The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1886-04-08
TWO CASES IN VIRGINIA.

In 1854 the mails brought to Philadelphia q
grateful letter from gentleman of Lynchburg,
Va, who told the story of the cure of his
daughter by the use of the Compound Oxygen
Treatment after being a sufferer from Inflam-
matOry rheumatism, beginning in her fourth
year and lasting nine years. His letter was as
follows:
"DRs. STARKEY & PALEy. Dear Sirs: Nv
daughter has been using your Compound Oxy-
gen for five weeks. Within a week she BEGAN
to show signs of improvement; since then her
recovery has been remarkable. / have never
seen anything TO equal it. The action of the
heart is quiet and soft; there has been no sign
of rheumatism; she sleeps sveetly all night;
has a fine appetite; has gained many pounds
of flesh, and has considerable color; can walk
all about the house. and mas paid two or three
visits in the neghbOrhOod.
Every respectfully, c. V. WINFREE"
About the time this young lady was finding
relief from her inhammatory rheumatism, an
other lady suffering from consumption began
the treatment. She had tried other remedies
without success, and the prospects for her fu-
ture were gloomy indeed.
In addition to her lung troubles she was a
sufferer from curvature of the spine. Now, she
can write herself a comparatively healthy
woman, and the happy wife of the mayor Of
that city. Her story is told partly by her hus-
band and partly in letter from herself We
give her husbands letter below:
MAYORS OFFICE, LYNCHBURG.
Dec. 10, 1885.
DIS. STARKEY & PALEN. Dear Sirs: In
stating what your compound Oxygen Treat
ment has accomplished for my wife, am dis
charging debt which l feel | owe to suffering
humanity.
My wife has long been in delicate health, and
since her seventeenth year has been suffering
from curvature Of the spine. This greatly
weakened her and OccasiOned much pain and
excessive nervousness. Notwithstanding this
she further exhausted her strength and pros
trated her health by the usual round of pleas
ures of the fashionable world: late hours, par
ties, operas, and above all the german. The
result of this course was that her health was
completely Frustrated, her vitality exhausted,
ana when on a Northern trip in the Summer
of 1882 she contracted Il deep cold, it settled on
her lungs, and consumption was soon after the
result.
During the early Fall of 1882 she began
coughing considerable. and finding that she
was fast losing her strength and flesh, early in
January, 1888, Mrs Manson, then Miss Field,
set out from her home in Culpeper, together
with her aunt and DR.. Rixey, for Philadelphia.
She was then excessively nervous, could not
speak louder than whisper, and was unable
to sleep at all. She saw one of the leading allo-
pathic physicians of Philadel phia, who told Der
she had consumption, and that she must leave
at once for Aiken, 5. c. By the middle of the
month she was on her way there, and did not
return until May. Though seemingly benefited
for some considerable period during her stay,
she had repeated spells which threw her back
so much that when she returned she was much
worse than when she left home. Soon after her
return she went on to New York and consulted
an eminent physician there, who advised the
picnic acid treatment, which she continued to
use during the following Summer nOtwith-
standing its extreme severity, for some time
with apparent success, though in the Fall it
seemed to lose its effect and she discontinued
its use, returning to Aiken about the middle of
November, 1884. 1t was then she first used the
Compound Oxygen. and when went to see her
at Christmas found her considerably improved.
/ was preudiced against the remedy and adj
yised her disseminating its use, which in a
great measure she did. From the beginning of
the year 1884 she lost ground till by February
she was i'll. l was telegraphed for and found
her suffering greatly from biliousness fever,
and great weakness. / returned home TO at
tend to some business after six days stay, only
to be again telegraphed for. When she return
ed in May she was distressingly weak and thin,
and though she improved some during the Sum-
mer. she never was half SO well as she had been
the year before, and about the middle of Sep
TENDER she took violent cold, which confined
her to her bed and promised very speedily to
end her life. Indeed, for one or two days we
thought she would not live TO see another; she
did, however, rally slightly, and towards the
end of the month insisted on going to Phiadel-
phia to try the Compound Oxygen treatment. I
opposed the plan because l thought she could
only live very little while longer under any
circumstances, and trip to Philadelphia would
only wear out the sooner her little remaining
strength; besides, l did not think the Compound
Oxygen had done her any good at home. and
did not think she stood any better chance by
going there, but she clung to the idea rs though
it were her last hold on life. Finally / con-
scented to her going only because [ thought she
would be better satisfied, and not because had
the slightest hope of her improvement. In her
first letter after seeing DR.. Starkey lit was only
q few lines scrawled with peucil) she wrote
me that DIR. Starkey said she would have to
stay there two weeks before he could say
whether the treatment would benefit her. Be-
fore the time had elapsed she was feeling much
stronger, and her appetite was far better, and
by Christmas she could walk dozen blocks.
She remained in Philadelphia till April, having
during that time but one bad turn, which, how
ever, threw her back considerably. Since her
return my wife has used the Home Treatment
with continued benefit. Her weight in January,
1884, when she had been with you three months,
was ninety-five and a half pounds, and that
was great improvement on her condition when
she went to you. The last time she was
weighed here her weight was one hundred and
fifteen pounds. When she went to Philadel-
phia she could scarcely walk across the floor
without assistance; she can now walk a mile
and ride horseback for five miles. She then
cOughed nearly all the time, with good deal
of expeetOration. Her cough IS now much
better, though it still clings to her, aud the
quantity of expectOration is comparatively
small.
Her great Improvement seems TO me almost
miraculous, and | attribute it to the Compound
Oxygen, aided by a systematic, prudent life,
and the Abandonment of drugs.
fear | have written much more fully than
you desired should but have hoped that what
/ have said would be of some benefit to suffer
ing humanity. With kindly remembrance, I
am, Very truly, your friend,
n. c. MANSON, JR.
There are very many people interested in the
treatment which has done so much for these
two ladies in Virginia. If you wish fuller in
formation send TO DIS. STARKEY & PALM,
1929 Arch ST., Philadelphia. for their treatise,
which is sent free to every applicant.
True Picture.
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