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Show REV. HARTSELL IS CURED BV USE Of TUBERCULIN PHYSICIANS CONVINCED HE WOULD DIE OF TUBERCULOSIS. Faithfully Followed Open Air 'Treatment 'Treat-ment and in Conjunction With Medicine Medi-cine Gradually Regained Health. Chicago. Jan. 13. Open air treatment treat-ment and tuberculin have restored to health Rev. Morton C. Hartsell. after ho" was convinced he would die ot tuberculosis. Four months ago when his church gave hlni leave of absence to prepare for an operation-, it was discovered that he was affected seriously with tubercular, germs, Phsiclans udd him his chances for recovery were slim and he made up his mind to pre-1 pre-1 are for the end. Dr. William. E. Quine, and r. John V. Murphy planned to operate in the hope of saving his life, but it was found upon a second examination that the organs were so badly affected that an operation would bo fatal. Largely as an experiment, Dr. Murphy Mur-phy advised the use of tuberculin. Mr. Hartsell began taking it in small quantities, two drops a day and then increased the quantity one drop a week, until after three weeks, bis lever began to diminish and . his itrongth to return. Meanwhilo he adopted the open air treatment and although ho was scarcely able to walk, he played a few toles of golf daily. "1 attribute my recovery," says Mr. Hartsell, "lo the use of tuberculin. I believe it will be a big aid in cutting down the number num-ber of deaths from tuberculosis. At first it was given in doses too large. With fc-malh-r doses, 1 believe, it is. 'xtfcdlngly effective." "Mr. HarLsell's case is the first of its Jdnd I have ever seen get well'' dec lared Dr. Qnlnne. "There are cases like his in literature but 1 have not Krown of them personally. tint chances were small, indeed. I did not think he could get well." |