Daily camera., 1897-04-27
! i !. Ills,
a V0T7eee reaa' gf@ F2' Ea72G' I
OF A l.lU y.-s- GAR, GAR
Ee has Narrow Escapes From D22tb-The Att2cEs
Came on Wi1th0ut Blo--cnt'S Notice and
the Results were Felt for Several
Days Afterwards.
Days Afterwards.
Erom, The Chronicle, Caieago, u.

Among all the ailments from which hu-
,nanity suffers, epileptc fits are the most dis
tressing, for the reason that The patient
never knows when they may come upon him.
r iicy unfit him mentally and physically for
my duties, however simple they may be.
ley are hard to cure and yield to treat
,ncnt (when successful but slowly. As an
) Illustration of this there is ore case ia the
a:;y of Chicago which has baftled the skill
of syme Of the mott eminent physicians in
inc city for the past five years. The case
II question is that of the eighteen-yea
on of William Francis Hanlon. Mr. Han
L. las been watchman on one Of the lead.
= Lilly newspapers in this city and has
= I'd here for many years, his home being
Al IS Seminary Avenue, Chicago, III,
apealing of his sons case he said that
when he * Is thirteen years old he first COM
'3anced to have epieptic Il IS which increased
n frequency and violence. For lo.g
c0ricd he had them regularly, twice week.
After these attacks he WIS severely i'll for 9
day or two, suffering with headaches and
pains. His appetite became very poor, and
while he had the best medical attendance
that he could procure, the medic.ac5 and
.eatment which were given him, seemed TO
make no impression whatever. This lasted
for nearly four years, and the physician told
hm he could do nothing for these Gttaul-s.
They came regularly without any warA-
ing and many times his son was brought
home by strangers who happened TO see him
fall down III the street in one Of these cpl
leptic fits. His condition became such that
he was obliged to give up all work and he
remained at home.
he. l., nf tho
papegs the cures Dr.. Williams Pink Pills
were etfectiEg and as his physician had tOll
him he could do nothing more, he deter
mined to give his son a trial with them.
After taking them a few weeks the attacks
became less frequent, his appetite became
better, his general condition improved and
after two months the attacks were reduced
to one in one month, and now he has only
had two attacks in six months He said he
belieyed that they had accomplished n Won
derful change in his sons condition. and
could not speak too highly of their curative
powers. His son came 10 the Office of the
writer a few days later and gave the follow
ing detailed statement Of his case.
at is just as my father told you. When
/ was thirteen years old I commenced to
have these epileptic fits and they came reg
ularly Friday and Saturday for several
years, and then they also made their appear
ance after that one day in the forepart of the
week. They were very violent, Of course !
would not know anything about it. 1t is
only what my father or mother would tell
me about them, or when they happened to
overtake me on the street, what strangers
would tell me. One thing, however, knew
afterwards and that was the soreness of my
tongue, which l would bite severely when
IN convulsions. After / got out of them
was always deathly sick for one or two days.
TFhey depressed me very much, because il
lost me more than one job, and I could moi
blame them for letting me 90, (for created
both disturbance and fear around me when
I was thrown into these convulsions).
used to work in one of the large cigar facto.
ries, where many boys and girls were at
work. I did my work well, and they were
pleased with it, but one day | was taken
with one of these attacks and of course | lost
my place.