[Pamphlet advertising Cerevisia Anglicana, or, English herb diet-drink] / E. Slee & Co.

  • Slee & Co.
Date:
[1878?]
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Credit: [Pamphlet advertising Cerevisia Anglicana, or, English herb diet-drink] / E. Slee & Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    his birth been in a very weak and delicate state. When capable of going alcne, nis Spine was so defective, that he was incapable of standing erect, but was obliged to sup¬ port his body by placing his hands on his knees, so that his person formed an angle like the letter F. He was examined by some of the most eminent of the Faculty in the neighbourhood ; who were of opinion that he would very shortly sicken and die; or, if he lived, that he would be a most miserable cripple all his days. As they gave no hope, nd said they could dt no more for him, I resolved to procure some of the Diet-Drink, the efficacy of which was soon apparent in the improved health of the child; for, by the time he had taken three pints, the defective bone of the spine was formed, and he be¬ came perfectly straight and healthy, to the utter astonishment of the Medical Gentlemen who had attended him. “ This remarkable cure caused me to hold the Medicine in the highest estimation ; and for the last seven years I have proved its salutary effects in my own family, and junong a large circle of friends to whom I have recommended it, in cases of Scrofula, Whooping-Cough, Affections of the Liver and, Heart, and Extreme Debility. I think it cannot be too generally known or too strongly recommended. “Kettering. “ F. B. Potts. “P. S. The Case which brought the Diet-Drink into much repute while I was at Luton, was the cure of the daughter of Mr. John Parrott, Hockliffe, Bedfordshire, Farmer, who for a long time was most grievously afflicted with a virulent humour, or LEPROSY; so that she became literally one wound, and from the sole of the foot to the crown of the head there was no soundness, but all was wounds and putrifying sores: all her hair came off, and she was a most loathsome and distressing object. I frequently saw her, but did not mention the Diet-Drink till her Medical Attendant (certainly the most skilful man in the county of Bedford) said he could do nothing more for her. She no sooner began to take your incomparable Medicine, than her health visibly improved, and in a short time she was perfectly cured, and her flesh and skin eame again without mark or scar.” MEASLES, AND ITS EFFECTS.—Master Newmans Case. “Sir—I beg to state the beneficial efficacy of your Diet-Drink to my Grandson. He was a fine healthy boy till five years old ; when he caught the Measles, from which his friends think his subsequent illness originated. They gave him opening medicines, as necessary to remove all ill effects attendant on the Measles; but, some little time afterwards, an eruption broke out under one of his ears, and on different parts of the body; and these were succeeded by a violent pain on the chest, and a swelling in the knee. His Medical Attendant tried for several weeks the warm-bath, blisters, and leeches, to very little purpose. The boy still continued to be a very great sufferer : his appetite ceased, so that the nourishment he took was barely sufficient to support nature; his frame wasted to a skeleton; and the sinews of the affected knee became contracted, so that he could not straighten it, and the Doctor said he would surely be a cripple. In this hopeless state, recourse was had to the Diet-Drink. From taking the first dose, his friends perceived an alteration for the better : he partook of animal food the same day, which he had not done for weeks. His health gradually improved ; and in a short time he was able to walk with the help of a stick. After taking the Diet- Drink about three months, an eruption broke out in the knees, especially in the affected one: in four or five months, he was able to walk3 without the help of his stick, and his health is nearly as weli as ever. “ Woking, Surrey. - “ G. Newman.’ “ I feel it a duty to inform you of the great and wonderful cure wrought on my daughter. She was a delicate child, but very active till five years of age. About May 1829, she became weak in her back; for which she was rubbed with an embrocation recommended by an Apothecary, but without the least effect: she grew worse, and in a few weeks lost the use of one of her legs. 1 now got her admitted into Guy’s Hos¬ pital, in Lydia’s Ward, under Surgeon Bright, where she was rubbed, blistered, and bathed for upwards of three months; during which time she was examined by Messrs, G'ooper, Callaway, &c., who ultimately discharged her as incurable. In fact, she r<s turned in a much worse state than she was admitted, having not only lost the use of the other leg, but her back and chest began to grow out. I then sent her to the Infirmary at Margate, for the advantage of warm sea-bathing, &c. She here certainly derived some benefit; but, on the approach of cold weather, relapsed into her forme! helpless condition. “ I was at the time recommended to try your invaluable Medicine, which has wrought a miracle. When she commenced taking the Diet-Drink, she was totally
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