Evening journal., 1893-02-04


pital and Discharged as IncurabIe-The
Story ofhis Miraculous Recovery as In
yestigated by an Empire Reporter.
Toronto Emrire)
For more than year past the readers
4 kof the Empire have been given the par
\ ticulars Of some Of the most remarkable
cures Of the 10Th century, all, or nearly
all of them, in cases hitherto held by the
most advanced medical scientists to be
incurable The particulars Of these cases
were vouched Tor by such leading news
papers as The Hamilton Spectator and
Times, The Halifax Herald, Toronto
Globe, lie Monde, Montreal; Detroit
I News, Albany n " Journal. Albany
Express and others, whose reputation
placed beyond questioA the statements
made.
Recently rumors have bean ahoat Of q
q remarkable case in the pretty little town
( Of Oakville, of young man recovering
( after years Of helplessness and agony.
The Empire determined to subject the
case to the most rigid investigation, and
s. accordingly detailed one of our best re
' porters to make thorough and impair
& tial investigation into the case. Acting
& upon these instructions our reporter
went TO Oakville. aud called upon Mr..
( John W. Condor (who Ii was had so
4 miraculously recovered) and had not long
been in conversation with him when be
was convinced that the statements made
e were not only true, but that "the half
had not been told. The reporter found
T Mr.. Condor at work in one of the heav.
+ lest departments of the Oakville Basket
& Factory, and was surprised, in the face
/, of what he knew of this case, to be con.
< fronted by q strapping young fellow Of
good physique, ruddy c7untenance and
Duoyant bearing This now rugged
q young man was he who had spent
great part Of his days upon a sick-bed,
4 suffering almost untold agony. When the
8 Empire representative announced the pur-
pose of his visit Mr. Condor cheerfully vol
unteered a statement of his case for the
s. benefit Ct other sufferers 81 am, said
3 Mr. Condor "an Englishman by birth,
and came to this country with my parents
when nine years of age, and at that time
was as rugged and healthy as any boy of
my age l am now 20 years Of
age, and It was when about
IA years old that the first
twinges Of infammatory rheumatism
came upon me- and during the fifteen
Fl years that intervened between that time
Il aud my recovery a few months ago,
tongue can hardly tell how much suf
Z fered Ny trouble was brought on,
s. think, through too frequent bathing in
3 the cold lake water The Joints of my
a body began to swell, the cords of my
q legs to tighten. and the muscles of my
& limbs to contract. became a helpless
cripple, confined TO bed, and for three
months did not leave my room The
doctor who was called in administered
s preparations of iodide of potassium aud
other remedies without any material
beneficial effect. After some months of
suffering l became strong enough TO
leave my bed, but my limbs were stiff
+ fened and ] was unfit for any active yo
cation l was then hampered more or
less for the following nine years, when
was again forced to take my bed This
attack was in 1885, and " as a great deal
more severe than the first. Ny feet,
ankles, knees legs arms, shoulders. and
4 in fact all parts of my frame were
affected. My joints and muscles became
badly swollen, and the disease even
reached my head Ny face swelled to a
great size. was unable to open
my mouth. my jaws being fixed
toy ether. i, of course, could
eat nothing. Ny teeth were pried
apart and liquid food poured down my
throat. / lost my voice and could speak
only in husky whispers. Really, l an
unable to describe the state l was in
during those long weary months With
my swollen limbs drawn by the tighten
& ing cords up to my emaciated body. and
my whole frame twisted and contorted
into indescribable shapes, I was nothing
more than a deformed skeleton. Fol
three long weary months l was confined
to bed, after which was able to get up
but was a complete physical wreck, hob
bling around on crutches a helpless Grip
pie Ny sufferings we're continually ia
tense, and frequently when I would b
hobbling along the street | would b,
seized with a paroxysm of pain and woulC
fall unconscious TO the ground During
all this time had the constant attend
ance of medical men, but their remedies
were unavailing an they could do wal
to try TO build up my system by the usl
of tonics In the fall of 1889 and sprin.
of 1890 l again suffered intensely sever
attacks, and at last my medical attend
ant, as a last resort, ordered me to tn
Toronto General Hospital. l entered tn
hospit i on June Goth. 1890, and remainei
there until September Goth of the sam
year But, Notwithstanding all the car
and attention bestowed upon me Will
in this institution, no Improvement wa
noticeable in my condition. After usin
almost every available remedy the hos
pital doctors-of whom there was abou
dozen-came to the conclusion that m
case was incurable and was sent away
with the understanding that I nigh
remain an outside patient Accordingl
from September 500 to the end of JAM
ary 1891. went to the hospital once
week for examination and treatment
AT this stage | became suddenly wors,
and once more gained admission to IL
hospital, where I lay in a miserab
suffering condition for two months {
more. In the spring of 1891 l n
turned to Oakville, and made an attemI
TO do something toward my own supper
I was given light work in Ii
basket factory but had to be convene
70 and from the place of labor in buga
and carried from the rig to a table in u
works on which ! sat and performed NJ
work. In August. 1892. was agai
stricken down, and remained in a
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