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THE LADIES'' FLORAL CABINET. 
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INFLAMMATORY RHEUMATISM. 
AN ASTONISHING CUKE. 
The following: case gives another remarkable proof 
of the really wonder-working potency of Compound 
Oxygen. The patient herself could hardly have been 
more surprised than we were at the result which 
attended its use; for when we examined her case 
and understood clearly her condition we did not 
believe that we could do anything for her. and 
frankly told her so. 
Philadelphia June. 10th, ISSi. 
“Drs. Starkey & Pa lex: Dear Sirs:—In April. 
1881 x I came to your office on Girard Street to consult 
you in reference to the effect of your Treatment on 
Inflammatory Rheumatism. 
“ Eighteen years ago I discovered rheumatism in 
the ends of my fingers: from that it gradually spread 
all over my body, settling in my feet in 1S70; and 
from that time to January, 1880, I grew worse and 
worse, suffering nearly all the time intense shooting 
pains . prostrating me often for days . when the 
trouble settled in my left arm. There were three 
spots on the arm so painfully sensitive that if any 
one touched them I would scream with pain. My arm 
lost aU vitality, becoming as cold as if encased in ice 
and hanging at my side a heavyweight. The muscles 
fell aicay to the bone, and my shoulder wasted away 
till it became necessary to pad my dresses to wear 
them. Indeed, it was so alarming that I feared j 
paralysis. In addition to this trouble my stomach 
was in a terrible condition, having refused all kinds 
of food for months, and I was starving on a low diet 
under the advice of one of Philadelphia's first physi-1 
eians. I also had a lung trouble of many years’ 
standing, coughing daily and raising a good deal of 
mucus. With these three diseases, I was unable to 
sleep, and during the two months previous to coming 
to your office I had not slept one night. 
4 * After a careful examination of my case, your Dr. 
Starkey said to me, ‘ I don't think I can do anything 
Oh,MyBack! 
That's a common expres¬ 
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fering is summed up in it. 
The singular thing about 
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is occasioned by so many 
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“ The first night after inhaling the Compound 
Oxi/g**n I had the first night's rest in months. This 
rreafTv relieved nnd erenuraered After using: 
the Treatment a month I was enabled to notice a 
slight chance in my poor arm. but could not move 
aw part of it. Burinc the second month I could 
notice a decided improvement in my stomach and a 
tittle motion of the finaers. I then* had the misfor¬ 
tune to fall down a flicht of stairs, which threw me 
away hack and injured my arm seriously. I re- 
jmmed the Treatment as soon as I was able to come to 
the office, and by August. notwithstanding the fall, 
I found, by the use of tbe other arm. 7 could move 
the lame one about an inch from the body and could 
raise the shoulder slightly. In November I could lift 
mv arm a Tittle, and the snots were not so painful. 
All this timo my stomach was improving and mv 
June trouble less troublesome. By Christmas I could 
eat almost everythinc placed before me: I had little 
or no nausea, nnd seldom vomited. Mv arm began 
to fill out and the rheumatism, instead of being a 
permanent pain. was now scattering-, end only 
visited me occasionally, and T realized that I was 
much less a barometer. I felt tike a new being. In 
JFebrvartf. 1PP2.1 was using my arm at tight work, 
mnd was able to romb mv hair, a thina I had not 
done in a long time, could button my dresses to the 
top. and found i t necessary to take the padding from 
mv dresses. 
“In April, one year from the time I heg-an, my 
hnt?s had Improved wonderfully. my stomach was 
well, and mv rheumatism back into my fingers , where 
U started in 18C4, eighteen years ago ! ” 
I remain, very respectfully. 
Z Mbs. M>ro apetta F. Pair. 
Filbert St., Philadelphia. 
P. 8.— Anpvst 1st, J 882 . Fince the foregoing was 
written, the lest resides, of rheumatism which re- 
vafned in mv fingers have departed, and I consider 
myself cured- “31. E. B.” 
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Logansport, Ind. Dec. x, 1SS0. 
For a long time I have been a 
sufferer from stomach and kidney 
disease. My appetite was very poor 
and the very small amount I did eat 
disagreed with me. 1 was annoyed 
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urine. I tried many remedies with 
no success, until I used Brown's 
Iron Bitters. Since I used that my 
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My appetite is simply immense. My 
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Brown’s Iron Bitters for one month, 
I have gained twenty pounds in 
weight. O. B. SakgenT. 
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