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Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

was abo 1t Is or Is years old and from year IN
year grew steedily worse. For the last two
years M face has been a sight TO behold Cow
cred with pimples almost regular boils. / had
better say, and where there wasn't pimple there
was a blackhead or a scar. 1t was NOT only the
disagreement that cared for, either but some
Of the boils were SO painful that suffered quite
q little from them.
AFTER trying several physicians some of whom
promise to cure me and some of whom pooh-
poohed The whole thing and told me would ont
grow IL, but none of whom succeeded in benefit
ing me- became thoroughly disguised and de-
cided TO stop doctoring and wait for that day
when should outgrow 1t. / probably should
have wa tied eight or ten years If had not fortu
nately heard of DR.. Berry and the numerous and
surprising cures he was accomplishing in all
forms o. skin disease. / went to see him al
once, al d when he told me he could easily cure
me began his treatment. The doctor said il
was a bad case of acne, and it would probably
require four months treatment. | didn't care
for that -Four months was certainly better than
four years
However, DR.. Berry was in error as to the
time rec uired. His medicines acted like a charm
In one month l was much better and in two
months was we'll without the sign of a pim ple
or blackhead. Since then the scars have rapidly
left until to-day my skin is as smooth and as
free from scars and blemishes as any ones. IL
certainly is astonishing with what rapidity GOT
well, especially when remember fooled ALONG
for six years with other doctors and steadiiS
grew worse instead of better. Dr. Berry thor.
oughly understands his business, and would
go TO him for treatment for any of the diseases
Of which he makes specially
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
CURED AT LAST.

Finally, having tried about every 1octor and
all kinds of remedies, and being almost in des-
pair of getting Nellie well, I heard of DR.. Berry
and tool Nellie IN to see him. He examined her
carefully and told me just what he found, name
ly, catarrhal inflammation of the mucous sur
faces of the nose and throat, and tonsils that
were SO enlarged by chronic Inflammation that
they ain ost closed up her throat. He however,
encoura sed me greatly and told me he would
have her well in four months.
We tegan the treatment ut once, and although
the imp oyement seemed slow, still it was sure.
AS soon the doctor was able to operate on the
tonsils the cure went on much more rapidly and
by the end of the four months Nellie was cured
just as be promised me. Her appetite had re-
turned, she had grown plump and healthy look
ing the Inflammation in her throat had disa ppear
ed, and in fact, she was we'll That was month
ago, and to-day (Feb. 25, 1897 DR. Berry tells me
there is 10 danger of relapse and, barring the
accidents of childhood, she will remain Il healthy
child. Hy experience with DIR. Berry has been
most pie asant one. l have always found him
courteous, sympathetic and thorough i'll all he
does buI the best proof of his success is the
crowded condition of his Offices. Patients seem
to throny TO him by the hundreds, and, as said
before, my experience teaches me they ere all
well pleased with the doctors treatment. shall
always take great pleasure in recommending the
sick to lr. Berry"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
BERRY, SPECIALIST.
history OF 4 RI. REMARKABLY
| SUCCESSFUL MAN.
L. DISK AND ENTERPRISE COMBINED
r,s 1sLGuT, BRING GLORY AND
sOsOs-A LESSON TO THE
YOUTH OF TODAY
..,r, Skin and Nervous Diseases are cc'ss
Bern, Special Treatments-lnts''
VI .;... with Patients and Prominent
Business Men.

-,,s u Berry is a native of Putnam
ClsI!S y,,rE and is now about forty five
! gg, Ne" From boyhood he gave Indication
kSoi 45tyrrrass ne was hereafter TO achieve,
b N5,s8,'l his spare time from his studies
II te.u..' Instant experiments in chemistry
sos " and before he was fifteen years old
-io.V5.. NOD ly his plGymates 1.-The DOCTOR
,et5iu-,rffH honor from the schools in his
lse h. entered upon the stuuy of medi.
J. .TrsiaSfu. received his degree, took
" hospital course, and settled down TO
ls die built mp practice that any physi.
/ Atff he proud of, but feeling that he
t.ig wider field tor MS talehts pc decided 70
,,, ,-aval tor few years, and then settle
Il Nu.- a most fortunate decision for the
COR, Ten wears ago he located in Chicago,
~ nm wears had made himself better
Il ! ~ more respected and honored than the
rrrsjriau in the city.
methods of treatment are pecu-
"A r., His taste for experiment has re-
a. I'1ri,b him. ind his chemical labratory is
/ 70 sights Of Chicago, to tho Sc interested
Subjects. During his professional ca
L r has devoted himself exclusively to the
- of chronic diseases, making a spec
raricularly of Catarrh, Throat and
4. r,i.sgses. Skin Diseases, and Diseases
f. Nervous system. He has felt that
'. ,Tey greater success was 10 be achieved
/ Iors glory than If he frittered away
| a-s and talents trying TO cure every
That ne was right the result has proved.
=, nrsrguaiuted with his practice it seems
l.-I;tie me number of invalids. that he treats,
s ~-ee or four hundred patients day al his
4 In Chicago is by no means unusual.
|, doctor manner is that of the old school
In, the enc we have heard our fathers
E.o1ut and his sympathy is SO great that st
f,sor,e proverb in Chicago. His patients
r. and ali his friends. They feel that 1t Is
ssr money that he cures them for, but that
4 gnsly and above all it is his object 10 re-
z men 70 health. The doctors offices are
trd al l03 state street. on the corner of
ls5.ug:nu. and il is well worth any strangers
: Enen in Chicago to visit them. He occu-
Sc whole foor in this enormous corner build
ana has special rooms specially fitted up for
tng his various treatments There will be
md Lis eectric rooms, with the many bat
ies for administering this vital fluid; the lung
ms for administering the gold" treatment,
shich SO much has been written, and of the
sess Of which too much cannot be said; the
srrh rooms. the skin disease rooms, the gyna.
ogcsl rooms. and so on one after the other,
loyer all presides Dr. Berry, directing the
snent and prescribing the remedies, entering
every detail himself and looking after every
isrr personally, but ably seconded by DR.. +.
yBrian. MS chief OF staff.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

