The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1902-03-07
THE WORK OF A
LIGHTNING STROKE
A Milwaukee Railroad Man Knocked
Down While at a Telephone
During a Storm.
Dreadful Nervous Disease the ResuVcm Lost the Use OF
His Limbs-His Marvellous Cure and How 1t Came About.

wife saw an advertisement in the Even.
ing Wisconsin. In it was a statement
signed by Mr.. Joel Shoemaker, OF North
Yakima. Wash. telling how he had been
cured of locomotor ataxia by DR.. Will.
Jams Pink Pills for Pale People. was
at that time unable to write, as / could
not hold a pen in my fingers, so my wife
clipped 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 advised me
to try it.
"I didn't think it would be much use
but I got some of DR.. Williams Pink
Pills right away and began taking them.
You can see yourself what they have
done. I expect to take up my position
again with the railroad in a short time.
"Certainly, you can publish what /
have told you," he added, "and you can
saw that if anyone wishes to refer to me
I will take pleasure in assuring them OF
the facts"
What Locomotor Ataxia IL.
Locomotor ataxia is disease OF the
spinal cord, characterized by peculiar
disturbances of gait and difficulty in
governing the motions of the legs. One
of the commonest and early signs is q
tired feeling, particularly noted in the
knees and ankles. This sensation is pro-
yoked by slight exertion, and is not
remedied by rest. Often numb feeling
is associated with it, and these two
symptoms are always present in the
early stages. Later developments are
the increase in duration and extent 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 intensity Of the symp-
toms is not noticed, but its progress Ia
constant and gradually approaches q
total lack Of feeling in the legs, causing
q webbing In the gait and the entire
inability to govern the steps. As 1t
grows the patient loses all control over
| the bowels and water. A further symp-
tom is the sensation Of pressure at the
waist, as the upper part Of the spinal
cord becomes affected.
The Treatment
Locomotor ataxia is stubborn in yield.
ing 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.
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The length of treatment required de
ponds upon the stage at which it is com
menced. It is dangerous to delay taking
the pills after the presence of the disease
is recognized, although this remedy ha.
proved eficacious in many cases Of Ions
standing.
The fact that DR.. Williams Pink PILL
cured this stubborn case, as they have
cured others equally severe, leaves M
room for doubt but that they will cur,
lesser troubles arising from disorderet
nerves. 1t is well established fac
that they are an unfailing specific no
only for locomotor ataxia, but for partia
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, neuralgia
nervous headache and also for all dis
eases arising from impure or impoverish
ed blood, such as rheumatism, an@mia
after-effects Of the grip, palpitation o
the heart, pale and sallow complexion
and all forms Of weakness either in mall
or female. At all druggists, or direc
from DR.. Williams Medicine Company
Schenectady, N. Y, fifty cents per box
six boxes for two dollars and fifty oonts