Health and disease, (in English and Welsh) = Iechyd ac afiechyd, (yn Saes'neg a Chymraeg) / by John Lewis Prichard.

Date:
1872
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Credit: Health and disease, (in English and Welsh) = Iechyd ac afiechyd, (yn Saes'neg a Chymraeg) / by John Lewis Prichard. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    next morning I could dress myself, which. I had not done for twenty years. From the first day that I went under your treatment—that is, six years ago —I have not had any pain, nor lost a night's sleep. My friend, the Rev. John Wilkins, sends his thanks for curing him; also accept my thanks for the cure you did upon me. May you prosper in your noble calling of relieving and curing pain and disease. Yours faithfully, Dr. J. L. Prichard. Rev. Philip Peice. A young man from Aberdare was brought to my house in a cart some years ago; he had been suf- fering for years from rheumatic pains all over his body, and he was reduced to skin and bone; he was also in a very delicate state of health; he was getting worse daily; he had tried several doctors, and the last doctor he was with advised him to come under my treatment. He was brought across the mountain to my house on a Tuesday; but on the following day, that is, in twenty-four hours, he walked home from Merthyr to Aberdare over the mountain, a distance of nearly four miles. I put him under the treatment of the medical apparatus, advised him to take the medicines he received from me, to use the applications I gave him, and to follow the advice I tendered him. In less than a fortnight he was working, and he has not had any pain nor lost a day's work since. He had been suffering in great pain for twelve years: he could not dress himself, nor put food into his mouth, when he was brought to my house. Five years ago a lady from Abergavenny, Mon- mouthshire, came to me for advice: she had suffered for fifteen years from rheumatic pains and stiffness;
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