Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1890-02-13

intended for patients whom | could not
personally visit, TO advise and instruct
them in the use of the remedies. These
three remedies are everywhere recog-
nized as, par excellence, the three fam
lily medicines. aud such has come TO be
the demand for them that am able to
find them in every drugstore Of the
cities wherever | visit Not ouly from
theoretic grounds are Pe-ru-na, Man a
lin and La-cu-pi-a 70 be considered the
rule mecam of medication, but the
testimonies of thousands justify il as a
practical fact.
Take, for instance, single case from
the extensive list of similar eases in
my diary of cases treated, as an exam
pie of the virtues Of Peru ma Mrs. T. S.
Eberlein (then of Pittsburg, Pa, now
of Keokuk, Iowa.. during the year
1882, began 10 develop the usual symp
toms of Consumption. Cough was one
Of the first symptoms, which gradually
grew worse IN spite Of all treatment.
The sputa, at first slight, became
abundant and purulent, occasionally
streaked with blood. A rapid loss of
flesh and Tagging appetite filed her
relatives with forebOdings. The hectic
flush, night sweats, and suppression OF
the menses, left no doubt as to the ma
ture of her disease. From the first
physicians had been employed Cough
medicines, tonics, cod-liyer oil and
stimulants were resoried 10 by her
physicians without avail The first
physician employed was DIR. Williams.
Penn avenue, Pittsburg; DIR. Clifford,
of Allegheny City, was called next.
and then DIR. Riggs, OF Pittsburg
During this history of conflict with
this terrible disease frequent consuta-
lions were held, but nothing checked
the steady progress of her malady
Not a doubt had existed i'm the minds
of her physicians or friends rs to the
nature of her disease, nor as TO It's
fatal termination. The repeated ex
aminatiOns of her lungs indicated the
nearing the end. Her physicians
were honored members of the medical
fraternity, in whom Mrs Eberlein's
husband and family had perfect con
lidence. And the sorrow with which
they listened TO their decision that
they had exhausted everything known
to them in vain for the relief Of the
wife and mother of the aill cted
household /, n be better imagined
than described. AS is common to con
sumptive patients, Mrs Eberlein con
tinued hopeful long after her attendants
believed her to be beyond cure.
| was practiciDg at that time in Pitts
burg, and fancy that would be able
to relieve her was, during her illness.
repeatedly expressed by Mrs. E)erlejn.
but il was regarded as the merest within;
and. as they were employing the best
tention was paid 10 it. At last she be-
clme so weak and emaciated that an
attendant was constantly at hand e. lift
her during the terrible coughing spells
TO which she was subject, AMI which
were frequently followed by alarming
sinking spells, during which She was
often thought TO be dying 1t was dur
ing one of these frghlful paroxysms
that her husband was supporting her
tenderly and vainly trying to p4lliate her
sufferings that she again expressed her
belief that if DIR Hartman were sent for
he could relieve her. Willing 10 indulge
her in any wish. rs she was
thought to be dying by all. was
Immediately sent for but.
being very busy. was not able to respond
until late in the evening of the after
noon was sent for. 1t was not ex-
pected that she would survive until
could reach her hOmo, but hope kept
her alive until came
1t would be difficult to imagine a
more discouraging case for a doctor 20
undertake to cure than Mrs. Eberlein 5
at the moment of my first visit A drawn
pinchcd countenance, of a deathly pal
Tor, and livid lips; sunken, fixed. staring
eyes, with a CLASSY brightness; wasted
in body to mere shadow; pulse wholly
imperceptibe at the wrist, but the heart
fee5ly fluttering; eXtremities cold and
clammy, finger males blue. breathing
hurried and gasping, utterly exhausted
and hopeless, it certainly seemed as if |
had only arrived in time to see her die
The first question OF the distracted hus-
band was: sis my wife dying?' But
my undaunted faith in the efficacy of
Pe-ru-na is such, even in this awful
emergency, that replied: "Sir. you
and | are now in the yigor of life: it
may happen that this lady will live TO
see us buried. " After hastv examin-
alton of the case, prescribed Pe-ru-na
to be taken every hour. and if she was
not better in the morning to let me
| know.
| 1t was two weeks before agaIn
| heard from the case, when the husband
| entered my office, radiant with ioy. and,
not waiting for the usual salutations.
| exclaimed. doctor, my wife is weil?''
| Oh, no, you mean she is better, Il replied.
| But tho enthusiastic husband insisted
that his wife was "well and the heart
| lest Q lter at the table, Tie fact was
/ that, while she had maize astonishing
improvements she was obliged to con
tinue the Use of Peru ma many months.
| In less than a year she was entirely
well, and has remained so since. and her
| treatment from the beginning to the
! end was Peru-na, and nothing else 10
have seen her, ut the time of the first
visit. it would have been impossible ia
! believed that any medicine or other
earthly power could have saved her.
This case is no more unusual or
astonishing than great many others
that my list contains, not only of dis
eases of the lungs, but of all muscus
surfaces. Cases of dyspepsia diarrhUa
and dysentery which have withstood all
other treatment, have yielded at once
by the use of Pe-ru-na. Numerous
cases Of Bnght's disease Of the Kidneys,
Acute Catarrh aud Rheumatism. Fe-
male Disea ,es that had been treated 10.
cally for years, instantly relieved anG
finally cured by Pc ru- ma; also colds.
influenza and La Grippe; in short. every
disease affecting any muscus or Serious
membrane of the body that has not al
ready gone beyond all earthly help, Pc
ru ma will cure. As general tonic aud
appetizer Peru-na has no superior. II
is certain specific for WORKOUT OF
| tired-out human nature Cases of nei v
GUS prostration, loss of vitality and
sleeplessness are all treated by Peru
ma with such undertaking success that
wherever it is used 1t ranks as the great.
est tonic known
Next week we will continue the
doctors talk, in which eases of cures
by Man lin and La-cu- pi-a will be
given.
Life: Hotel Clerk (to bell boy)
ssSee what the rumpuS is in 62l.