Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1885-05-07
NEUR0N.-ALG0s.

These are two Greek words which,
Naen rolled into one, make an English
T~ord which is painfully common. Aew
IN neans nerve. Algos means pain.
i.Mroliyia means-well, ask anybody who
rs neuralgia and can speak from excru-
lting experience. Nerve-pain, or neu-
ria, is dreadful thing, and has been
NICELY on the increase during the last
y years. 1t makes life a misery by
.ending sharp pangs Of agony throughout
the whole system. IL converts each nerve
i1to highway for messages Of torture.
With aches by day and sleepless torments
by night, it drives its victim TO seek for
anything, however difficult or unpleasant,
which will even temporarily allay the
anguish it brings.
Hence, ncuralgjc sufferers have sought
10 soothe their sorrows by all manner OF
drugs, even resorting TO such terrible
agencies as those Of choral and morphine,
which b-inz in their train a procession Of
miseries worse, ii possible, than neuralgia
itself.
The old methods of treatment sometimes
relieved neuralgia, but seldom cured it en-
tirely when it had taken full possession Of
the system. Those methods were at best
slow and uncertain. No two diseases
more obstinately defed the medical faculty
than neuralgia and rheumatism.
Happily for the great army Of neuralgia
sufferers, new way has been found,
which, instead of being slow and uncertain,
is prompt, thorough, permanent and
delightful. There are many, many cases
which are living evidence of the success Of
this new way but for the present let us
refer to one, that Of Mrs. Dietrich, Of New
Haven, Conn.
Mrs Dietrich is q lady Of middle age,
who previously to her severe attack Of
neuralgia had enjoyed as good health as
most people. Her husband is well-known
AS foreman in the largest furniture house
in New Haven-that of Messrs. A. l..
Chamberlain IL Son. One of our editorial
correspondents recently called on Mrs.
Dietrich, and learned from her the story
of her attack and her recovery.
Mrs. Dietrich said, ain October, 1888,
was suddenly taken with neuralgia, which
was a new thing to me. 1t came on very
severely, mostly in my face and my right
side. ! cannot describe to you my suffer-
ings, they were so terrible. All night my
daughter did her best to relieve me, but
with little effect. She bathed my head
with various lotions, and applied mustard
plasters and other remedies. Early in the
morning she started out to the druggists
TO get some medicine which would give
me some solid relief She asked the
druggist what was the best thing he had.
lie said he had new medicine called
Athlophoros, which he had heard from a
good deal as having caused some wonder
iul cures | knew nothing about it except
what he said, but when my daughter
brought it home thought | would try it
on venture. Almost anything would be
Letter than the agony | was enduring. |
took dose according to the directions. |
had no idea any medicine could act so
quickly. When l took it the pain was
almost setting me crazy. My head was so
sore that could hardly bear to have it
touched. In one hour most Of the pain
was gone. took another dose In three
hours the pain was all gone. Oh what
relief it was! In that attack of neuralgia
| had seemed to live years and years. 1t
Vas an experience which ! never shall for
yet. The complete relief which enjoyed
was more delightful than can tell you"
"And how was it, Mrs. Dietrich, as to
the return of your pain? Did you have
any2"
al am glad to say the pain did not
return. had supposed it would, and l
kept the Athlophoros medicine in the
house ready for use in case of another
attack. But | have had no neuralgia
since, and rs it has not annoyed me for so
long ! hope ! am now free from it. l
never saw any medicine like this Athlo-
phoros, and recommend it to my friends
"Athlophoros" is a word, which, like
neuralgia, is made of two Greek words, one
of which means Prize" the other "Bear-
or 1t is "The Prize Bearer" 1t carries
off the prize as conqueror of the two tor
mentors, neuralgia and rheumatism, as
people who have tried it cheerfully attes.