Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-11-07
The cure OF
PARALYSIS
The Case of a Veteran Cited Whose
Paralysis Came from Ex-
poSure in the Army.
The Equally Interesting Method of His Cure, and
His Enthusiastic Endorsement.
From the otseOo tarper, oOopcr,to,en, NJ Y.

IN the s,sn Of oneOnta, in otsego County,
N.w York, for great many years there has
- man whose life has been overshad-
ii bv that terrible disease, paralysis.
p..ortlv il was rumored that miracle had
- nerformed-that this man had been re-
..a.oj 70 his normal health and strength and
a. ascertain the truth or falsity of such
,uD,or YOUR correspondent visited Oneonta
,odsv and being directed to the man sought
an interview with him, which was readily
and cheer,ully granted. The man told his
own story as follows:
uMv name is Edward Haswell. You
,ronld not think from my appearance, but |
'ros horn II years ago, in New Scotland,
Albany County. / was reared on farm
and blessed by Nature with strong con-
Stimtion and good health. Early in life |
removed TO Albany, thence to Schenevus, in
This county, and finally settled down in On
eonta. where have lived great many years.
"When the war broke out | was strong
and active. being nearly six feet tall and
% ~nigbine 225 pounds. l enlisted in the
TLiPd New York Cavalry and served three
wears. OF the long, weary marches, especi-
3liy in North Carolina of the days and nights
ofcxposure | will not speak, for il was in
the barracks at Washington that my misery
began While there heavy rains fell and
not having sufficient protection Outlines we
awoke in the morning drenched with the
rain. At this time | contracted a cold and
along with it came that dread disease, rheu-
matism. rapidly grew worse and was re-
moved to the hospital where / was attended
NV DIR. Leonard now of Worcester in this
county. lie made me as comfortable as any
man could, but | could not shake off the
disease. 1t was in my system and after my
return home with impaired health and
strength reduced, my nerves gave out and
additional suffering ensued. / could move
around and was able to do some work-at
length went to work in the car shops here,
inside work wholly-but the least exposure
would bring on terrible pains and life was
made miserable for me. After few years
nv strength gave out and was unable to
fight against my pains. In addition to the
rheumatism extreme nervousness took pos
session of me-then heart disease set in
could not lie down to sleep and was brought
very low by this complication of diseases
Ny wrists and ankles became swollen, my
legs distorted and my hips sunken, now you
can feel the cavities, also thrust your hand
into my back-such were the ravages of
rheumatism.
"But this was not all. About six years
ago had astroke of paralysis which affected
my leIl Slue-DuI Dy extra care TecoGeIeu
somewhat from this. Three years ago had
"a second stroke Which rendered me entirely
helpless. My left side was wholly useless
and | could not f.el it when pin was thrust
tull len'th into my leg or arm. Before
paralysis set in thought l was nigh to death,
but now came the horror Of a living death.
On account of my heart trouble which was
aggravated by this new disease, could not
sleep and could be placed only in one posi-
tinn-bolstered up in a chair reclining
slightly on my right side. Now the paraly-
sis affected my head and would remain in
that position asleep in the chair for weeks at
time without awakening. Words cannot
express the misery was in and the suffer-
ing | endured. All this time consulted
cines without recei wing any benefit. was
doomed to a lingering death and was in
despair One day paper was handed me
to read In the paper I cav an account of