constitutions they bring on various nevva,,s
troubles, prominent among which is the disease
called st. Nitus' dance, or chorea.
Jenny Taylor is a young lady wears of age
who unfortunately suffered from this disease
She Is an ambitious little miss, studied too hard
and was taken down with scarlet fever last sum.
mer. She recovered from that but Immediately
following 1t there began this nervous trouble.
Altnough Jenny got over the scarlet fever all
right, said her mother, who resides at S6S
Thirty first street. "she Immediately began to be
affected with some nervous disease II consisted
OF constant twftchings of the muscles of the face
and body, and she was SO bad that she could not
walk across the floor without someone leading
her. Even during her sleep this jerking and
was very much broken. Before her sickness she
was asweet-tempered child, but now If / opposed
her in any way she would fly into tantxum and
could do nothing with her. She lost appetite
and strength and in spite of all the doctors
took her TO she steadily grew worse instead of
better. relation of mine who had been cured
by DR.. Berry finally told me to take her to MIN.
and if anyone could cure her he could
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

growing rapidly worse instead of better, and
went to see DR.. Berry.
1.-The doctor had cured me of a blood trouble
about year before, and knew he was the doc
tor to cure me of this quickly, If any one could.
When first called on him could scarcely walk,
i was SO sore and stiff, pains in every joint and
muscle in my body, and liInping along as if
were so instead of 90. told the doctor he must
get me well quick and he said he would do his
best Every one knows what Dr. Berry's best
is and all have to add is that in one week was
better, and in two weeks was well. How's that
for fast timer i have remained well, of course
as Dr. Berry's medicines don't cure you for a few
weeks only, but they cure you for good. He's a
great doctor. and shall always go to him for
anything.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

VI want to say, 10 begin WITH said Mr.. Havill,
that there is no doctor in the world like DIR.
Berry l am not young man, and have seen
great deal of life, and in all my experience l
have never met DR.. Berry's equal as an honest
man and most skillful physician. For six
ease had or my face. The skin was red and
swollen, my eyes and eyelids were infiamed but
10 crown all the agony there was constant and
horrible itching. There was no use trying not
to scratch, / simply had to. And the more l
scratched, the worse it itched. Nothing would
stop 1t. No doctor could relieve me and no medi-
cine seemed TO have any effect. / have been
treated by scores of doctors, have spent nun
dreds of dollars and have swallowed thousands
or bottles of medicine. One doctor in Chicago,
who think knows nothing, but to whom most
physicians here send their skin cases, treated
me, sent me South for one winter, and didn't do
me particle of good. The best skin specialists,
not only in Chicago but in this country, have
treated me, and with the same result
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

cough, / had not been alarmed But the
cough became so bad, the loss OF flesh and
strength SO marked, that / was thoroughly
scared. and at once went TO consult physician
who is spoken of by other doctors as the best
lung specialist in Chicago. do not care TO give
his name but ii is enough to say that he told me
had consumption, and held out very little hope
of curing me- He said the lungs were too far
gone TO do much for me, and that the best he
could do would be 10 prolong my life little and
make me more comfortable
That seemed like nay death warrant surely
and had almost resigned myself TO die, when
heard, most fortunately, of DR.. Berry and the
great cures he was accomplishing. i went TO see
him at once. What difference there was be-
tween The two doctorsl The first said there was
no hope and must surely die; DR.. Berry told
me that my case was by no means hopeless that
he would put me under treatment at once, and,
although he would not promise TO cure me- he
believed that he could. That of itself was about
the best tonic he could have given me- and with
hope again restored, started in on the :reat-
ment.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

