Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1897-10-15
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Mr.. JAMES WEEKS NARRATES STRANGE
THINGS ABOUT PARALYSIS.
His Trouble the Result Of Exposure During the Late War-He Gives
the Particulars of the Commencement and Rapid Spread
of the Dseass-"The Awful Goodness"
From the American, Ncwar&, Olio.

The cure of Mr.. James +. Weeks, of
Owosso, Mich, OF paralysis of seventeen
years standing, is one of the most remark
able on record.
The story is best told in Mr.. Weeks own
words as told To a reporter: "To 60 back 10
the beginning of the trouble, think it origi-
mated during the late war, in which, with the
rest of the boys, | suffered harJships and
privations sufficient to break the most robust
health. The paralysis did not come from "a
wound, however, as | was wounded but once,
and then only by a spent ball in the left leg.
Seventeen years ago this winter, was
living with my family at the corner
of King and Mulberry Streets, this city. |
was in fairly good health, with the exception
that my left arm began to feel slightly cold
and numb. These symptoms increased uu-
I'll it was impossible for me to feel anything
with the hand, and holding the arm upon "A
hot stove produced no sensation.
"That winter | moved up TO the northern
part Of the State, and each succeeding year,
the ailment increased until, when | returned
To this city about six months ago, my whole
left side was paralyzed, and | was practi-
cally helpless.
This was the climax Of my illness. 1t had
been growing upon me for seventeen Yeas,
and ] was able TO walk some by dragging
my left leg along, but il was very painful.
All last winter, when the illness was at its
worst, and movement made only with the
greatest difficulty, | can truthfully say that
beyond a temporary relief, the medicine |
had been using was of no benefit whatever.
early in May, while g~lancing over the
columns of the Detroit journal, an adver-
tisement of DIR. Williams Pink Pills caught
my eye. 1t described the case of a veteran
of the war, whose case was almost identically
similar TO my own. but who had been en-
tirely cured ~ using DR.. Williams Pink
Pills. Ny faith in medicine was well-nigh
destroyed, but | determined TO give these
pills a trial and procured one box from
druggist John :. Hagyart, of Main Street,
West Owosso. Inside Of a week | had taken
all Of the pills, and my condition changed
very much for the better. For the succeed
ing three weeks, | took a box each week.
and by the twelfth of June, / was practically
q well man again. The paralysis had van
shed, I could walk easily, the numbness
and chill had lef my arm, and once more
felt that life was worth living. Further
more, my rheumatism disappeared almost
entirely, and my general health became
better than il has been in years.
81 was able - resume my occupation.
which I had not followed for twelve years,
and can now walk many miles each day with
little fatigue. am agent for the Iona
County Commercial Nursery, Of Saranac,
Mich, and will soon start on a two weeks
trip.
II shall hereafter keep a supply of Or.
Williams Pink Pills always in my house
for all members of the family. | do not be-
lieve, as a general thing, in proprietary
medicines, and never was a great hand 70
take medicines, but | know that DR.. Will
liams' Pink Pills are a wonderful remedy.
Since my recovery | have seen several old
| soldiers going around with canes and have
recommended the pills to them, among them
| Charles o.. Lapham, who intends taking
them. Ten or a dozen boxes Of the pills, !
believe, would make the old boys who were
through the war feel better than they have
for years. | can warmly recommend DIR.
Williams Pink Pills. They are all and
more than is claimed for them.
"Any of my neighbors, or the comrades
of Q~uackenbush Post, q. A. r. in this city
can testify TO my former condition. was
a member of Company F., Twenty:seventh
| New York Infantry, of Company J, Twenty
| first New York Cavalry, and of Company
NJ. Twenty-second New York Cavalry. ]
was commissioned First Lieutenant in the
latter company. ,
(Signed) JAMES f. WEEKS
Subscribed and sworn TO before me thi.
Goth day Of July, 1896.
NEWTON BALDwIN, Notary Public.