Telegram-herald., 1890-09-14
FATAL FALL
Brsss Hissess a Brave Aissis Fslloa,s
P@tisst s4nssias.

II fi4 ~ fT~- II -NNfttALeCf 4 rec
one OF the br gatesg faces among tae
Evening Leaders throng & happy
neasboys w4s s0a&enly missed fIom
lis res salAr daily y.s.Is at tic counting
rooms Ills rosy eneeks and sparkling
eyes, full OF fun ana ENTHUSIASM, intell-
aec Is the knowledge that he was
earning mOnsy D. his own efforts.
made aim a conspicuous figure among
his host Of little competitors
By inquiry i aas learned that the it
lie business man whose name i CD
bert C. McDonaid. hsd sastS ned pain
ful and probably fstsl injuries by fail
INK from a fence post. striking heavily
upon ais head and hap While playing
near the home OF his father, John Ne
Donald. Al 437 South lona-st. Since
that ume up 70 last March the little saf-
ferer had gradually lost the use OF his
limbs and body, finally bec0m-
ing a confirmed aad helpless in-
valid. IL vain dld anxious parents
seek the medical profession for
help; the best talent was powerless.
Times without number were The heart
broken parents and sympstbHng
trends called TO watch the terrible
agony of the little wasted body, expect
lng every moment 10 see their precious
one torn from them by the dread
destroyer.
ltwasw'th this knowledge of the case,
together with the fact that the same
little boy Is now "A happy youth among
his playfeliows that the Leader, with a
natural interest for one OF is many
newsbOys, gives It's readers a brief his
tory Of ms terrible sickness and mirac-
ulous recovery as related by his parents
and their neighbors.
THE MOTHERS STORY.
Mrs. Mcdonald was seen at her home
yesterday and that lady told the story
Of her sons sickness and final recovery
with that interest only 10 be found IN a
mothers heart. Gilbert was present
and apparently enjoyed a retrospective
history of himself. Gilbert VIII be u
years old IN October" said Mrs. Nc
Donald, "and were YOU familiar with
his past sufferings, you would consider
il a miracle that be is with us today.
His sickness WAS caused by the accl-
dental fall from a post striking on his
head and hip, last November. After
the accident he gradually lost the use
of his limbs until he was unable 20
move hand or foot. We employed
several good physicians, but he grew
worse, becoming perfectly paralyzed,
there was no feeling in his limbs. The
doctors run pins into his legs
and arms, and he could not feel
It. His hair stopped growing, be-
came dry, teeth loose and his tongue
became swollen and speechless, he
could not even move his eyelIds. lie
would go into convulsons for hours
and suffer the most terrible agony.
Shortly before we employed the doctors
who finally cured him he went INTO a
convulsiOn at ) O'Clock IN the morning.
lasting until o'clock at night. ! sent
for my husband at the Gable Company
power-house, and we looked every
moment to see him die. That night
my husband noticed in the Evening
Leader the advertisement of Prois
Chambers & Johnson, of the electric
sanitarlum, and though one doctor told
us that electricity would kill him, he
resolved 10 see them,- as every other re-
sourse had been exhausted. He went
down and consulted with the medical
director of the santarlum, DR.. Gala
CHER. The doctor came and examined the
case and informed usfthat if the BRAN
was not too badly effected he could
cure him. For ten days before the doc
tor came he had been entirely speech
less, and as dead person, at no time
giving any signs OF recognition. That
night the doctor treated him, and the
next morning he was better, speaking
tor the first time IN ten days. You
may well imagine my feelings of graft
tude and Joy as | saw my boy return q
consciousness. The next day the dot
tor said Your boy viii play ball in
three months from now | cherished
that promise close to my heart and
watched its fuliillment. He grew bet
ter right along. ms mental and physi
cal strength improved from the very
first treatment. and now he plays bal
with biz associates and has been ar
since the first of June. The doctor
commenced treating him about TIA,
first OF March.
THE FATHER TALKS.
The father, John Mcdonald, Is {
blscksmlth in the cmuioV of the Cahli