For seventeen years I was an invalid, caused by the birth of my child.
Eleven years of this time I could not walk, and had to be lifted from the bed to the chair. Any effort to help myself caused nervous prostration, and with each attack my body increased in size, so that people who knew me formerly, did not recognize me.
The doctor said my bones had become porous, and during the last three years the suffering increased and became so intense that I gave up all effort to help myself. After having the attendance of several doctors our family physician took my case before the medical convention, and they considered it beyond all human aid.
