The progressive farmer. [volume] (Winston, N.C.) 1886-1904, 1894-03-27
A PHYSICIAN TALKS.
Remarkable Story and Affidavit of
!" DR.. Lewis Blundin.

,a;.tsd uitb Paralysis for TtCenty-
g.s Years-Pronounced Incuroble
+, the Foremost Physicians Of the
Torld-A Case of World WIDE In
terest
u,,r survivors of our late war left
Mn o9ks unwounded but with broken
II1S0.titntions; an instance in point, is
To 1E;aD Rlundin, a resident of Hume
L NJ, R1cks Co., Pa. In relating his
WV, and what he had suffered
sA~pooneeouence of the hardships he had
mno01ntered. Mr.. Blundln said:
'D vas born at Bridgewater, Penn, in
1Su and went through the war as
rrivate, sergeant and hospital steward
n Company G, 28th Pennsylvania
ToInnteers. Ny service was active
and while in Georgia I had an attack
~ tvnhoid fever, which left me weak
and q ready victim for future disease.
Nv kidneys were then affected and
this finally developed into spinal trouble
which lasted through my army ser
vice. In 1866 | was mustered out with
an honorable discharge and entered the
Jefferson Medical College in Philadel-
mia as a student. l graduated two
wears later with a diploma, but did not
~nractice, At that time | was living in
Manayunk. One day, after / had grad
uated, | was lying on a sofa at my
home in Manayunk, when | felt a cold
sensation in my lower limbs Is though
the blood had suddenly left them.
When | tried to move them I was hor
rifed at the discovery that I was par
algzed from my hips TO my t es. The
paralysis was complete and q pin or a
pinch of the flesh caused no pain. /
could not move a muscle. | called in
Dr.. William @. Todd, of Philadelphia.
He made a careful and exhaustive ex-
animation Of my case, sounding and
testing and finally announced that my
trouble was caused by Inflammation Of
the spinal cord, and that | would likely
have another stroke of paralysis. /
consulted DR.. | w. Gross and DR..
Pancoast, of Jefferson College. Phila
delphia, with the same result. Icalled
mDr. MOrehOuse, of Philadelphia, who
said that no amount of medicine would
ever prove of the slightest benefit to
me.
One day last September I decided
to try DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People. Isent for some. had always
been troubled with a sort of vertigo
after my first stroke of paralysis to
such an extent that when | got out of
my bed my head would swim and |
mad difficulty in saving myself from
failing. My appetite was bad, diges
tive organs ruined and no assimilation
oLto2d. In addition to my many other
ailments rheumatism held prominent
place. By the time | had finished the
lrst box of Pink Pills | was compare
lively Tree from these minor ills Relief
followed upon relief with astonishing
Fapldlty. First one ailment would dis
appear; then another until the pills got
70 work upon the foundation stones of
ny trou0le-paralysis. Before l had
saKen the six boxes of pills, [ was sit,
4lg Ia my chair one afternoon, when
/ Iel5 a curious sensation in my left
IooT' Upon investigation / found it
lao naXed, or, in other words, become
movable, and I could move it. From
slat time on my Improvement was
SsSa1y and 1t was not long before [ was
malKlng around on crutches with little
SI no discomfort. 1t was three years
oetGr9 TAX ing the Pink Pills that I had
GoI Oeen able to use the crutches at any
~ My health is daily improving
Sau feel sure that Pink Pills have
tole me more good than all the doc.
toFS and all the medicine in the coun
Wy! and as they are not costly I can
''SSHy afford the treatment"
sworn to before me this 18th day Of
"7y' 1893. GEORGE HARRISON,
~. Notary Public.
Inese pills contain in a condensed
rO,ln all the clements necessary to give
NV lie and richness to the blood, and
nntog,e shattered nerves. They are an
ina.SaIlng specific for such diseases az
1TTGitoa1,o6or ataxia, partial paralysis, St
na r.u3 dance, sciatica, rheumatism
H. 'ou5 hoadaChe, the after effects Of
naII grippe, palpitatiOn Of the heart
faoI; ano sallow compilations, that tireC
tion resulting from nervous prOstra
bT al diseases resulting from Initiated
o.3!9 IN the blood. They are also &
hi Tor troubles peculiar to females
caa lleh they effect a radical cure in al
wo~S arising from mental worry, over
~ or excuses of whatever nature
Dr. "SS1 Fills are manufactured by thu
Sol lIllams' Medicine Company
Ont oSIaoy, N Y. and Brockville
a ho11 ana are sold in boxes, at SO cents
nevar' or or SIX boxes for 50, SO, and Az
49, o0I0 II bulk or hu tho dnnnn n,