could alleviate my sufferings--though he did not expect to cure me.
He commenced to treat me, and in about one month I began to improve,
though very slowly. This was in February, 1891, and before the end of
the year I was able to walk down stairs again. It was in March, 1892,
that I began taking Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, and on
sending to you for a bottle in reply to your inquiry, I began your
special treatment, with the happy result that I gradually improved in
health and strength; and on the 26th of October, 1892, I was able to
call on you in London, and you advised me to continue your treatment,
and use a battery as well, which I did until April, 1893, when I could
walk about quite nicely, and I now enjoy better health than for the past
eight years. I am thankful too, that my eldest daughter has derived the
greatest benefit from Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. She took it
for painful menstruation, and is now well and healthy. I am
Yours very truly,
C.F. GOODWIN CASTLEMAN,
Bursledon, Southampton, England.
PARALYSIS, NERVOUS PROSTRATION, ETC.
From the records of the WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, Buffalo,
N.Y.:
[Illustration: F.M. Brasher, Esq.]
This gentlemen had a severe attack of grip in January, 1890. His health
gradually declined until June, at which time he was taken very much
worse. Had nervous shocks three or four times a day. Slight paralysis of
lower limbs. Respiration and pulse slow and irregular. Bowels
constipated and tongue coated. Indigestion. Ringing in the ears. Legs
wasting. Dimness of vision. Lost flesh rapidly and reduced to "skin I
and bones." Chills and sweats; dizzy. Had great distress in bowels. Pain
about the heart. Had been confined to his bed 46 days, at the time the
case was submitted to us. We sent only one month's course of special
medicines. He writes us afterwards:
"I am at regular farm work, after my doctor here having told me that I
must die and that Dr. Pierce was a gigantic humbug."
Yours truly,
F.M. BRASHER,
Homer, Logan Co., Ky.
EPILEPTIC "FITS."
WORLD'S DISPENSARY MEDICAL ASSOCIATION, No. 663 Main St., Buffalo, N.Y.:
[Illustration: Miss Swinehart.]
_Gentlemen_--My daughter, Sadie, is eighteen years old; has been
afflicted with that dreaded disease, Epilepsy, for fourteen years. She
received treatment from seven different doctors without any material
benefit. She has only had one spasm after commencing
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