The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-28

Perhaps in nc case as yet recorded has the
efficiency of a popular remedy been found
SO clearly as in that of Mrs. Nora f. Hill.
While her condition, caused by a t~rightful
and distressing accident, places her beyond
the pale of perfect recovery, she has received
such marked relief that the story of the &C.
cident and the sutferings resulting from 1t,
will be of more than ordinary interest to
thousands of invalids.
Mrs. Nora f. Hill, before September 1898,
was a hale, hearty and strong woman, past
the middle age of life.
She tells the following story:
"September l, 1898, while attending to
my duties about the house, a gasoline stove
which | had used for some time, suddenly
exploded, throwing the burning fluid over
me. Before my clothes which were on fire
we're f~earfully burned. This however, was
not my most serious injury, as had inhaled
some of the flames, and | found the inside of
nv mouth blistercd. Ny hanI and arm 10
the elbow were burned to the bone, and my
physician believed amputatlon necessary.
but after weeks of great suffering, was
spared the operation, and | have fairly good
use of my hand and arm now.
"Shortly after the process Of healing or
arm and hand, my stomach commenced to
give me trouble. | did not then realize what
it meant. After each meal | was seized
with a %cramping sensation and then in a
few days there were f~rightful pains, which
threw me into clammy perspiration. For
eight months I was under the care Of my
physician, battling hard with death. | had
lost SO pounds. was becoming a mere skele-
ton, my appetite was gone, and my nervous
system completely shattered.
81 lost confidence in everything, was
totally discouraged, and determined to 90 to
nv former home, Grand Rapids, Michigan,
and have my old physician make an cxami-
nation of my condition. He did so and
found that gastric ulcers of the stomach had
formed. which he said were incurable, and
were liable TO produce cancer at any time.
While in Grand Rapids the Ulcers winch
had formed in the stomach broke. which
produced vomiting of large quantities OF
blood and pus. This confined me to a sick
bed for several weeks. When / became
sufficiently strong to get up ] came back
here to die, as the doctor told me | might
last one week, possibly one month: But
determined to make as strong a fight as
could. and get all the medical aid there wa!
in Chicago.
- was taken before . class of one Of tn,
most noted and celebrated medical college.
here for examination. This examination
proved what my DhvSiriTp ii Grand Rapid,
told me viz, that the" were gastric ulcers o
the stomach. The opinion Of the coileC'
physicians was that my chances cf o cnr
were not one in one THOUSAND. This was il
Nav 1874: in June | was taken down will
gastric fever, caused by fresh ulcers forming
and l lay in bed nine weeks. Fro"; .Irnet
September in that year | also Suffered al
dltionally from thirty assesses forming o
nv arms AMI shoulders, produced H. ~" coz
dition Of the stomach and blood circu'1tj"n
After this ! got a litt:" better. an1 '';- 80
provemcnt lasted during -" fan mI Wine
till January 1898, when ] had ar"''i"r j'r
Of gastric fever. | took n greet tao y irn"
and opiates under the physicians di'r'';"l