Show ARMY TRIALS an infantryman s long 8 ege this soldier s tale of food Is interest ing during his term of service in infantry in cuba and philippines an ohio soldier boy contracted a disease of the stomach and bowels which all army doctors who treated him pronounced incurable but which grape nuts food alone cured in october 1899 when my enlist ment expired I 1 was discharged from the army at Calu lute philippines and returned to the states on the first available steamer that left manila when I 1 got home I 1 was a total wreck physically and my doctor put me to bed saying he considered me the worst broken down man of my age he ever saw and after treating me 6 months he considered my case beyond medical aid during the tall and winter of 1900 and 01 I 1 was admitted to the barnes hospital in washington D for treatment for chronic inflammation of the stomach and bowels but after 6 months returned home as bad as ever I 1 continued taking medicine until february 1902 when reading a news paper one day I 1 read about grape nuts and was so impressed I 1 sent out for a package right away the result is quickly told for I 1 have used grape nuts continually ever since with the best results my health Is so I 1 can do a fa day s hard work stomach and bowels are in good con have gained 40 pounds in weight and I 1 feel like a new man alto gether I 1 owe my present good health to grape nuts beyond all doubt for cal science was exhausted name given by co battle creek mich had he consulted any one of several thousand physicians we know of they would have prescribed immediately look in each for the famous little book the road to i f J |