Medical hand-book : containing a statement of the principal diseases, with testimonials of remarkable cures / by E.D. Spear.

  • Spear, Edmund Doe.
Date:
1872
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Credit: Medical hand-book : containing a statement of the principal diseases, with testimonials of remarkable cures / by E.D. Spear. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the Francis A. Countway Library of Medicine, Harvard Medical School.

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    Ilcr condition was very critical; she recovered, hot under the skilful treatment Of DR. Si'kak, and I think that no other physician could have (Ioiil- what Dk. Sl'KAR did. Would in no case employ any one else. A Cough of Three Years Cured in Three Weeks. Boston, November n, [869. Dr. E. D. Spear. Dear Sir: John C. Gordon, near relation of mine, some four years ago lost his health in California by hardship and exposure to wet and cold. This complaint was in his lungs, followed by a distressing cough, shortness of breath, wheez- ing, and a great discharge of putrid phlegm, in some in- stances accompanied with small pieces of membrane, to all appearances the coating of the lungs. For three years lie consulted many physicians, and used much of their medi- cines, but all to no purpose. About the 10th of June la^t he visited me in Boston, and diligently sought medical aid till sometime in August, all the while continuing to grow worse. In fact, I and many others looked upon his case as hopeless when he applied to you. But to our pleasing as- tonishment in a very short time (three weeks) he got com- plete relief. About the 15th of September he bade us adieu, and started for California, thankfully Baying that Dr. SPKAR had made him a -veil man. I now cheerfully recommend any person suffering of lung complaint to apply to you without hesitation. Yours, very sincerely. Robert Gordon, 76 Carver Street. Statement of Charles O. Doe. Boston, April 9, 1S69. Read the following. Mr. Doe's photographs can be seen at Dr. Spears office. For the benefit of the sick, I wish to make a statement of my case. I had been gradually failing in my health lor