The Birmingham age-herald., 1915-08-11
MRS. CHAS. PEDEN OF HUNTSVILLE
 GAINS q LBS. Was Twice Examined and Each Time Was Told Op- eration Would Be
 Necessary
TERRIBLE SUFFERING
 OVERCOME BY TANLAC
Husband Is Delighted and Her Recovery Is the Talk
 of the Neighborhood

''I have just finished my third bottle of Tanlac and have gained 27 pounds, was the truly remarkable statement made by Mrs. Charles Peden. residing at $50 Mill street, Huntsville. Ala. Mrs. Peden is one of the best known and most highly respected women of that thriving little city, where she has made her home for a number of years.
 When 1 commenced taking the medi- cine" she continued. T only weighed 9S pounds now weigh 125 pounds and never felt better in my life. For years I have suffered with a bad rorm of stomach trouble, constipation and pains in my side and back. At times the pains took the form of torture and 1 was twice exam ined and each time I was told I had ap- pendcitis and that an operation would be my only hope. I had fallen off until l only weighed 9S pounds and was so weak l could hardly get around.
 q had no appetite. at all scarcely, and what little I did eat would cause gas to form in my stomach, which gave me palpitation of the heart, sick headaches and dizzy feeling about the head When these spells came on me l would get aw- fully nervous. I worried about myself until I could rest and sleep but little.
 q had fallen off until I was almost
  energy were slowly leaving me. l had dread of the future and could see nothing but the operating table and the knife. l had perfect horror of an operation but had made up my mind that 1t was eithers>lif or death and prepared to submit to it. l had made all prepara- tion for the operation and called in my sister to tell her good-by, as l did not know whether l would live to see her again or not. My sister begged and plead ed with me not to allow them to cut on me and told me to wait and try good tonic for while. The next day, as l returned from the consultation room I thought of what she said and as had heard so much about Tanlac. decided to try it, as last resort, and stopped at Gilbert's Drug Store and got a bottle. Of course, l had lost heart and had no faith in the medi- cine, but just to please my sister l made pp my mind to take it. and oh. what happy day that was for me!
 'I never returned for the operation, out just kept taking the Tanlac. Right from the start 1 began to feel better. The medicine seemed to take hold right at once. It had a soothing effect, and in a few days l felt no pains at all. was so happy over the wonderful inn provement in my condition that sent for my neighbors to tell them how raueh better l felt. l sent and got an- ether bottle of Tan1ac and have just finished taking my third bottle and feel like I have been made all over again into new woman.
 AS I have said before, now weigh 125 pounds and my improvement has been so rapid that none of my clothes are big enough for me I will have to make them all over again. l now have ravenous appetite and my husband says I am simply eating him out of house and home. I have even gone back to my coffee, which l was told l must not touch. Those terrible pains in my back and head have all disappeared and I sleep like child. am no longer nervous and when l get up mornings l feel refreshed, cheerful and bright. I am now able to attend to my house. hold duties and l now feel as if I had started life all over again. My nus band is highly delighted and my re- covery is the talk of the neighborhood. I do nothing but rejoice all day long now over the recovery of my health and praise Tanlac to everybody. 1 feel ss grateful for my escape from the op- erating table and the knife that you may publish what 1 have said and you may, if you wish. tell other women suffering as I was to come and see me and I will be glad to tell them all about my case"
 ''The above statement should appeal very forcibly to all thin, frail women who are in a weak, nervous, run down condi- tion," said MT. G. F. Willis, the south ern distributor of Tanac. T firmly be- leve" continued Mr. Willis, that Mrs Feden's trouble was caused by nothing more nor less than the slow, self poison ing of the vital organs, which is known to the medical profession as auto-intoxi- cation, the symptoms of which have been described in several previous articles.
 ''The food people eat does them abso- -l. I. you suffer from indigestion or other forms of stomach trouble. the food does you harm instead of good. because food which is not digested stays in the stom- ach and ferments, causing pains. swell ings, gas on stomach, shortness of breath, bad taste in the mouth, dizziness and many other disagreeable symptoms. If this condition is permitted to run on for an indefinite period the entire system becomes saturated with poison and vari- cus complications are apt to result.
 Mrs. Pedens trouble was relieved by Tanlac simply because it toned up her , vital organs and enabled her to digest her food properly. In fact, there is TO portion of the body that is not benefited by the helpful action of Tanlac, which begins it's work by stimulating the diges- tive and assimlative organs, thereby en- riching the blood and invigorating the whole system. Next. it enables the weak worn out stomach to thoroughly digest its food, permitting the assimilation of the nourishing products to be converted into blood. bone and muscle
 Tanlac is sold in Birmingham exclusively by Jacobs Drug Store and Patton-Pope Co.,, under the personal direction of the Tanlac representative. It is also on sale in Ensey by D. w. Morris Drug Co.,, and at. Bessemer by Pegram- Patton Drug Co.-Adv.