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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    TUFTONBOROUGH. 1852. From a personal knowledge of Dr. Spear's treatment of diseases, and the good effects of his medicines upon myself and family, as a well-wisher to suffering humanity, I feel it my duty to recommend them to all who are afflicted with any disease. My wife had been afflicted with Liver Com- plaint and Canker for ten years. In 1848 I obtained some medicine of Dr. E. D. Spear, recommended for these com- plaints, for her. She soon grew better, and now is free from those difficulties. My oldest son had been suffering from scrofula from his birth, with a very bad itching, burning, and roughness of the skin. Seeing the good effects of Dr. Spear's medicines in my wife's case, I obtained three bottles of the Scrofula Syrup, which effected a perfect cure. The above are facts just as they took place. Andrew Swett. I am kindly permitted to publish the following letter, which explains itself: — Boston, June 25, 1872. My dear Mrs. B. Your letter was received the 15th inst. I regret to hear that your health is failing you. You men- tion in your letter, that letters from your friends here, state that my health is completely restored, and express some sur- prise at this, and ask me by what means I was enabled to overcome such a condition of illness as I was in when last you saw me. You remember that I had been failing for some years, until alarming symptoms set in. Loss of flesh, fever, night sweats, cough and expectoration, accompanied with raising blood two or three times a week, so that my friends said my hands were like bird's claws. For weeks I did not leave the house. I had tried several physicians, among whom were some of my personal friends. Their medi- cines did not benefit me, but I have no doubt they did all they could for me. My case did indeed seem hopeless. My friends would visit me, and, as I have since learned, would go away thinking they might never again see me