The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1894-03-30
HOW A BABY WAS SAVED.
AN INTERESTING STORY FOR
PARENTS.
A Child that was Born with a Terrible
Affection = PrOnOuncedsIncurable
by the Leading Physicians of
Hahnemann COllege-Sayed
nv a Miracle
by a Miracle.
From the Philadelphia Inquirer

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peared in the leading and most reput-
able newspapers of the country mar
velous accounts Of many wonderful
medicine called DR.. Williams Pink
have been made by some of the best
men in business circles, church circles
and even medical circles, and have
been backed up bystheir affidavits.
The Inquirer is pleased to ada an
other to The list and gives the story
below, properly vOuched for.
Little Elite Moncrieff is the daugh-
ter of Mrs. Helen Moncrieff, who re-
sides with her sister, Mrs. M. q.
Meek, Az 748 Wharton street, which is
neat little bakery. The reporter
| found Mrs. Meek herself behind the
counter and she said:
my sisters daughter, who is nOwsa
year old, was afflicted from her birth
with spinal ELECTION, and the doc
tor who attended her said she could
not live. We had two other doctors
to attend her: They also said she
could not live Finally | took her to
the Hahnemann College. That was
four months ago, when she was
months old. The examination was
made in the presence Of a room full of
physicians and students. The profess
SOr lectured on her case saying it was
a very rare one. He said that in such
cases there was very seldom recov-
cry. 1t was, he remarked, the most
peculiar case that was ever brought to
his attention.
II brought the child home imme
diately, believing, as the Professor
and the others had said, that she
couldn't live. In fact, at one time,
we thought she was entirely gone.
She was unconscious, with scarcely
perceptible pulse or breath. Several
times she was in an almost equally
helpless condition and we looked for
her death hourly.
"Then [ called to mind how Dr.
Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
had once cured me, and the miracu
lous recoverieS | had heard of and
read about Of people cured from paral-
ysis in various stages, and even from
physical deformities. l told my sister
that since all the doctors had abano-
oned the child, and she seemed to
have no chance for life, 1T could GER
tainly do no harm to try the Pink
Pills to see if they could possibly re-
neat their other wonderful cures.
Neither my sister nor | had the faith
that they would do so in a case so
nearly gone as the child's and we
agreed that it would be miracle in
deed if she should be saved She
couldn't move at that time both her
arms and legs being affected. But we
hpna fhat piuht ri vi NJ har no
Pink Pills, letting her have one pellet
day divided into three parts. On
the third day we could see that she
was improving. Before that it was
hard to get her to take food. At the
end OF two weeks we saw great i'm
provement in her. We continued giy-
ing her the pills more than month
After we ceased giving her the Pink
Pills, however, she seemed a little less
happy and healthy and we began
using them again. Now she is a
cheerful, beautiful child in splendid
health. She has entirely recovered
from her spinal and other troubles.
She sleeps well and takes her food
we'll. For child of her age she seems
to be as strong and healthy as could
be expected. When we hold her by
the arm or she is at our knees she can
stand, and for child who was once
deprived of all power of spine, arms
and legs, this seems wonderful. We
cannot have the slightest doubt now
that she will grow up a strong,
healthy child"
Mrs. Meek then told how she had
herself been cured by DR.. Williams
Pink Pills.
"Three years ago l had very Sc
we're attack Of grippe. / thought l
would lose the use of my right arm.
There was strange numbness in it
and | would have to drop everything.
1t felt as if it was asleep all the time,
| had doctors and they told me it was
bad circulation of the blood, that I
was run down and needed rest. I
took only one box of Pink Pills and
felt myself getting better. [ took
the second box and have never had a.
pain or ache since Every one who
knows what work l have to do is as
tonished. 1t is certainly wonder
that with my work am so strong
and have never had a return of the
trouble"
Mrs. Meek's remarks were reduced
10 WrlUlDg, dlUeF WDlc1 she, accom-
panied by her sister, Mrs. Moncrie IF
and the child, made the following
affidavit:
Sworn and subscribed before me
this sixth day of Nav, A. D., 1898.
JAMES f. ROONEY,
seal. Notary Public.
The proprietors of DR.. Williams
Pink Pills state that they are not a
patent medicine but scientific pre-
paration used successfully for MANY
years in the private practice of a
physician of high standing. They are
given to the public as an unfailing
blood builder and nerve restorer. cur
ing all forms of weakness arising from
watery condition of the blood or
shattered nerves, two fruitful causes
Of almost every i'll that flesh is heir
to. The pills are also specific for
the troubles peculiar to females, such
as suppressions, all forms of weakness.
chronic constipation. bearing down
pains, ETC., and in men will give
speedy relief and effect a permanent