CURED AT CITY MISSION.
Young Woman Found in. Awful Condition with. Scabies—Body H:'.Mass of Sores from ...Scratching—Treated for Seven Weeks, but -.'•[ ltching Torture^.Yielded Only to Cuticura. "A ionso woman came to our city mission in a !most awful condition physically. Our doctor examined her and told us that she had scabies {the Itch), incipient paresis, rheumatism, etc* brought on from exposure. Her poor body was a ' mass of sores from scratching, and she was not able to retain solid food. We ; worked hard over her for seven weeks, but "we could see little improvement. One day I bought a cake of, Cuticura Soap and a bottle of Cuticura Resolvent, and we bathed our patient well and gave her a full dose of the Resolvent. - She slept better that night, and the,next day I got a box of Cuticura Ointment. -In five weeks 'this young woman was able to lo'ok for a position, and she is now strong and well.—Laura Jane Bates, 436, Fifth Avenue, New York, N.Y., U.S.A., Mar. 11, 1907."
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14081, 8 June 1909, Page 3
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171CURED AT CITY MISSION. New Zealand Herald, Volume XLVI, Issue 14081, 8 June 1909, Page 3
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