one thing out Of the whole
catalogue of medicine that / believe did
me any permanent good, and | tried eve
rything, the S. S, 5, cost me from third
to a fourth less than any other remedy
that i ever used. Another thing is, that
while taking the 5. S. 5. / did not change
my habits in any particular. | contin-
ued TO drink strong coffee two or three
times day and to smoke as usual"
The next morning in mingling with the
citizens / found that they Endorsed every
thing that Mr.. Halves had said, and were
n. If