Goldsboro weekly argus. [volume] (Goldsboro, N.C.) 1885-1909, 1907-05-09

If you were suffering from a severe
and apparently hopeless case of hic-
coughs-and remember that hiccoughs
ave caused many deaths-would you
discharge your physician Inc give
yourself confidently into the car of a
physical culturist?
This is what Harry Wakefield, of
Richmond, Va, did He suffered from
these mysterious commissions fer five
weeks, and was treated withoEt suce
cess by the most eminent physicians
of Virginia's capital.
From a strong, healthy man he de-
generated into a shadow of his former
self. The attending physicians gave
him up, and it was only as a last
resort hat physical culture exercises
were resorted to. Within a short time
after taking this treatment he was
cured.
Wakefield was a bridegroom of only
two months when he was attacked by
hiccoughs. He had much to live for.
The attack came upon him while he
was working in the United States
naval department at Norfolk. 1t be-
came SO severe that during the day
he was forced to work and re-
turn home. i -
After several hours of suffering, ply
sicians were called in, but they were
unable to give the young man any re-
lief. The hiccoughs increased in in
tensity and volume each day for sew
/ eral days, at the end of which time
Wakefield resigned his position and re-
turned to Richmond, where he had
formerly lived.
He placed himself under the care of
the very best physicians in the city,
but they were unable to relieve him,
even temporarily. The young man was
slowly starving to death.
The disease became worse and
worse, until at the end of ale fifth
week of suffering, he was but a
shadow of his former robust self.
This physician finally acquainted his
| young wife with the fact that his life
was but a matter of a few days, and
that medical science could do nothing
for him. Wakefield was also acquaint
ed with the fact that he must die. AS
a last resort the physicians consented
to call Melville Daniels, a physical cul
ture expert, into consultation.
Daniels, when approached on the
subject, had no h%esitancy in detailing
that he has cured many similar case:
| and that his method has neve failed
The most severe case with which h
has ever had to deal occurred in Cali
fornia several years ago, at which tim,
he effected a cure of a young woman
who was afflicted with hiccoughs 0
three months standing.
AS to his method of affecting a u
in this particular case, Daniels said:
"In making a cur of any disease i
is first necessary to learn the cause
SO thai it may be'tremoved. The frs
and real cause of hiccoughs is a fault.
chest. II other words, the muscles o
the chest are neglected, allowing it t.
fall below it's normal position, cTamI
ing not only every organ, but ever.
part of the body, retarding the circE
latiOn and preventing the performance
Of the functions.
"Gas is one of the necessities 81
physiology, and, therefore, nature IA
provided for its manufacture. Nature
gas mains must be kept free from cor
traction, SO as to allow of the escap
of the accumulation.
Cause of the Trouble.
"In this particular trouble-hie
coughs-the nerves, which control tn
entire anatomy, affect the lower smal
intestines, contracting it and causin
the gas to accumulate. The pressur