A Remarkable Case of Being Completely Cured of Paralysis After Nearly
Three Years of Suffering and Eminent Physicians Had Declared Their Best
Efforts Baffled.
Newspaper men as a rule place little credence in patent medicine stories
and seldom bother to even read them. This is not to be wondered at
when it is taken into consideration how often they are called upon by
unscrupulous persons to fabricate and publish stories of remarkable cures
and perhaps print a picture of the mythical man or woman supposed to
have been cured. That all medicine advertisements are not mere “fakes,”
and that all newspaper men are not equally prejudiced is proven by a
story published in the _Cincinnati Times-Star_ of a well-known newspaper
man whose life was saved by reading an advertisement. So remarkable and
interesting is the story that it is here reproduced as published in the
_Times-Star_.
Mr. Charles B. Noble, the well-known litterateur, who has been suffering
for nearly three years with paralysis, was upon the street to-day,
cheerful and active and the recipient of congratulations from his many
friends. There is a bond of unity between all newspaper men, so that Mr.
Noble’s case appeals to every member of the craft as well as to every
one afflicted as he was. Mr. Noble has spent the last three years in
traveling from city to city seeking skilled physicians, to whom he has
appealed in vain for relief. Knowing this, a reporter expressed surprise
at the remarkable cure, but Mr. Noble, after executing a jig to show that
he was as sound as he looked, let the reporter into the secret of his
cure.
“It was a hard time I had of it,” said he, “but the last medicine we take
is always the one that cures, and I have taken the last. I was paralyzed
on March 9, 1890, while in the employ of the David Williams Publishing
Company of New York City as their traveling representative from
Cincinnati. I found the traveling a great help to me, both in a financial
and a literary way, but suddenly stricken down as I was at Somerset, O.,
150 miles from Cincinnati, I was incapacitated for both writing and money
making. Luckily my literary productions had been remunerative, and I had
a snug bank account laid up, but these three years have made a drain on
it.
“I sought a score of physicians, going to the best specialists in
Cincinnati, Chattanooga and Pittsburg. Twelve Cincinnati doctors,
pronounced my case incurable, but I would not give up, and after seeking
in vain for relief in Pittsburg and Chattanooga, consulted the best
medical talent in Chicago. Up to January 17, 1893, I had spent $2,500
for doctors and medicine and was about to give up in despair when I got
hold of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People, through reading the
advertisements.
“From the first week of using the remedy I made a steady improvement, and
on April 12, I put up my cane after using it thirty months. I certainly
believe this medicine is all the proprietors claim for it, and that it
will do all they say it will. I take pleasure in recommending it to all
similarly afflicted. Like many who have tried medicine in vain I was
doubtful of its value at first, and only used it when I grew desperate.
Now I can not praise it too highly. It has restored me to health and
strength and I feel grateful accordingly. Dr. Whittaker pronounced it a
hopeless case of locomotor ataxia.
“Yes, I know there are many who will fancy anything you say about my
case is an advertisement, but if they want any corroboration, let them
address me at the Y. M. C. A. building, and I will cheerfully answer all
inquiries if stamps are enclosed.”
Pink Pills, while advertised and handled by the drug trade as a
proprietary article, are not considered a patent medicine in the sense
that name implies. For many years previous to their general manufacture
they were used as a prescription. At first their great restorative powers
were not fully recognized and they were chiefly prescribed for impure
blood and general weakness. Their remarkable success in such cases, and
the fact that there was nothing in the formula that could do any harm,
even if they did not do any good, led to their being tried in cases where
the skill of the physician and the power of medicine had entirely faded.
Their power of restoration seemed to border on the marvelous. They proved
to be a never-failing specific for such diseases as locomotor ataxia,
partial paralysis, St. Vitus’ dance, sciatica, neuralgia, rheumatism,
nervous headache, the after effect of La Grippe, palpitation of the
heart, pale and sallow complexions, and all diseases of the blood such as
scrofula, chronic erysipelas, etc.
They are also a specific for troubles peculiar to females, such as
suppressions, irregularities, and all forms of weakness. They build up
the blood and restore the glow of health to pale and sallow cheeks. In
case of men they effect a radical cure in all cases arising from mental
worry, overwork or excesses of whatever nature.
Pink Pills are sold in boxes (never in loose form, by the dozen or
hundred, and the public is cautioned against numerous imitations sold
in this shape) at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, and may be had
of all druggists or direct by mail from Dr. Williams’ Medicine Company,
Schenectady, N. Y., or Brockville, Ont. The price at which these Pills
are sold makes a course of treatment inexpensive as compared with other
remedies or medical treatment.