The National tribune., 1885-04-09
Hon. VIM. ID. KELLEY.

A reporter of one of our Philadelphia dailies
spent morning with Judge Kelley at his home
in that city. The Judge gave the history Of
his illness and recovery, substantially as fol-
lows:
a had, as hereditary victim to catarrh,
suffered for years. l was subject to violent
paroxysms of coughing. Straining for relief
had produced abrasion of the membranes and
daily effusion of blood from my throat. For
four years i passed portion of each Con sres-
sional vacation in the Rocky Mountains or on
the Pacific Coast. But my breathing power
continued to diminish, until in the early Sum-
mer of 1873 it was a little more than painting
for breath. About two years before this my
attention had been called to Compound Oxygen.
A friend who had great faith in its efficacy
advised me to try 1t. On reading DR.. Starkey's
advertisement l threw the little book aside,
and declined to resort to the Treatment, on the
ground that it proposed to cure everything, and
was consequently without adaptation to any
particular disease. l grew worse, and in the
Summer my breathing was SO short that a
cough, sneeze, or sigh produced such acute
pain at the base of the left lung that felt it
necessary to close up my affairs, as did not beliere
/ could last for sirty days Nor do / now believe
/ would have lasted for that time had not
found potent curative agent.
II had lost none of my prejudices against
Compound Oxygen, but in uery desperation.
seeing that it could no: make me any worSe than
yas and as medical treatment had utterly tdiied to
meet my case I concluded to try it. After thor
ough examination, DR.. Starkey, to whom l was
then stranger, said: Sir l have no medi-
cine for either form of your disease (alluding
to the catarrh and the bleeding at the throat,
but, if you will give me time, l can cure you
My response was natural one. You are
frank in saying you have no medicine for
either form of my disease, anG yat you propose
70 RxyH hat yuIll rynvIx
this miracle?' The Oxygen Cas- said he, is
not medicine. 1t has none of the characters
tics of medicine compounded of drugs. These
create a requirement for continual increase Of
quantity to be taken, an1. if long persisted in,
produce some form of disease. But Compound
Oxygen produces no appetite for itself. 1t
passes, by inhalation, into the blood, and purifes
to throw off effete matter. You will find by
experiment if you try the Treatment, that it
will not increase the rapidity of your pulse,
though the beating will be stronger under its
influence
"This explanation removed my objections,
aud / could see how such an agent could ope-
rate benefcially in cases of widely different
character. ~
"Dr Starkey said that tho cells of ny left
lung were congested with catarrhal mucus and
that he believed the gas would at once address
itself to the removal of the deposits and the
restoration of my full breathing power.
81 began using the Treatment, and at the end
of three weeks ,Cas able to report an improved ap-
petite and the ability to sleep sereral consecutive
hours, with a measurable relief of the pain in
the lung /.
Notwithstanding the intense heat, I re-
mained in Philadelphia during the Summer.
Before Congress assembled tn December, my lung
had been reliered of much Of its nauseous deposit,
and l ,oas able to breathe uithont pain
" am n0D more than ten years older then I
was when first tested Compound Oxygen. Ihare
had no perceptible e6usion Of blood for more than
sir years. 1 breathe as deeply as did at any
period Of my young manhood and my natural car
riage is so erect as to elicit frequent comment.
"You ask if still continue the Treatment.
Whenever feel fresh cold, or suffer from the
nervous exhaustion which follows excessive
labor, resort to Compound Oxygen. / have
the highest confidence not only in the Treat
ment itself, but in Drs. Starkey & Palen as gen.
tlemen of skill and integrity"
A L" Treatise on Compound O1yg;a," containing
history Of the discovery and mode of action
of this remarkable curative agent, and a large
record of surprising cures in Consumption, Ca
tarrh Neuralgia, Bronchitis Asthma, etc., and
wide range of diseases. will be sent free. Ad-
dress DRs STARKEY & PALEN, ll09 and I'LL
Girard ST.. Philadelphia.