Brownsville herald. [volume] (Brownsville, Tex.) 1910-current, 1917-06-18
TEXAS WOMAN
GAINS q POUNDS
RECOVERY OF MRS. PIERCE IS GREAT
SURPRISE TO ALL OF HER
FRIENDS.

II have actually gained twcnty-one and
half pounds and my recovery has been 4
great surprise to many who knew about
my dreadful condition." said Mrs. Ruby
Pierce. 1918 Avenue q, Galveston, Tex. in
one of the most remarkable statements vet
published in connection with Taalac.
"For about a year." continued Mrs.
Pierce, Il suffered from catarrh of the
stomach and nervous Indigestion. Moth
ing ! ate gave me any nourishmcnt and !
continually lost weight and strength.
couldn't sleep much. my stomach was
weak, and ] got mp in the morning nauscat-
cd and would vomit up great quantities OF
.phlogm. Before my trouble started !
weighed one hundred and ten pounds. hat /
kept falling off until | weighed only eighty
two, and was scarcely more than \ frame
of skin and bones. ! cot so bad of the only
nourishment | could take wa, one raw cry
and a little Orange Juice and was almost 4
complete nervous and physical wreck.
II became "a emaciatod and weak that J
had to give up and take 10 my bed. |
couldn't wait on myself and had To be
dressed and have my hair coInbcd like Il
baby. ! was examined several times and
was told each time that nothing could be
done that would help me-. Nv parent. and
friends were alarmed. and ! cried and
screamed for mother. because | thoucht !
was dying. M one can imagine my awful
feelings ~ | lay there in bed helpless,
knowing my ease had been pronounced
hopeless and that my HE seemed T. be
handing Ike q thread.
ut seemed like everybody had given mc
an except mother-mnthcr- never lose han-
~ long A. there's Ife-and she got - talk
inE 10 mo about Tunlac and begged M tn
try H.. | refused fer ii week but mother
was 20 insistcnt that | finally told her tn
send for q bottle and would take i'll. I
didn't believe it would help me. tut moth
irfg else had even done inc any good. and |
took il just 10 please mother. | had been
IN bed nine weeks when ! began takine Tan
lac and IL must have been \ God~cnd tn
me-. IL acted almost like u miracle and i'm
one weeks time was out ~ bed. got
| could eat and relish my meals. my
NtItl-ih cdilt hdfh TtNlHlN aAN ] soon "nl
able to dress myself. sweep up my room
and 20 down town. am now ON my fifth
bottle of Tanlac and ! weigh one hundred
and three pounds and n half-nc1rlv a4
much n | did before | got sick-and In
Gaining III health ard weight every dav. !
don't have any more of those awful rcr
you- attack | sleep good every night and
am NY hiaary W. \ hear MT the time. |
cam cant most anything want and can
hardly eat enough - satisfy my appetite.
! doubt I'LL would have lived much longer
1 mother hadn't persuaded me to take
Tanlac and my recovery ~ the talk W. thr
-a hhn~ho7l. don't hesitate M tell any
body what J, has done for me and # my
stat mon; likely Nv help othcr- find rr-
li,f lin glad To- give It'll
TJrlac ~ sold III Brownsville ~ The
Eagle Pharmacy. IN Ravmondvillc hy Ben
n. Duff cid. in san Bcnito hv Svnond'-
Pharmacy. III Rio Ilondo Nv Rio lloudp
Drug store. in Harrington hy Harrington
Pharmacy, and IN Lyforl ~ l.yfori DRUG
Store.
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