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Young Woman Found in Awful Condition with Scabies—Body a Mass of Sores from Scratching—Tried Many Remedies for Seven Weeks —Result Was Discouraging, But ITCHING TORTURES YIELDED TO CUTICURA the efficacy of a few medicines and after a -while I found that a little knowledge of ( utir-'iia was about all I needed. One of the very bad cases I had to deal with was that of a young woman who had come to us not only broken in i spirit but in a most awful condition 1 physically. Our doctor examined her and told us that fhe had scabies (the itch), incipient paresis, rheumatism. etc., brought on fr-.m exposure om! the effect* -f h-r iagg.-d-edgcd life. U, t poor body was a niu,s of ",rw from scratching and the «as not able (o retain solid f-«.d. We tried many things, a Rood tonic was prescribed and baths. with ainibbing.'f lard and sulphur. We worked hard P.r seven we»ki and you can imagine \\.,..- di-----. •■'.■ aped w iv ti; when, after all that tini". v.o could se.j ?0 little improvement. One dav I hiijpened to see a t'titicura idverti.-..-ni"i;t telling h'iw a little bain- ha<i Ijeen cured of a bad case of skin erupti .n and although I had but °7 cents (f„m'shillings) with me, I bought a cake -,f f'jticura Soap and a bottle of Cutvura Resolvent. When I reached home 1 Tiag Bke a ehi'H with a new toy, and we bathed our pati'iit well and gave her a fuU done of th- Resolvent. She ,-.1. r .t. that night better than she ha<l fui.-e. the had been v ith us and the n>st di.v I located the pH'e o? a l«« of t'utieur'a Ointment. I am ii"t emgi when I eay that in exa'tly five »-,:.s thU young" woman wa.s able to look ft ,- a position, beint* enough to won; and full of nmliki.'ti. In another month she left the home. stron<»and well. Laura Jane Bales, S"i Fifth Ave., N'.w York, K. Y., U. 8. A. Mai. 11. 'o7. : ' Send to nearest depot for ft Cora Book on Treatment of Skfn Diseas .:. fWEpMe Eitrnul in-'. !r:<" rtvrv Hirwwir fnfauH. it,

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Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 324, 25 January 1908, Page 6

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360

Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 324, 25 January 1908, Page 6

Page 6 Advertisements Column 2 Taranaki Daily News, Volume L, Issue 324, 25 January 1908, Page 6

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