The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1897-04-29

Perhaps In no case as yet recorded has the
efficiency of a popular remedy been found
so clearly as in that of Mrs. Nora L. 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 ac-
cident and the sutferings resulting from it,
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, tpast
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
were fearfully burned. This however, was
not my most serious injury, as | had inhaled
some of the flames, and | found the inside of
my mouth blistered. My hand and arm to
the elbow were burned to the bone, and my
physician believed amputation 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 OF
arm and hand, my stomach commenced to
| give me trouble. l did not then realize what
It meant. After each meal | was seized
with a %cramping sensation, and then in q
few days there were frightful pains, which
threw me into clammy perspiration. For
eight months l 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.
az 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 eXami-
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 which
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 was
in Chicago.
81 was taken before n class If one of tn,
most noted and celebrated medical college
here for examination. This examination
proved what my physician in Grand Rapids
told me viz, that there were gastric ulcers o
the stomach. The opinion Of the college
physicians was that my chances Of q c"r
we're not one in ono Thousand. This was II
Nav 1894: in June ! was taken down witt
gastric fever, caused by fresh ulcers iorming
and | lay in bed nine weeks. Frow June
September in that year | also suffered a!
ditionally from thirty assesses forming I"
mv arms and shoulders. produced hy he con
dition of the stomach and blood circT'ot!rn
After this | got a LITTLE better. anG IT,, in
provemcnt lasted duriDr .i"' en- ana win:o
till January 1895, wheT. ! Nnd a""'h"r y"
Of gastric fever. I took a greet ina"N dru"
and opiates under the physician. ojc~,-i"ll