The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1888-05-23
HAD GIVEN UP ALL HOPE
A Lady Says She Would Need a Day to
Tell 1t In.
A Novel Expression to Indicate Her Graft
tude-A Discouraging Condition and
aNotable Result

'sYes, It began with colds. I paid no alton
ton TO them ct first. thinking that they would
wear of. But after . time l found that / had
70 be continually clearing my throat Ny nose
would be stopped up. first on one side and then
the other. There would be a discharge from ia,
sometimes thin end watery and after . tina
like scabs or crusts-'
The speaker was Mrs. William Marshall.
living at No. Al, Hosbrook street. indianapolis.
After a time.' she continued. "a cough goa
hold OF me. could never seem to get rid Of il
II was an ugly. hacking cough that finally GOT
SO severe that l felt as if / must cough my
lungs up while the spells lasted. IL was i'm
possible for me to do anything while the SPELL
lasted, and all ! could do was 20 SIT down or
stand still. and cough.
my throat would become sore and inhamed.
/ would have q dull. heavy headache. the pain
seeming TO be greater just over my eyes There
would be q sense of fuilness. a.tight uncomfors-
able feeling across the bridge OF my nose. l was
continually hawking and emming and raising
phlegm, and / could feel the mucus
DROPPING BACK INTO NY THROAT.
The mucus that / would raise would sometimes
be yellow and sometimes be ehalky and whitish-
would be siezed with sharp. lancinstire pains
then that would extend back under my shoulder
blades.
There would be q sense Of oppression in my
IunRe, az IL there was q weight there. / would
get 90 hoarse that / could scarcely speak aloud,
At night / would have smothering spells. IL
would seem as If / could not get my breath. my
heart would beat rapidly and violently and this
would be followed by slow. irregular beating
and Q sensation OF faintness My eyes would
burn and ache. My ears would seem sore inside,
and there would oe ringing and buzzing noises
IN them constantly. Ny nose would bleed. and
something would seem to be sticking In my
throat that l could not dislodes. though / would
hack and cough hard trying TO do SO.
my appetite failed me. My stomach Was
sour. / had a bad taste in my mouth. especial
ly In the morning just upon arising. / could
get no rest at night. My eyes would ache con-
tinuslly. / never had any appetite for break
fast. / would have
GENERALLY TIRED FEELING.
"My breath came as though / was drawing IL
through q sponge. l feared / was going into
consumption. was frightened at these never
ending pains. aches and loss OF flesh. Some rec
commended one thing, some another. / tried
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES and patent remediss-but
got no relief.
when / went to DIR. Blair at his Office at 200
North Illinois street, two months since. / was
respondent aud discouraged. / had almost
given up hope. and made up my mind that my
some consumption. and some other things. was
incurable. DIR. Blair told me, however. that he
did not regard nv case as an incurable one, and
/ went regularly under his treatment.
1.-THE result is. of course. the important thing,
and that l will state to you.
ICoULD TALK ALI A
In telling you how well i am pieased-how much
/ am e~ratifed. One by one the traces of my
trouble disappeared. The headaches left me.
My appetite grew better. The pain in my chest
10 gone. 1 sleep well. eat well and feel we'll.
and / am as well as / ever was in my life. This
/ owe to DR.. Blair. whose success in my case
has been wonderful"