The San Francisco call., 1896-07-25
AN UNPRECEDENTED
GAIN IN WEIGHT,
A Trained Nurse Gained Fifty
Three Pounds by Using a
Nerve Food.
One of the Most Remarkable Results o.
Record.
From the Gazette, Yonkers. N. Y.

From the Gazette. Yonkers. N. Y
81 don't look much like living skeleton
now, do l ? And yet two years ago Weighed
just seventy-two pounds" said Mrs. ]. W.
Coffey of 55 Warburton avenue Yonkers, n.
T., to reporter. And we .sgreed with her,
for she certainly looked anything but living
skeleton, but rather bore the appearance of a
plump and attractive lady in excellent health
and spirits. Continuing she said:
81 had lost my appetite and was wasting
away In flesh, losing some fifty pounds in a
few months. Doctors said was threatened
with consumption. Twas under what was re-
garded as first-class medical treatment but it
had apparently little or 10 effect, for kept
getting worse unril l was so weak that could
not attend to my household duties and could
hardly walk. My husband and everybody who
saw me thought surely that l would die and
there seemed no help for me.
"Tonics and stimulants and medicines all
seemed useless, and grew worse and worse
until at last resolved to seek some new rem
edy-one entirely out of the usual line of
nauseous drugs and doses of stuff which
seemed to take away what little relish mpbt
perhaps otherwise have had for food. A friend
told me OF some wonderful cures effected by
DR., Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, and
bought box. The effect from their use was
noticeable from the first, and soon appeared
almost miraculous, for it seemed pretty nearly
like the raising of one from the dead
81 soon commenced to eat something / had
scarcely done before for weeks, and soon be-
gan to gain in flesh and strength. 1 went one
at the change in me for the better. had to
confess that l had been taking the pills. and
he was broad-minded enough TO advise me TO
continue what was evidently doing me so much
good. took, in all, six boxes, and increased
in weight from 72 10 125 pounds, which is NV
regular and normal weight"
Are you sure the cure is permanent?n
well, yes. My work is that of a trained
nurse, which means, as you probably know
Irregular hours and at times great exhaustion
During the two years since my recovery have
had many engagements, and through them all
have continued in good health. / take pleas
ure in bearing testimony to the remarkable
power of this great medical discovery 1 know
OF other cures effected by ii. A friend of mine
suffered greatly at her monthly periods One
box relieved and three boxes cured her. But
l know of no case equal TO mine, for my situa-
ton was critical. desperate and almost hope
less"
Mrs. Coffey has lived in Yonkers for sixteen
years, and for twelve years has followed the
business of attending the sick excepting only
the period OF her illness. Size has hundreds of
ecquaintances and friends VINO know her to
be capable and trustworthy. Many of them
know how very Ill she was and how remark
able was her recovery. The pills have large
which will be greatly increased as their merits
become better known, for they seem to be one
OF the medical marvels of the age.
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con-
densed form, all the elements necessary to
give new life and richness to the blood and re-
| specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia
partial paralysis, St. Vitus dance, sciatia
neuralgia, rheumatism, nervous headache
the after effect of la grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow compilations, all forms
OF weakness either in male or female. Pink
Pills sold by all dealers or will be sent post
| paid on receipt of price, 80 cents box or six
] boxes for 81 50-(theY are never sold in bulk
| or by the LOBBY addressing DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, schenectady, N. Y.