The Londonderry sifter. (South Londonderry, Vt.) 1883-19??, 1894-05-04

GREAT ADVANCES MADE IN
THE LAST FEW YEARS.
Besn Cured Of that Terrible Dis
ease, Locomotor Ataxia.

The story OF Man Who Has Lately
Besn Cured Of that Terrible Dis
ease, Locomotor Ataxia.
(From the Philadelphia Record
Very little is heard by the general
public of the great discoveries In medi-
cine, and the countless scores OF lives
that are saved by the advancing knowl-
edge of medical science. Diseases, which
few years ago batiied the most eminent
physicians and were believed to be abso-
lutely incurable, succumb to-day as readi.
ly as the most trifling ailment. No one,
perhaps, has better cause to appreciate
this than Richard A. William, of Bustle-
ton, Pa. Mr.. William is retired calico
print manufacturer, and before his health
began to trouble him he carried on an ex-
tenslve business both in Bustleton and
Holmesburg. He is fifty-three years of
age, has travelled widely, and is man of
more than ordinary education and INTEL
ligence. A reporter who visited him
found him strolling leisurely through the
grounds surrounding his pleasant home.
Mr.. william was at first decidedly averse
to the unwelcome publicity which he felt
would follow the story of his ease in the
newspapers. Realizing, however, that it
might be the means of bringing relief to
others who were suffering as he had suf-
fered he finally consented.
eff it had not been for one of the re-
cent discoveries of medical science, be-
lieve would be lying helpless in bed in
stead of enjoying this stroll" he began.
"My troubles really date back to several
severe falls received when a young
man, but l suffered no great fnconveni-
ence until 1888. My first sensation was
great difficulty in walking. As this feel
ing grew more intense l finally called in
a well-known physician of Holmesburg,
who Immediately told me that l had To-
comotor ataxia, and placed me under &C.
tive treatment Instead of getting better
| seemed to grow worse, and l was
scarcely able to get around. A year after
l became his patient he told me that he
would have TO give me up. He gave me
to understand that must resign myself
to condition of utter helplessness until
death came to my relief. At last got sc
that could not walk at all; my limbs
went back on me entirely, and was just
able to sit up: Ithen called in DR.. Bull
then in Philadelphia, and now resident
of Chicago. He recommended. sun-baths
and had sun-parlor erected for the
purpose, but my trouble did not yield tc
such treatment, and finally abandoned
it. In April last, received letter from
Mr.. Grantier, friend of mine in Ell
mira, N. Y, telling me how new med
icine called DR.. Williams Pink Pills was
; performing astonishing cures in the Sc
verest nerve diseases, and advising me t.
give them trial. Not knowing thu
scientific nature of DR.. Williams remedy
and believing that it was an ordinar.
medicine, / was at first inclined not t.
bother with it. But l reflected that il
my miserable condition it could do me NJ
, harm at least, and l sent to the drus
store and purchased one box. After thu
third box / began to feel some benefit
My whole system seemed better. KEEP
taking the pills, and one day to my grea
JOY discovered that could walk little
From that time on my recovery has beef
rapid. Now, after using Pink Pills TO
five months, from condition of ute
: heIplessness am able to walk one mill
every day without Inconvenience taxi
my one-mile spin around the house ever.
day now. haven't walked that distance
before for three years. | find that cal
: ascend the billy road which leads to on
house with ease. noticed a general i'm
proyement in my health from week t.
n week, and my feet no longer feel a
though they were weighted down wit
lead l ascribe this wonderful chang
solely to Pink Pills. My mother is yer.
enthusiastic over the pills, and thinks Dr.
6 williams ought to have his great discov
cry proclaimed from the housetops.'
An ANALYSIS of DR.. Williams Pink Pill
!. shows that they contain, in condense'
t form, all the elements necessary to Civ
new life and richness to the blood and re
store shattered nerves., They are un
+, falling specific for such diseases as loco