The Colfax chronicle. [volume] (Colfax, Grant Parish, La.) 1877-1981, 1896-03-21
ERYSIPELAS AT 81.
Physicians Favored Amputation
Of the Limb.


II was Not Done. and the Patient Was
Cured by Internal Remedies.
From the Republican Register. Gal<sourg. III
BiggsviiIe, twenty nine miles west of
Calesburg, H., on the line of the Chicago,
Burlington g. Quincy Railroad, is an old,
quiet little town. In earlier days it was
noted as good business point.
It was here that representative OF the
RepubIiean-R Register found Mrs. Rhoda Tai
colt, 81 years Of age, who told hun, in the
presence of her grateful daughter, Mrs. E
Sloan, the following story, which is given
as nearly as possible in her own language:
Eyes, it is with great pleasure that can
give my testimony to the great value OF DR..
Williams Pink Pills. Over thirty years
ago was taken with chill and erysipelas
set in. For sixteen weeks was not able to
walk step. The physicians proposed to
take off one of my limbs but finally decided
not to do SO. 1t mortified in spots, which
had to be cut or burnt out. After was able
to get about, with the use of clutches, every
two or three months erysipelas would set in
again, and suffered intensely from it.
had a good many different doctors DR..
Fitch, of Sheridan, Iowa; DR.. Brown, OF
Chanute, Kansas; DR.. Scarft, of Burlington,
Iowa; DIR. Trembly, of Oakland, California;
DIR. Searle, of Galesburg, Illinois, and adoc-
tor in Kansas City, but obtained no relief,
and after treatment from all these physi-
clans, instead of getting better, began TO
get very much worse. The other limb
broke out in two places with sores about
the size of a silver dollar. could not sleep
nights without the aid OF morphine. My
limbs were so badly swollen that could not
put on nv shoes or walk step without
either having on heavy bandage or silk
or rubber stocking. About year ago l
read of and was told by neighbor, about
Dr. Williams Pink Pills. concluded, as
last resort, to try them, as felt certain
could find no other relief. From the very
first after commenced to use the pills, l
began to improve and since that time nave
NOT been troubled at all. / would not have
done without the Pink Pills for anything,
as they have most certainly prolonged my
I life. NV general health is much better than
! it has been for good many years, and am
4 now 81 wears of age. Have not only used
the Pink Pills with success, but have rec
/ commended them to my friends whom
thought needed such treatment, and several
have tried them and found relief"
Mrs. Sloan said that Just before commenc-
ing to use the Pink Pills, she thought her
mother could live but very short time, and
was most agreeably surprised after she hac
given the pills trial.
Mrs. Talcott has made her home with hel
daughter for five or six years, and she car
most cheerfully certify to the benefit hel
mother has derived from the use Of the
medicine.
The reporter also called on Mr. George
Kelly, the son of one of the prominent hard
ware dealers in Biggsville, who has uset
the Pink Pills. He was troubled with pain!
in the stomach and back, and from the Yer,
first he commenced to get better, and nov
he is not troubled at all.
John Mckee, the druggist in the village
stated that he had sold great many OF DR.
Williams Pink Pills, and that they mos
certainly give the best of satisfaction AMI
have accomplished great results. Quite
number of the villagers are now using them
DR.. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con
densed form, all the elements necessary 3
give new life and richness to the blood an
restore shattered nerves. They are an ur
failing specific for such diseases as locomc
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitu:
dance, sciatica, neuralgia, Rheumatism
nervous headache, the after effect of
grippe, palpitation of the heart, pale an
sallow compilations, all forms ofweaknes
either in male or female. Pink Pills ar
sold by all dealers, or viii be sent post pal
on receipt of price, 30 cents a-box, or 81
boxes for $50 they are never sold in bul
orb by The 1c0), by addressing DR.. William!
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.