Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1907 — SCALY ERUPTION ON BODY. [ARTICLE]

SCALY ERUPTION ON BODY.

Doctors and Remedies Fruitless— Suffered lO Years—CompletelyCured by Three Boxes of Cutiepra. “When I was about nine years old small sores appeared on each of my lower limbs. 1 scratched them with a brass pin and shortly afterward both of those limbs became so sore that I coulft scarcely walk. When I had beeu suffering for about a month the sores began to heal, but small scaly eruptions appeared where the sores had been. From that time onward I was troubled by such severe itching that, until I became accustomed til’ Jt» I would scratch the sores until the blood began to flow. This would stop the itching for a few days, but scaly places would appear again and the ‘itching would accompany them. After I suffered about ten years I made a renewed effort to effect a cure. The eruptions by this time had appeared on every part of my body except my face and bauds. The best doctors in my native country advised me to use arsenic in small doses and a salve. I then used to bathe the sores in a mixture which gave almost intolerable pain. In addition I used other remedies, such as iodine, sulphur, zinc salve, — —a Salve, Ointment, and in fact I was continually giving some remedy a fair trial, never using less than one or two boxes or bottles. All this was fruitless. Finally my hair began to fall out and I was rapidly becoming bald. I used ’s , but it did no good. A few months after, having used almost everything else, I thought I would try Cuticura Ointment, having previously used Cuticura Soap and being pleased with it. After using three boxes I was completely aired, and my hair was restored, after fourteen years of suffering and an expenditure of at least S3O or S6O in vainly endeavoring to find a cure. I shall be’ glad to write to any one who may be interested in my cure. B. Hiram Mattingly, Vermillion, S. Dak., Aug. 18. 1906.”