Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-09-18
LIKE A MIRACLE
THE WONDERFUL RECOVERY OF
A MINNESOTA MAN.
His Lower Limbs Had Become Useless
and He Dragged Himself Around
Like a Snake.

While the story of the wonderful re-
covery of John Hunter in the little
town of Chico, Calf, from paralysis
and lccomotor ataXia is still fresh in
the mind of everyone, an account of
another equally remarkable and some
what similar case comes from Mime
sofa. ~
Near Mortified, Mimi, lives P. A.
O'Brien, known to everybody round
about the town. { In the fail of 1900 he
was obliged to give up work. because
of disease which one of the physi-
clans who attended him called locomo-
tor ataxia and another paralysis He
suffered for more than three years and
for part of the time, lay i'll a harness
by the dictor's direction. He grew
worse and the physicians pronounced
him incurable. But at last, like mira
Gle, came his cure. Let aim tell the
story:
1T had been coming on slowly for
eight years." he says. "a cold numb
ness commenced in my feet and work
ed upwards. 1t grew worse. and, in
| November, 1900, | had TO quit work.
| The disease bent me over, and, when
II attempted to straighten up, it felt
las if someone was cutting me in the
pit of the stomach with knife ! al.
ways felt tired and could not rest at
night,my feet felt as if there were need
4 les sticking in them and my legs got
so numb that L could stick pins in
them and never feel it. They would
shake so sometimes that | could not
hold them still with both hands
Then l got so that l could not walk
and | had to pull myself around like a
snake. When | got excited my heart
would palpitate and / would choke up.
My kidneys also became affected and
caused me much pain
Didn't the doctors help you?" was
asked.
mo One of them had me on my bed
in harness for several months, but
that did me no good. They tried vari.
Gus things and, and at last, said l
could not be cured.
| Yes, | fooled them. My sister saw
in the paper how Mr. Peak, of Milwau-
keee, Wis, had been cured of locomo,
tor ataxia and upon her advice began
taking Dr. Williams Pink Pills Cor
Pale People. The first box stopped
my pain SO | could sleep good. 1t was
a week before | could move my feet
the least bit, but from that on | gained
pretty fast. ! will never stop praising
DR.. Williams Pink Pills. for they have
made new man of me-"
/ The cure of Mr.. O'Brien is only adj
ditional proof that DR.. Williams Pink
Pills are not an ordinary medicine.
1 They are wonderful in their potency
| in nervous troubles, small or great
and as they are on sale in every drug
store throughout the country, they
are within reach of all Because they
cured such severe nervous disorder
as that of Mr.. O'Brien, proves the pow,
er of the remedy in lesser troubles,
such as sciatica, neuralgia, rsrvous
headache, ST Vitus' dance and ner.
vous debility
Dr.. Williams Pink Pills have a dou.
4 Bile action-on the blood and on the
nerves. 1t is not claimed that these
pills are cure-all, but the very ma,
ture of the remedy makes it effica,
cious in wider range of diseases than
any other It is a scientific prepare
ton designed to cure disease through
a direct action on the blood and
nerves. Impoverished blood and badly
fed nerves are the cause of nearly eve
ry ailment that effects mankind. If the
ailment that effects mankind. If the
blood is kept pure, rich and red anG
the nerves strong and active, disease
cannot obtain a fn0th0ld