Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-10-31
Il Shortened The Patients Leg Two Inches,
and so Affected the Nervous System
that He Continually Shook as
with The Palsy,
After Six Years Of Torment He Succeeds in Find,
ing Remedy for the Horrible Disease

There b 40 name In this section Of the
country. connected with the medical world.
that b. better known TO the public than that
IT NJ. Monroe Petersen. lie 8. situated Ia
nico. comfortable home with a good farm.
about four miles west 1T johnson city, ~.
lie i now dnysght years old, Ia healthy
condition, and ueighson, hauiredand ninety
pounds. Not more urfirhi and honorable
,itifsn does oar nnt.ou afford, and De h
looked upon with wonder, because OF hs
healthy condiiion after ~ long period Of
mi-r, and suffering
The cause Of Mr. pcier.os', Ions ,uasring
was hurt which be- received in a fili. while
running q drill iu 1901 being a soldier at
the time. Tie has bscn crippled Ia his right
leg ever since that date. soiuuo rhoumaiisoi
then ct 10. and BIZ les bssau 10 slowly
withef away aud draw up in tho joint aud
now II l. about two inches ,horier than the
other. II began to gros vorir and. Nnally.
his whole body began to shake Ikea person
with the 81. vltus' dance. liz drt severe
attack vas about slI year, ago.
There Is no disease in th. power Of human
endurance mor awful Ia IT, pain. aud
Affections than soiaiic rheumatism. some.
times H. pain may be a slow. steady one.
white, at other times, Il COMES with jerks
and wrcnches that seem to twist the body
out OF all shape oftecognitlon. II seems to
contract the muscles, drawing The body Al.
most In Knot. while hi. l. probably the
wort stage Ut .ciatlc rheumatism. Il d somc.
imrs found in milder forms. 10 II was
With Mr. Peterson. but with D. wa. Hsioci.
ntri O. feeling and condition almost ~ nm.
comfortable aud unh.auhlc, The body vas
10 q cuntinua shake, rendering u impossible
for him tn do anything. lIe hHd lost an
control II biz muscle, On application 10 n
physician ior reliHf, h. was told that the
a.iiiCtllu mieht li-i him 40 his lite. or. on
the otirf hand, d might leave him entirely
NJ an unexpected moment
For oVrr three years lee was not able 10
wriie a word, M severe vas his shaking. lis
could not even sign his vouchers, thereby
havinf 10 mlks DID, uafk and wltneH a. A.
Thu time h. could not walk step without
aid. nor even slt down In char without
assistance. 80 sev'rr wa the shaking OF
bis head that u almost caused him 10 fo
blind. H. could not distinguish q pcrs1n
rolls distance in trout of him. lle came
very nearly losing his mind and bis friends
thought, ne q last rrsnft, that h. would have
n be- taken ~ hospital. When he was
taken b. town for examination by phyd.
Uian, h. hal " be- rKuminri Ia the husuy
- dihirnlt va d for him 10 ct out. Ohen.
umrs u snuld seem that he uas nearly "a.
tinei aud bis feet AMI hands would hat. 10
b. haihtd In warm watur and rubbed In
order Ia restore the circulation. Dor two
year. he was not able ~ feed himself al the
table. III ever faithful and dutihl wiio put
thf hsil a. his mouth. Afulrht he sould tai q
snoihrung spells and would have Ia b.
llned up w bed that b. might regain his
breath ani strength. A. this critical period
he was not able IN put on biz oloihes. not
able 10 10 anything but ~ aud suffer hi,
miserable lifa away.
Que ph yrlcian rave, a. hi decision Of IN.