The Houma courier. (Houma, La.) 1878-1939, 1897-06-12
WHEN DOCTORS DnrFER
WHO SHALL DECIDE Z
history oza WomaR who Could Net
walk for six Years.

MtntoEy 81 . WemaR who Could Net
walk for SAX Years.
From the Palladium, Richmond, Ind.
Miss 7. 3. Oaborne is the name Of a young
lady living at l26 North Seventeenth Street,
Richmond. Ind. She is the daughter Of Mr..
William Osborne, one of the most prominent
semen il Eastern Indiana.
She told your reporter a most Interesting
ana remarkable story. 1t will interest
ply eians IS It was a most unusual case, and
to 1 various ones who treated her, dag
noesa X differently.
HNppe Of the doctors, and / tried all Of
then aid Mrs. Osborne, knew what was
the natter with me. Some said / had rheu-
they did not know. / was at first taken
with pneumonia. One of my feet panied
me almost constantly, then the doctors pro-
nganced it rheumatism.
GRADUALLY, but steadily the trouble grew
ana spread until my entire body was In
Rolged and I was utterly helpless. Then we
enAnged doctors. No relief came, and we
changed again. We tried nearly all of the
local physicians, and I was taken away to
the baths. Nothing did me any apparent
A4od, and / suffered very much.
1t is now six years since / became unable
70 walk. Afterwards / grew worse and was
Hnsolutely helpless. Braces were used in
the hope of strengthening my limbs so as to
make me able to walk, but they did no
coed.
Z was completely discouraged and 30
we're my people. My friends CAV me up
- die, and the doctors, each one of whom
= frse declared he could have me walking
soon all declared that l never could walk
agaih. I had no longer any faith in any
doetorgor any remedy"
Finally, after persistent effort her friends
induced her to take DR.. Williams Pink
PiIlA, but against her will, for she was dis
couIagedt She says of the results:
"lno6eed no change after taking the first
box Or DO but they asked me to give the
MEDICINE ? fair trial, 80 they kept on pre-
81 took no other at the time, so that if any
good were to come we would know what had
brought it about. Pretty soon a change was
noticed. My muscles became more flexible,
and l suffered much less. At the end Of
three months found that / could move my
limbs could lift myself up, and was no
longer helpless. l kept on and still refrained
from every other sort of medicine.
year from the time l began the
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People | could walk, something all the doc
tors had decided never could do again.
AT first, having been helpless for so long
l could not trust myself to walk on the
street, as l felt afraid. Soon, however, I
grew more confident, and walked every.
Where as well as ever, and have been doing
~ 1FNA o4uCEs 4 LOOK the p1llS LOT Two years,
"a / was afraid to stop until l was sure the
cure was complete. Before l took them I
was 2 wreck, and now my general health is
very good"
Miss Osborne was repeatedly questioned
as % her opinion of what cured her, and she
has often declared it to have been Dr.. vii.
hams Pink Pills for Pale People, as she had
been growing steadily worse until she had
began using them, and as she used no other
medicine after taking the pills.
Druggists in Richmond now have a largo
sale Of these pills, and it is a frequent occur
renee 70 have q customer ask for the medi.
cine that cured Miss Osborne,
DR.. Williams Pink Pills for Pale Peoble
are not d patent medicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
az prescription and used as such n General
practice BY an eminent physician. So great
yes their efficacy that it was deemed wise "a
piece them within the reach of all. They
ere now manufactured by the DR.. Williams'
Medicine Company, Schenectady. N. ".
and afeRold in boxes (never in loose form bv
the dozen or hundred, and the public are
cautioned against numerous limitations sold
IN this shape) at SO cents q box, or six boxes
tSr $3.50, and may be had of all druggists OF
street BY mail from DR.. Williams Ned. Co