The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884.

The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884 eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 167 pages of information about The Prairie Farmer, Vol. 56, No. 2, January 12, 1884.
were constipated, and my prospects for recovery were not very flattering.  I stated my case to another physician, and he advised me to take five to ten drops of Magende’s solution of morphine, two or three times a day, for the weakness and distress in my stomach, and a blue pill every other night to relieve the constipation.  The morphine produced such a deathly nausea that I could not take it, and the blue pill failed to relieve my constipation.
In this condition I passed nearly a year, wholly unfit for business, while the effort to think was irksome and painful.  My blood became impoverished, and I suffered from incapacity with an appalling sense of misery and general apprehension of coming evil.  I passed sleepless nights and was troubled with irregular action of the heart, a constantly feverish condition, and the most excruciating tortures in my stomach, living for days on rice water and gruel, and, indeed, the digestive functions seemed to be entirely destroyed.
It was natural that while in this condition I should become hypochondrical, and fearful suggestions of self-destruction occasionally presented themselves.  I experienced an insatiable desire for sleep, but on retiring would lie awake for a long time, tormented with troubled reflections, and when at last I did fall into an uneasy slumber of short duration, it was disturbed by horrid dreams.  In this condition I determined to take a trip to Europe, but in spite of all the attentions of physicians and change of scene and climate, I did not improve, and so returned home with no earthly hope of ever again being able to leave the house.
Among the numerous friends that called on me was one who had been afflicted somewhat similarly to myself, but who had been restored to perfect health.  Upon his earned recommendation I began the same treatment he had employed but with little hope of being benefited.  At first, I experienced little, if any, relief, except that it did not distress my stomach as other remedies or even food had done.  I continued its use, however, and after the third bottle could see a marked change for the better, and now after the fifteenth bottle I am happy to state that I am again able to attend to my professional duties.  I sleep well, nothing distresses me that I eat, I go from day to day without a feeling of weariness or pain, indeed I am a well man, and wholly through the influence of H.H.  Warner & Co’s Tippecanoe.  I consider this remedy as taking the highest possible rank in the treatment of all diseases marked by debility, loss of appetite, and all other symptoms of stomach and digestive disorders.  It is overwhelmingly superior to the tonics, bitters, and dyspepsia cures of the day, and is certain to be so acknowledged by the public universally.  Thousands of people to-day are going to premature graves with these serious diseases, that I have above described, and to all such I would say:  “Do not let
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