Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-10-03

stick pins into them and scarcely nc
tice it. If l shut my eyes l would fal
| down. Well not getting much bene
| tit from the doctor, went and consult
ed specialist on nervous diseases and
he pronounced my case locomotof
| ataxia. He began treating me for that
disease but while under his care l con.
tracted blood-poisoning and was con,
fined to my bed for some time. When
was able to get up had lost the use
Of my limbs.
"Then l was discouraged and
thought there was no help for me.
! But my wife saw an advertisement in
the Evening Wisconsin. In it was a
statement signed by Mr.. Joel Sho-
maker, of North Yakima, Wash, tell
ing how he had been cured of locomo-
tor ataxia by DR.. Williams Pink Pills
for Pale People. 1 was at that time
unable to write, as l could not hold
pen in my fingers, so my wife clip
ped out the advertisement and sent it
to Mr.. Shoemaker to see if it was true
and all right. He wrote back that
this medicine had cured him and ad.
vised me to try it.
II didn't think it would be much use
but l got some of Dr. Williams Pink
Pills right away and began taking
them. You can see yourself what they
have done. l expect to take up my
position again with the railroad in a
short time.
Certainly, you can publish what I
! have told you,' he added, land YOU
can say that if anyone wishes to refer
to me 1 will take pleasure in assuring
them of the facts"
| Locomotor ataXia is disease of the
spinal cord, characterized by peculiar
disturbances of gait and difficulty in
governing the motion of the legs. One
OF the commonest and early signs is
tired feeling, particularly noted in the
knees and ankles. This sensation is
provoked by slight exertion, and is not
remedied by rest. Often numb feel
ing is associated with it, and these
two symptoms are always present in
the early stages. Later DEVELOPMENTS
are the increase in duration and ex-
tent of the numb feelings, covering at
times the foot alone, then extending
up the leg. AS the disease is of slow
growth, some cases covering period
of ten years, the increase and inten-
sity of the symptoms is, not noticed,
but its progress is constant and grad
ually approaches a total lack of feel
ing in the legs, causing webbing in
the gait and the entire inability to
govern the steps, AS it grows the pa-
| tient loses all control over the bowels
and water. A further symptom is the
| sensation of a pressure at the waist.
as the upper part of the spinal cord
| becomes affected.
Locomotor ataXia is stubborn in
| yielding to treatment and was for
many years considered incurable. It
has been fully demonstrated however,
that this disease can be cured by the
use of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People.
The length of treatment required
depends upon the stage at which it is
commenced. 1t is dangerous to delay
taking the pills after the presence of
the disease is recognized, although
this remedy has proved efficacious in
many cases of long standing.
The fact that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills cured this stubborn case as they
have cured others equally severe,
leaves no room for doubt but that they
will cure lesser troubles arising from
disordered nerves. 1t is a we'll estab-
lished fact that they are an unfailing
specific not only for locomotor ataxia,
but for partial paralysis, st. Vitus'
dance. neuralgia, nervous headache
and also for all diseases arising from
impure or impoverished blood, such
as rheumatism, anaemia, after-effects
of the grip, palpitation of the heart,
pale and sallow compilations and all
forms of weakness either in male or
female. At all druggists, or direct
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y, fifty cents per
box; six boxes for two dollars and fifty
i cents.