The Cape Girardeau Democrat. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1876-1909, 1896-02-15
ERYSIPELAS AT 81.
Physicians Favored Amputation
Of the Limb.
II Was Not Done, and the Patient Was
Cured by Internal Remedies.

II Was Not Done, and the Patient Was
Cured by Internal Remedies.
From the Repu5Hean-R Register, GGIes6rg, III
Biggsviile, twentT-nine miles west of
Galesburg, IL, on the line Of the Chicago,
Burlington & Quincy Railroad, is an old,
quiet little town. In earlier days it was
noted rs a good business point.
1t was here that q representative of the
Repu6iican-Register found Mrs. Rhoda Tai
colt, 81 years of age, who told HIN, in the
presence of her grateful daughter, Mrs. E
Sloan, he following story, which is given
as nearly as possible in her own language:
YES, it is with great pleasure that l can
give my testimony to the great value of DR..
Williams PIN Pills. Over thirty years
ago | was taken with a chill and erysioelas
set in. For sixteen weeks I was not able to
walk a step. The physicians proposed to
take off one Of my limbs but finally decided
rot 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 crutches, every
two or three months ~erysipelas would set in
again, and / suffered intensely from il. l
had a good many different doctors {: DR..
Fitch, of Sheridan, Iowa; DR.. Brown, of
Chanute, Kansas; DR.. Scarft, of Burlington,
Iowa: DR.. Trembly, of Oakland, California;
DR.. 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 we places with sores about
the size of a silver dollar. I could not sleep
nights without the aid of morphine. My
limbs were SO badly swollen hat l could not
put on my shoes or walk a step without
either having on a heavy bandage or a silk
or rubber stocking. About a year q l
read of and was told by a neighbor, about
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. concluded, as a
last resort, to try them, as l felt certain l
could find no other relief. From the very
first after l commenced to use the pills, /
began to improve and since that time l nave
not been troubled at all. | would not nave
Done without the Pink Pills for anything,
as they have most certainly prolonged my
life. Ny general health is much better than
it has been for q good many years, and ! am
now 81 years of age. Have not only used
the Pink Pills with success, but have rec
commended them to my friends whom I
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 a very short time, and
was most ac.reeahlv surprised after she had
given the pills q trial.
Mrs. laIcOtt mas made her nome with her
daughter for five or six years, and she can
most cheerfully certify to the benefit her
mother has derived from the use of the
medicine.
The reporter also called on Mr.. George
Kelly, the son of n of the prominent hard
ware dealers in Biggsvi!le, who has used
the Pink Pills. He was troubled with pains
in the stomach and back, and from the very
first he commenced to get better, and now
he is not troubled at all.
John Mckee, the druggist in the village,
stated that he had solo q great many of DR..
Williams Pink Pills, and that they most
certainly give the BEST of satisfaction and
have accomplished great results. Quite a
number of the villagers are now using them.
DIR. Williams Pink Pills contain, in con-
deEsed form, all the elements necessary to |
give new life and richness to the blood and
restore shattered nerves. They are an I'M
falling specific for such diseases as locomo- |
tor ataxia, partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance, ~sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, tie after effect of Ia |
grippe, palpitation of the heart. pale and
sallow compilations, all forms of weakness
either in male or female. Pink Pills are
sold by all dealers, or Will be sent post paid
on receipt of price, 80 cents a box, or six
boxes for $3.50 they a.e never sold in bulk
or by the 1907, by addressing DIR. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, n. Y.