The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1895-12-08
HOUSTON. TEXAS. November !. 1895.

| L. y. PURDY. NJ. D.
Dear Doctor: Thirteen months have
| pnssod elnco | was cured OF the morphine
| habit by Dr. rurdy, OF tho Tcrrili-I'urdy
Medical Institute OF Houston. Texas. Over
| twelve years ago. while suffering from
neuralgia, | acquired the habit through
| the careless administration OF morphine
| Ivy my phyniclan. Nearly year passed
| before realized that I was n slave 10 tho
| habit, and then only after mnly futile ut
trmpts to quit the use of the drug, AT
thla tmo began a. weary pilgrimage In
search Of II cure. Witch lasted more than
ten years. I believe I am aafc In saying
that have tried larger number al al
legged curoa. ana spent more time and
money at tho different sanit ariums, insti-
iutos and hospitals where Inv habit Is
treated thnn any other man In ,te Stato
of Texas. n not In the Omitted Stuses. MY
one dreire during All thesc years was TO
be cured, and nnyc spent not less than
N1tv0 III the effort There W no aspect ~
opium hAhiuiution with which ! am not
familiar, nlid no vial oi bitt.rngss. ciitniitH
| by III uSc thht have not tasted / have
experienced the anguish of soul supreme
tenutsc that comes From II sense of seff-
tom 10 that ineniiahl0 munster opium.
Yet, Eputrcd On by hope, tried nostr,im
AFTER nnHtrlrt and "cnrr" after cure
with the same lnvariallo result, failure.
found that all was not gold that giit-
tered, Hnd TINT tulsoma words and speci-
Gus promises were uttered with an in
EcnlpuF mnlignancy that would do crotiir
ia the hlCh mend himself. rhrir so-caiIed
painless cure" We're the refinement OF
torture. Aud that aside from bunting
the hrnNibiIitirA tor a time with sucn poM-
erfu aud destructive drugs ns atropin and
strychninc their 'antidotrs' md cures
were only morphine IN ulslsuisc. IN Sep
tombpr. lNN hy mere accident heard or
pr rurly's rcmady. uip To that time It
had not been ntNortisrdl. ! called and
had long talk with the doctor who ex-
planned ita action and assured me (as |
demonstrated To my own satisfaction at
torNardD that II contained ne ntropla,
H'ryvhinn or oth,r poisonous drugs, and
that hts remedy wan entirely new. never
having been used 10y others In this or
any other country III the treatment or
the opium habit | wns then taking forty
grains OF morphine per day hypodermio-
ally. I was oinaciateh, auliow aud weak.
| began treatment September ii, 1Na. l
am ready 10 mike oatii that 1 have nsvcr
touched morphine or opium IN amy form
since Neither have ! had the sightcst
desire FOR the drug, improved rapidly !.
from tho first dofc Ny appetite Increased
Dnd alapt better than for years. Eaincu
IN strength and weight. aud took the last
dose OF the remedy AZ the end OF eiEnt
weeks aud three days. having gained tfiir-
ty-ono mounds during tho treatment. ihHt
ihls remedy IL an that the doctor CLAIMS
for IL / know absolutely. and thnt H. IN
truth u PAINLESS cure fufthrr know
nom oxprricnce. The awful pains In tho
limbs aud muscles, the prostritlon. tile
nervous exhaustion, shiycring sneezing.
insomnia ard general phyHical unrest thnt
rs part and parcel OF all other inikcalleh
curea are not present "a this treatment.i
| regard II IA the most wordertul us
coyory of the nih"teeitth csaiiury IN tire
domain OF medicine. White the liquor
habit Is cohyiViai. tile opinm habit ~ q
~ cret one. Tho great good destined 10 bo
accomplished by this remedy can be UNI
dcrgtond when | state from my own per-
sonnl eSgarlenco that H. can be used from
start "a ztlish without the knowledge OF
othnrs orNtbs. least fear OF detection.
withhold nay name from this article Tor
business REASONS. Srt feet that Or, Pur-r.
dy has been my savior ard have given
him permission to Introduce such PERSONS =
as may Doubt the truth Of the above, anu
whosc ehafae ters VIII he n guarantees
against exposure. And to all ] desire 70
say the half has not been told" May
God hlsss Nou. IN tho prayer OF e
Your Grateful Friend ------. q
The above liz published exactly as Il
comes from the non OF a gentleman now
resident OF this city. The remedy has been
used IN over 2oo cases during the past TWO
years without single failure. Ana those
cured have como from every Walk pf hic'
nee. sex and condition. from the mother
nursing n i've weeks old babe TO tho
hnbitue passed the allotted three-scors
-. "A ..rus~w