az hal had catarrh for six years" said Mrs
Stelow, and no doctor seemed to understand
my case and now to cure me. When went to
DIR. Berry found ort the reason, as ali the
Others v no had treated me had failed to dis
cover th al my nostrils were stopped mp by large
nasal polypus. l had great troah.e with my
head, would get so dizzy / would be afraid of
falling, and at night always hSd to sleep with
my mouth open, as l couldn't get any air through
my nose at all would wake up every morning
SICK anC dizzy and with my throat so parched
and dry that could not swallow was losing
flesh rapidly and feeling very sick and discour-
aged after sll my failures To get relief, when a
friend Of mine who had been cured by d.. Ber-
~, advise me to go and see MN.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20


Il will very glad
ly give my expert
ence under DR.. Ber-
rvs TT e at m e mt"
said Mr.. Carrillas,
W h e n questioned
py a reporter" as
know il may prove
of immense value
to those afflicted as
i once was. About
eight months ago /
suddenly realized
that my lungs were
in a bad condition,
and, although for a
number of months
before that / had
had pains in my
chest and a disa-
greeable hacking
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

d" For over a year
now" said Mr.. Daley,
81 nave suffered with
rheumatism, but it was
only this winter that l
Uas so crippled by it
that ! was unable to get
around and do mywork.
4 hated TO give up and
acknowledge / was
sick, because l don't
like doctoring, and |
expected a long course
of medicines and treat
ment before / got well
If | once began. | tried
all kinds of liNiments
and remedies, but fin
p,lv fpun1 that Twas
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
DR.. BERRY CURES cArARRH.
DR.. BERRY CURES SKIN DISEASES.
DR.. n-RRY CURES NERVOUS DISEASES.

Okks SRSE O1Sk@J VOO O1oEAobos
Don't forget. DR.. Berry's chief of 81, #
DR.. f. D. O'Brien. will be Q; the Harper
house. Rock Island, on Nov. 90. "a. 20,
where he can be consulted. The cases
will then be reported to Dr. Berry. WI O
will afterwards carry on the treatment,
giving each case lis own personal Super
vision. Consolation free. Office hours
8 a. N. TO 8 o. N.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

pc STU o u ), WOulu
take hot sitz baths,
and still the PAIN
continued. Various
doctors treated rae
and none relieved
me. The most prom
inent and oldest sur
geon in Chicago told
me / would have to
be operated on, and
that even with the
operation l could
not live two rasrs."
And now lir. for
the miracle. can
call il nothing else.
One day, in looking
over the papers, l
saw an account of
two persons that /
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

my little daugh-
ter, Nell fe," said Mr..
johnson to a re-
porter who inter
viewed him on his
last yisi TO Chicago.
=" has been u great
sufferer from catarrh
and chronic sore
throat Tor the past
six yea s. The dis
ease affected her
health badly she
was SO delicate and
ethereal that at times
We were afraid we
would lose her, that
she would never live
to grow up. She had
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
SCRATCHED FOR SIX YEARS.

William Havill, who resides at s7aO Exchange
avenue, between Ninety-seventh and Ninety
elghth streets, South Chicago H., is one of our
oldest residents, man of wealth and respected
ana esteemed by all who know him Mr. Havill
suuered agony from eczema, an itching skin
disease, for years, and, as he himself says had
given up all hope, when Dr. Berry, in spite of an
his doubts, cured him.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
NASAL poLYpus AND cArARRH.

Mrs: : Stielow resides at Niles Center III, one
OF Chicsg COS Furnishing suburbs and as she her.
SELF says, was Il great sufferer until relieved by
DE- Berfy's treatment. The description of her
case Is much more graphically given in her own
w9 9f i howeyer so wewil let Mrs. Stielow her
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

diseases, especially
among the young,
and although most
doctors find greai
dimculty in curing
It DR.. Berry seems tc
be as successful In
this as IN the ctheI
diseases ne treats
Mr.. Charles Gratis
who lives in Momee
ILL.,, was afflicted Q
number ofyean with
this disease, but fin
ally had the good
fortune to hear Of
DR.. Berry, went 20
him for treatment
and was perfectly
cured In two monthA
Let him tell his Own
otOry.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
DIR. BERRY CURES HER.

81 followed the advice SO kindly given. and,
after examining her carefully, Dr. Berry told me
he would have her all right again in about two
months. Ii seemed almost miraculous the way
that Child began TO improve after the first week.
treatment In one month she was well, but by
the doctors advice l continued the treatment
until the two months were up. By that time
hasn't been sign of it since. She sleeps well,
eats well, has gained rapidly In strength, not a
particle of twitching anywhere, and she is now
as sweettempered child as you can find any
where.
II consider Dr. Berry the best physician in the
West, and all his patients that l have ever
talked with say the same thing. He is kind and
gentle, and in spite of his enormous practice he
is very thorough with every patient that he takes
under treatment
Jenny faylor's mothers name is Mrs. z. Lub
ben, and she resides at SOS Thirty first street
Chicago, where she will be pleased TO give fur
Their particulars about her daughters case &c
any one who will call IN her, or write her.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
A SEVERE ATTACK OF RHEUMATISM.

