The National tribune. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1877-1917, 1893-03-09
the FACTS FULLY VERIFIED.
One of the Most Remarkable Cases
on Record.
Man Pronounced by Eminent Physicians
Permanently Disabled Fully Receivers
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Paid by Royal Templars of Tenn
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ability Hundreds
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TORONTO DAILY GLOBE, July 25-This is
an age of doubt; especially in regard to cures
by patent medicines, and not without reason,
for too often have the sick and their near
and dear loved ones been deceived BY highly
recommended nostrums that were swallowed
to be of less avail than much water. The
old, old fable of the boy and the wolf ap-
plies also too frequently to many of the specific
corrections for curing the ills that flesh is heir
to; and when real cure is effected by genuine
remedy those who might be benefited fight shy
of it. saying, sit was cure, cure so often be-
fore that won't try it" When such state
of affairs exists it s advisable that assurance
should be made donbly sure.
few weeks ago a marvellous and almost
miraculous cure was made known to Canadians
through the medium of the Hamilton news
papers. 1t was stated that Mr.. John Marshall
a well-known resident of Hamilt by the aid
of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, had
been snatched from the very Jaws of DEATH
placed upon his feet and enabled to mingle with
his fellow-citizens with more than renewed
health and strength and even brighter spirits
than he had experienced for years before This
remarkable statement naturally excited the
wonder of almost continent. Some believed,
most people doubted, although the facts were
placed so clearly as to ward off the slightest
suspicion of fraud TO investigate the very
extraordinary cure and place before the people
Of Canada and the United States verifcation OF
otherwise Of it was the special mission of
Globe reporter few days ago.
close inquiry into the circumstances first
showed that Mr.. John Marshall, whose resi-
dence is IS Little William street, in the north
east portion of the city, while employed as FORE
man of the Canadian Oil Company five years
ago, fell upon the edge of an oil vat and hurt
his back. Thinking little of the affair. Mr..
Marshall continued to work on, but after few
months he became i'll, gradually got worse, and
in August, four years ago, became stricken with
the dread disease locomotor ataxy-a disease
attacking the nerves and rendering that portion
of the system attacked perfectly helpless, pro-
claimed by the physicians to be incurable-
which left him from the waist downwards
without feeling and utterly unable to move his
lower limbs All he was able to do was to raise
himself by the aid of sticks and crutches and
drag himself around the house and occasionally
to the corner of the street on fine days His
legs were withoub IeeilHg, pins anu even Knives
were stuck into them without the sick man ex
perencing any Inconvenience. He could take
walking stick aud beat his legs until the blows
resounded through the house. and yet he felt
nothing. During all these years of torture Mr..
Marshall consulted every doctor of ability in
the city; tried every form of treatment and
took almost every kind OF patent medicine, but
without receiving one little of relief The
agony was frequently so intense that he
obliged to take morphine pills in order to re-
ceive reasonable amount of sleep.
As the months and years passed by. although