The Lexington dispatch. [volume] (Lexington, South Carolina) 1870-1917, 1897-02-10
Wounded in the War.

Wounded in the War.
Shot in the Abdomen at Cumber-
land Gap.
Blind, Rheumatic and Dropsical. A
Union Colonel is Given Over to
Die. How the Old Soldier Gave
Azrael the Slip.
From the News, Blrboursville, Ky.
In the year 1868, while in COM
nand of Union regiment at Cum
berland Gap, Colonel Messer, now OF
Flat Licks, Kentucky, received
severe gunshot wound in his abdo-
men. In few months he was again
in the saddle, but soon was obliged
to undergo further medical treat
ment, and his condition became so
serious thatin the winter of 1868 he
returned to lis home, and never was
again fit for active service. During
the years that have since passed, Col
onel Messer has been a confirmed
invalid from the effect of his wound
and has been under the constant
care OF the local physicians, not I'M
proving, but growing worse as the
years rolled on. His condition even
tually became deplorable. Almost
blind, legs swollen, so that he was
unable to walk, the doctors who
could do nothing to arrest the pro-
gress of the disease, diagnosed it as
dropsy, and said recovery was impos-
sible.
The old soldier did not half believe
his physicians, but said that since
they could do nothing for him, ne
would, upon an old friends strong
recommendation, try DR.. Williams
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box was taken by Col. Messer accord
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that was gone, he felt so much easier
and more comfortable, that several
other boxes were procured, and he
continued to take them faithfully.
Soon the swelling in his legs, disap,
peared, and with it the fierce rheu-
matte pains with which he had long
suffered. Strangest of all, his eye
sight, which for so many years had
been useless, was restored.
In all, Colonel Messer took DR..
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then, was thoroughly cured. He now
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BarbourYille, Ky, Aug. Is, 1896.
DR.. Williams Med. Co.,
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