Perrysburg journal. (Perrysburg, Wood Co., O. [Ohio]) 186?-1965, 1894-05-26
A MAN WITH A HISTORY.
The Terrible Experience That Be-
fell John w. Thomas, Of Theta,
Tennessee.
AFFLICTED with n Peculiar Disease His
Body Covered with Lumps-CouId Not
Eat and Thought He Was Going
TO Dry Up-His Recovery tho
Marvel of Tennessee,
[From the Nashville, Tenn. Banner.i


MIR. John w. Thomas, Jr., of Theta, Tenn,
is man with most interesting history. AT
present he Is interested in blooded horses for
which Maury County is famous.
"Few people, take il" said Mr.. Thomas
| to n reporter who had asked him for the
story of his life, shave passed through as re-
markable chain of events as have and re-
manned alive to tell the story.
'It was along in 1884, whenI was working
In the silver mines of New Mexico, that my
troubles began; at first suffered with in
| digestion, and so acute did the pains be-
| come that went to California for my health,
! but the trip did me little good, and fully i'm
| pressed with the idea that my last day had
nearly dawned upon me- hurried back here
| to my old home to die.
| ''E'rom simple indigestion my malady de-
| veloped into a chronic inability to take any
| substantial food, was barely able to creep
/ about, and at times / was prostrated by
! spells of heart palpitation. This condition
continued until one year ago.
ION the 11th of April, 1898, / suddenly
collapsed, and for days 1 was unconscious,
In fact was not fully myself until July.
| My y-condition on September lst, was simply
horrible, / weighed but seventy pounds,
whereas my normal weight is 165 pounds
All over my body there were Jumps from
the size of grape to the size of walnut,
my fingers were cramped so thatI could not
more than half straighten them. l had en-
tirely lost control of my lower limbs and
| my hand trembled so that 1 could not drink
! without sp3lling the liquid. Nothing would
remain on my stomach, and it seemed that
| must dry up before many more days had
| passed.
II made another round of the physicians,
calling in one after the other, and by the
4 Ill.
gave me, l managed to live though barely
through the fall"
Here Mr.. Thomas displayed his arms,
and just above the elbow of each there was
large irregular stain as large as the palm
of the hand and of purple color, the space
covered by the mark was sunken nearly tc
the bone. "That," said Mr.. Thomas, sis
what the doctors did by putting morphine
into me.
ION the 1lth of December, 1893, Just eigh
months after took permanently to bed.
shall never forget the date-my cousin, Joe
Foster, of Carters' Creek, called on me anC
gave me box of DR.. Williams Pink Pill
for Pale People, saying they had cured hin
of partial paralysis, with which l knew h,
had all but died. l followed his directions
and began taking the medicine, as a resul
stand before you to-day the most surprised
man on earth. Look at my hand, it is q
steady as yours; my face has a healthy lool
about it; l have been attending to m,
duties for month. Since 1 began takinj
the pills have gained 80 pounds, and l an
still gaining. All the knots have disap
peared from my body except this littl
kernel here in my palm. l have good ap
peUlte and am almost as strong as l eve
was.
yesterday rode thirty-seven miles o,
horseback. 1 feel tired to-day but not sick
used to have from two to four spells o
} heart palpitation every night, since bega
the use of the pills have had but four spell
altogether.
Il know positively that I was cured b
DR.. Williams Pink Pills, and / believe firm
ly that it is the most wonderful remedy i
existel ,e to-day, and every fact have pre-
sented to you is known to my neighbors a
well as to myself, and they will certify +
the truth of my remarkable cure"
, Dr. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peopl
are not patent medicine in the sense tina
name implies. They were first compounde
) as prescription and used as such in genera
| practice by an eminent physician. So grea
| was their efficacy that it was deemed wis
| to place them within the reach of al
They are now manufactured by the Dl
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady
N. V, and are sold in boxes (never in loos
form by the dozen or hundred, and tn
public are cautioned against numerous in
a itations sold in this shape) at 30 cents a bo2
or six boxes for $3.50, and may be had of a
:, druggists or direct by mail from DR.. Wi