The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1897-05-01
LONG AT Tue LEVER.
RIGORS OF THE ROAD
Break Down the Nervous System of q
Well-Known Railroad Engineer.
What Built Him Up Again.
From The Gazette, ChiIlicothe, Ohio


Mr. Elbridge Waterman is a wel-known rail-
road engineer of the Baltimore and Ohio
Southwestern Railway, who has been great
sufferer IRON nervous debility of an aggra-
waited kind for the past ten years. The strain
telling on his nerves terribly, and steady
work was impossible. The following is his
story:
For the past ten years. he said "I have
suffered as few men have with nervousness,
heart trouble and rheumatism. l have lived
on the footboard most OF my life, and the con-
slant jolting and nervous strain slowly but
surely undermined my constitution. / was
forced 10 quit work, and there seemed to be
little prospect of my going back to the throttle
again. | tried every remedy that could find,
but none of them did me any good.
suited doctors all over the country, but to no
avail / would be better for time, and then
would come on an attack more severe than
ever, and | would have to quit work. The
money have spent during that time for doc
tors and Medicine, none OF which did me any
perma nent good, would place me now out of
want and in comparative aff1uence If had il.
An idea of how much time and money l lost
may be gained when 1 tell you that during
last summer alone 1 was totally unable to
work four months on a stretch, and was much
of the time confined to the house and to the
bed, sometimes unable to move. 1t makes me
cold all over when look back on what have
gone through.
"But rheumatism was not the only thing
suffered from. My heart troubled me very
much, aud ] was totally unable to sleep for
days and weeks at time. When 1 would drop
off into a doze my heart would beat itself al
most out of my bosom, and would wake me up
as though had been struck by trip hammer.
] had twichings in my arms and legs. and was
altogether in such condition that my wife
and friends began to consider me beyond
reach of medical assistance.
81 was almost OF the same opinion myself,
when happened to see in the paper last June
letter from old soldier in the West who
had been cured OF rheumatism by DR.. VIII
lisms' Pink Pills. The testimonial was writ
ten in such IA way that knew it was not a
faked-up one, and determined to give this
medicine fair trial. ! was unable to work
at the time. and almost in despair. So went
to the drugstore ana bought six boxes of
them, in order to give them thorough test,
and in a few days began 10 feel the improve
ment they were working in my system. In
two weeks / was able to go to work, and
have worked ever since without lay-off,
which is something have not done for years.
"The first improvement noticed was in my
heart, which grew more and more normal in
its action, until at last 1t did not trouble me
at all, and I was able to sleep. as I had not
been able for ten years. The heart trouble
has never returned, and my sleep for the past
two months has been healthy and deep. Last
hight 1 went to bed esrly and slept soundly
until O'Clock this morning. And now, when
wake up, / feel inyigorated and ready for
the days work, just as l used to feel when 1
was q boy
"The nervous twitchings were also cured in
q short time, and have never returned or both
cred me in the least since. THIS has also been
great relief to me. as the twitchings were
very annoying, as we'll as an indication 10
every one OF the terrible condition in which
my state of health was. And the greatest
wonder OF all is that the rheumatism seems to
be cured also, and does not bother me in the
least any more, except when l expose myself
unduly, and even then only fora snort time.
consider myself q well man now. and hope
to continue SO. / am still taking Pink Pills,
Tor want the cure to be n complete and per-
| manent one. / only wish l had known them
years ago, Tor would have saved myself large
sums of money, as well as suffering for which
no money could repay
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