Rheumatic pains are very prevalent in the
winter season, and probably every one has suf
fered more or less from them during the last few
months. But when they grow so severe that one
is doubled up and crippled and can't move
around, then it Is that the doctor who can cure
requisition. Those who are well along in years
suffer the most. and Mr.. John Daley. of SO
Twentylixth street, Chicago, was no exception
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
NEURALGIA FOR EIGHT YEARS.

Here is a miraclel At least Mr.. Sol SINNERS
who resi- des at 1855 Dearborn street Chicago, say
So and to hear him tell of his rapid cure by DR..
Berry IL certainly sounds like one.
~ sea rely know how to begin" said Mr.. Slim
mer "to tell you how have suffered for the psst
eight years The agony was simply excruciating.
and at ne time it took three men to hold me
down. I had q neuralgia of the kidneys and
bladder and, although neuralgia is bad enough
when located in any part of the body. when il
affects the kidneys the pain is Undesirable.
don't me al to say that during these eight years
is that not for one moment was entirely free
from pa n, and there would Frequently be hours
and days when the pain was 50 intense that sim
DIV to die and end Il all would have been the
greatest happiness suppose, however, no one
but thos 3 who have experienced il can under
mo RELIEF FROM PAIN.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20

no appe tite, and that nasty Inflammation in her
throat, with the Accommodations, kept her con-
stantly ailing. And worse than all else, every
month or two she would be attacked with severe
vomiting spells that would last two or three days,
state III at il would be weeks before she would
rally.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
CURED IN THREE MONTHS.

"After examining me DR.. Berry told me Just
how bad was, but said he knew he could cure
me, and from the way he said it and from the
thorough understanding he seemed to have of
my disc Ise, believed him. He did not disap-
point me, either. After he had removed the poly
pus from my nose began to improve steadily
and in Two months was almost well In three
months / was completely cured and with Dr.
Berry's permission stopped the treatment
''Since that daF have had no return at all Of
my old symptoms, can breathe freely through
both nostrils, my health and strength have re
turned, no dizzy sensations any more and as well
and comfortable es any woman can be. Dr.
Berry is . great doctor and the kindest man in
the VYOr y
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
CURED AT LAST.

'Fin November, 1889, / had reached such state
that if couldn't get relief wanted to die. The
itching the burning and the crawling, as if ten
thousand insects were crawling over my fsce,
were frightful On November IS, 1899, called
hrst on DR.. Berry. After a careful examination,
not only of my skim but of my whole body, he
pronounced me durable and said he would take
my case. This did not encourage me much, as
all OF the other doctors who had treated me had
told me the same thing, but as l had TO do some
thing, and as l knew DR.. Berry had been Won
derfully successful in some other skin disease
cases, l began his treatment
"A month passed and got no better except
ing that the doctor had succeeded in relieving
the itching. In two months, however, the i'm
provement was very marked, and began to have
hopes of q cure
"There is scarcely anything more to add. ex-
cept that DR.. Berry has completely and perma-
nently cured me. / know that the cure is
permanent, as ii has been months now since
have had any of the disease show itself. j am
at perfect ease, never have to rub or scratch any
more than others do, and can enjoy my nights
sleep like the rest of mankind. During the six
years l suffered / had TO snatch my sleep at in
tervals during the paroxysIns of itching, and
when remember how broken my rest then was,
i can assure you that now sleep is very sweet
Il have told DR.. Berry that. should insist
upon having my cure published in the papers,
but both the doctor and myself wanted TO wait
To see that 1t was permanent, with no sign of a
return. The doctor is now satisfied. and so am
I, and can only add as began. that there is
no doctor in the world like DR.. Berry,
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
CATARRH CURED.

kiss Nellie johnson is a young lady 10 years
of age, daughter of Mr.. P. A. johnson, one of the
wen-knOwp and prominent citizens OF Morris,
Ill. Nellie had been a sufferer for six years from
an aggravated case of catarrh and enlarged ton
sis, anC, although Mr.. johnson had tried almost
everyth ng to cure her he had failed in his efforts
until be went DR. Berry
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-11-20
ALL THE DOCTORS FAILED.

"Every one OF them failed to cure me- or even
benefit me for any length of time. All the doc
tors in my part of the city know about my case
and have been patiently waiting TO see Dr.. Berry
fail, as all others have done; but, thanks to DR..
Berry's skill, he didn't fail. He cured me, and
the doctors have got left for once