Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1894-03-31
SOLSVILLE MIRACLE.
Restoration Of Philander Hyde
from Paralysis
Helpless and Bed-Ridden His Recovery
from This Pitiable Conditional
Remarkable Narrative.
From the Syracuse Standard

IuTlUk AAC lNIN ~ 49,
appeared In the columns Of the Sidndd'dthe
particulars Of n number Of cures SO remark
able as 10 justify the term miraculous.
These cases We're Investigated and voucheo
for BY the Albany JouyHal, the Detroit AeRs,
Albany Express and other papers whose rep
utation is a guarantee that the facts were
rs stated. Different schools of medicine
I and some of the brightest lights in the pro-
fession had treated these cases, unsuccess-
fully; and their recovery later on, there
| fore, and its means, have created aprofound
sensation throughout the country.
The Standard has published the above ac-
| counts for what they We're worth, aud are
happily able TO supplement same to-day by
an equally striking case near home. The
case is over In Madison county, at Solsville,
and the subject is Mr., Philander Hyde, who
told the reporter the following;
~ will be 10 in September. ! was born
in Brookfield, Madison county, where all
my life was spent until recently, when, be-
coming helpless, l zane to live with my
daughter here. Ny life occupation has been
that of a farmer. | was always well and
rugged until two years ago last winter,
when ! had the grip. When 1t left me l had
a sensation of numbness in my legs, which
gradually grew to be stiff at the joints and
very painful. / felt the stiffness in my feet
first, and the pain and the stiffness extended
TO my knees and to my hip joints, and to
the bowels and stomach, and prevented d.
gestion, To move the bowels ! was COM
PEELED to take great quantities OF castor oil,
"While | was in this condition, cold feel
ings would begin in my feet and streak up
my legs to my back and would follow the
whole length of my back bone. could not
sleep, | had no appetite, | become helpless.
While in this condition l was treated by a
number of prominent physicians. They did
me no good. l soon became perfectly help
less and lost all power of motion even in my
bed"
THE physicians consulted pronounced
fathers case creeping paralysis said Mr..
and Mrs. johnson, 'and when we brought
him home he had to be carried all the way
in a bed. The doctors said they could only
relieve the pain, and for the purpose hetook
a pint of whiskey a day for three months,
and morphine in great quantities. When he
began taking Pink Pills we stopped giving
him morphine or any other medicine, and
cut of all stimulants. In ten days after
father began taking the pills, he could get
out Of bed and walk without assistance, and
has continued to improve until now he
walks about the house and the streets by
the aid of a cane only
Yes" said Mr., Hyde, 'and the pain has
gone out of my back and the numbness out
of my legs. have no more chills, my di-
gestion is good, and l have an excellent ap-
petite" And then, after a pause, but, ah,
me, l am an old man; l have seen my best
days, and cannot hope to recover my old
vigor as a younger man might, but ! am so
thankful to have the use of my limbs and to
be relieved Of those dreadful pains"
Others in Solsville are taking Pink Pills,
notably the mother of Abel Curtis, who is
using them with satisfactory effect forrheu-
matism, and Mrs. Lippitt, wife of ex-Sen-
at0r Lippitt, is using them with much bene-
fit for nervous debility.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain in q con-
densed form all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood, and
restore shattered nerves, They are an UNI
failing specific for such diseases as locomo.
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus' dance,
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache,
the after effects of la grippe, palpitation of
the heart, and that tired feeling resulting
from nervous prostration; all diseases re-
sulting from vitiated humors in the blood.
such as scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc.
They are also a specific for troubles peculiar
to females, such as suppressions, irregular
tiles and all forms of weakness. In men
they effect a radical cure in all cases arising
from mental worry, overwork or excuses
of whatever nature.
These Pills are manufactured by the Or.
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
N. r., and Brockville, Ont, and are sold
only in boxes bearing the firms trademark
and wrapper at 50 cents q box, or six boxes
for $3.50, and are never sold in bulk or by
the dozen or hundred.