St. Paul daily globe., 1888-05-05
a Boys Sufferings
Unable to Walk for Three Years
--UnsuccessfuIIy Treated
for Hip Disease
At the ChIdren's Hospital in Boston---Given up
as a Hopeless Case
Restored to Health by Hoods parIIa--Crutches
and Cane Thrown Awav

The value of a medicine is proved by the
cures 1t accom- plishes, and the record of
thousands of remarkable curese effected by
Hoods Sarsaparilla show beyond question
the positive medicinal merit of this prepara-
ton. 1.-The people want faets,'' and in our
advertising we present only the exact facts
in regard to Hoods Sarsaparilla and its eff
fects, inviting the most rigid investigation
by any one. For all diseases arising from
impure blood or low state of the system we
believe Hoods Sarsaparilla incomparably
ahead OF other preparations. Below we give
frank, clear statement from happy
mother whose son seemed beyond human
aid, but who was restored to vigorous health
by Hoods SarsaparilIa.
Il desire to tell how much good Hoods
Sarsaparilla has done my little son, Willie.
When he was about 2l2 years of age, he had
fall which, as some thought, brought on
hip disease; but always maintained that it
was
ScrofuIous Hum0r,
which seemed to settle in his right hip, and
brought on weakness and lameness. Willie
could walk all right till he was six years old.
Then his hip gave out completely, and he was
unable to walk a step or bear his weight on
his right leg. He was all run down in general
health. weak and puny. The doctor advised
Us to take him TO the Childrens Hospital in
Boston. We did so. and he was treated there
for nine months, being all the time on an
iron frame or stretcher. At the end of that
time they told me at the hospital that
He Would Never Walk Again.
He was getting worse instead of better, and
would be as well off at home, So we brought
him home on the iron frame. and kept him
ON 1t nine months longer. He was perfectly
helpless, wasting away. white as sheet, and
nothing but $ kin and bone. You could see
every vein in his forehead and hands. Neigh
bors said, Mrs. Duff, don't think you will
have Willie very long And L said myself,
if it was Gods will to take him, 1 knew he
would be better off. After Willie had been
home about nine months was taken sick,
and began to take Hoods Sarsaparilla for
my blood. 1t helped me; and 1 also gave it
to Willie, not expecting it would do him any
good. But from the first dose it seemed to be
Just The Medicine
he needed. You cannot imagine my delight
when l saw great change for the better in
my boy. We kept giving him Hoods Sarsa-
parilla and he improved rapidly and gained
strength. When he came from the hospital
he had four assesses OH his hip.all of which
soon entirely disappeared and have not
troubled him since. When he had taken two
bottles of Hoods Sarsaparilla he was able to
stand alone, which he had been unable to do
for over two years, and could go a long ways
with the aid of crutches. His general health
improved, he had good appetite, and in a
few months he would weighed twice as much
as when he came from the hospital.
Seeing how much better he was, one day
the doctor asked me what we had been Civ
ing Willie L told him Hoods Sarsaparilla,
and the doctor said: That's just what he
wants. I'm short time Willie gave up his