The Opelousas courier., 1893-01-14
A DETROIT MIRACLE,
1 GREAT TRIUMPH For CANADIAN
MEDICAL SCIENCE.
eAaqrourlRs OF ONE OF H MOST sEMARK-
ABLE CURES ON REooaD DESCRIBED ET
THE DETROIT wEws-A STORY WORTH
4 CAREFUL PERrsAL,
Detroit News.

A CAREFUL PERusAL.
Detroit News
The following paragraph, which appeared
IN the News a short time ago, furnished the
basis Of this information-a case that was
80 wonderfully remarkable that it demanded
further explanation It is Of sufficient i'm
p~ortance to the News readers to report it to
them fully It was so important then THAI
ii attracted considerable attention at the
time TIE following is the paragraph in
question:
&c. B. Northrop, for IS years o1s If the
best known merchants on Woodward ave-
nue., who was supposed to be dying last
spring Of locomotor atayia, or creeping
paralysis, has secured a new lease Of life end
returned to work at his store. tn disease
has always been supposed to be incurable,
but Mr.. Northrop's condition is greatly in
proved. and it looks now as If the grave
would be cheated of its prey
Since that time Mr.. Northrop has steadily
improved, not only in looks, but in condition,
till he has regained his old-time strength.
1t had been limited to the writer of this
article, who was acquainted with Mi.
Eotthrop, that this miraculous change had
been wrought by a very simple remedy
called DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peo-
fully verified the statement. and net
only so, but he had taken pains to
inform any one who was suffering
in a similar manner when he heard of n
such case. Mr.. Northrop was enthusiastic
ct the result in his own case Of DR.. Williams,
Pink Pills, It was a remedy that he had
heard of after he had tried everything he
could hope to give him relief. He had been
In the care of the best physicians who did all
they could to alleviate this terrible malady.
but without any avail, He had given up
hope, when a friend in Lockport, n. Y.
wrote him of the case of d person there who
had been cured in similar circumstances by
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People.
The person cured at Lockport had
Dr.. Williams' Pink Pills from an article
published in the Hamilton, Ont, Times.
The case was called THE Hamilton Miracle
and told the story of a man in that city who,
after almost incredible suffering, was pro,
nounced by the most eminent physicians to
be incurable and permanently disabled. He
had spent hundreds of dollars in all sorts of
treatment and appliances only to be told In
the end that there was no hope for him, and
that cure was impossible. The person al
luded to lMr. John Marshall, of 25 Little
William st., Hamilton, Ont.,l was a mem
Der of the Royal Templa-s of Temperance,
and after having been pronounced perma-
nently disabled and incurable by the phys1s
clans, was paid the $1,000 disability Insurance.
pT0VlQeQ pY bQS UIuSi LOI tIS uIou1USis III
such cases. For years Mr.. Marshall had been
utterly helpless, and was barely able to drag
himself Ground his house with the aid OF
c~rutchesd His agonies were almost unbear-
able anc life was a burden to him, when at
last r. Of came. Some months after
he had been paid the disability
claim he heard of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
and was induced to try them. The result
was miraculous; almost from the outset an
improy >ment was noticed, and in a few
months the man whom medical experts had
said was incurable was going about the
city healthier and stronger than before. MI.
Marshall was SO well known in Hamilton
that all the city newspapers wrote up bis
wonderful recovery in detail, and it was
thus as before stated, that MIR. Northrop
came into possession of the information that
led to his equally marvellous recovery. One
could scarcely conceive a case more hopeless
came about in this way: One day, nearly
four years ago, he stumbled and fell the
complete length ofa steep flight of stairs
which were az the rear of his store. His
head and spins we're severely injured. ne
was picked up and taken to his home. Creep:
ing paralysis very soon developed itself, and
in spite Of the most strenuous efforts
of frien1s and physicians the ter
rible affection fastened itself upon him.
For nearly two years he was perfectly
helpless. He could do nothing to sup
port his strength in the least effort. He had
TO be wheeled about in an lnvalld's chair.
He was weak. pale and fast sinking when
his timely information came that veritably
matched his life from the jaws of death,
Those who at that time saw a feeble old man
wheeled INTO his store on an invallds chair
would not recognize the man now, SO great
lis the change that DR.. Williams Pink FILLS
have wrought When MIR. Northrop learned
of the remedy that had cured Mr.. Marshall
In Hamilton. and the person in Lockport. ne
procured a supply of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills through Messrs. Bassett & HHomme
diem. 95 Woodward avenue, aud from the
outset found an Improvement He faithfully
adhered h the use of the remedy until nov
he is completely restored. Mr.. Northrop
declares thai there can be no doubt as t.
Pink Pills being the cause OF his restoranol
to health, as all other remeds5s and medlca
treatment left him in a condition rapidly go
imp from bad to worse, until at last It wa
.declsrsa there was nc hope for him and q
vas -mnnounce3 incnrabls. He was in thu
aerribls scondition when he began TO use Dr.
WilLiamF Pink Pills and they have restnreI
him to health.
for this wanderfnl remedy. and replied tina
he understood that the proprLetors claim l
To he a blood buildsr end nerve restorer
,a~sannlwine IN a condensed fErm all the els
n1ents necessary to enrich the blood, restor
shattered nerves and drive ont disease. ]
is claimed by the propristors that Pink Pill
will cure paralysis, rheumatism, sciatica
palpitation of the heart, headache. and al
diseases peculiar to females, loss of appetite
dizziness, sleeplessness, loss of memory, an,
ali diseases arising from over work, ments
worry, loss of vital force. etc.
Il want to say, - said Mr.. Northrop. ''tha
don't have much faith in patent medicines
but I cannot say too much in favor Of DR.
Williams Pink Pills. The proprietors, how
ever, claim that they are not a patent med
icine in the sense in which that term is usec
but a highly scientific preparation, the re
suit of years of careful study and experj
nnent on the part Of the proprietors, and til
practice for years before. being place
for general sale. Mr.. Northro]
declares that he is q living ey
ample that there is nothing to equal thss
pills as a cure for nerve diseases. On inquir
the writer found that thess pills were mar
ufactured by DR.. Williams Medicine Co
Schenectady, n. Y, aad Brockviile, Ont
and the pills are sold in boxes (never in bul
by the hundred, at 80 cents a box, and ma.
be had of all druggists or direct by mai
from DR.. Williams Medicine Co, from eiths
above addresses. The price at which thea
pills are sold makes q course of treatnen
with them comparatively inexpensive a
compared with other remedies or me1ica
treatment. This case is one of the most re
markabls on record, and as it is one RICH
here in Detroit, and not q THOUSAND mile
away, it can be easily verified. Mr.. North
rup is very we'll known to the people o
Detroit. and he says he is only too glad t