The Yale expositor., 1897-05-07
When Doctors Differ
Who Shall DeCidef
History OF Woman Who coaid Not
Walk for Nix Years.
From the Palladium, Riehmond, Ind.


From the Palladium, Rehmond, Ind.
Miss T. t. Osborne is the name of
young lady living at 1875 North Seventeenth
Street. Richmond, Ind. She Is the daugh-
ter of MIR. William Osborne, one of the most
prominent horsemen in Eastern Indiana.
She told your reporter a most interesting
aud remarkable story II will interest ply
sicians, az IL was a most unusual case, and
TO the various ones who treated her, ding
nosed IL differently
None OF the doctors; and tried all or
them said Miss Osborne, knew what was
the matter with me. Some said had rheu-
matism, while others frankly admitted that
they did not know. i was at first taken
with pneumonia. One of my feet panied
me almost constantly. then the doctors pro-
uounced IL rheumatism.
"Gradually but steadily, the trouble grew
aud spread until my entire body was in
volved and was utterly helpless. Then we
changed doctors No relief came, and we
changed again. We tried nearly all of the
local physicians. and was taken away to
the baths. Nothing did me any apparent
| good, and suffered very much
1T is row six years since l became un-
| able TO walk Afterward / grew worse and
| was absolutely helpless. Braces were used
in the hope of strengthening my limbs so
as to make me able to walk, but they did
no good.
were my people. My friends gave me up
| to die, and the doctors, each one OF whom
| at first declared he could have me walking
| soon, all declared that never could walk
ngain. had no longer any faith in any
doctor or any remedy"
Finally, after persistent effort, her friends
induced her TO take DR.. Williams Pink
Pills, but against her will, for she was dis
| couraged. She says of the results
Il noticed no change after taking the first
box or SO, but they asked me to give the
medicine fair trial, so they kept on pre-
| scribing it,
Il took no other at the time, so that IL
| any good were TO come we would know
what had brought il as,out. Pretty soon a
| change was noticed. My muscles became
more flexible, and / suffered much less. At
the end OF three months i found l 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.
In one wear from the time / 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, could not trust myself to walk on the
street. as ] felt afraid. Soon, however, /
| grew more confident and walked every
where as well as ever. and have been doing
so ever since. took the pills for two years,
Gs | was afraid TO stop until was sure the
|
was wreck, and now my general health Is
| very good.
Miss Osborne was repeatedly questioned
as TO her opinion OF what cured her, and
she has often declared il to have been DR..
| Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, as
she had been growing steadily worse until
she had begun using them, and as she used
no other medicine after taking the pills.
Druggists in Richmond now have large
sale of these pills, and it is a frequent oc-
currence to have customer ask for the
medicine that cured Miss Osborne.
DR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale People
are not patentmedicine in the sense that
name implies. They were first compounded
! as a prescription and used as such in general
practice by an eminent physician So great
was their efficacy that it was deemed wise to
place them within the reach of all They
are now manufactured by the DR.. Williams
Medicine Company, Schenectady, NY. ., and
are sold in boxes (never inloose form by the
dozen or hundred. and the public are eau
toned against numerous limitations sold in
this shape) at 80 cents a box, or six boxes for
| 81 80. and may be had of all druggists or
direct by mail from DR. Williams Med Co.