July 21, 1833.
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SHADRACH SIMPSON, near the Welcome Sailor Inn, St. Clement's, Ipswich, when about 10 years of age was afflicted with several scrofulous tumours and ulcers on and about the neck; and his health had become materially affected. After trying various remedies for a considerable time without any good effect, his friends placed him under the care of J. Kent, and by a steady attention to the treatment ordered, he soon got perfectly well. J. K. saw his mother on the 14th of July, 1833, when she said—"It's now 16 years ago since you cured my son, and he continues quite well; he is a bookbinder, and now lives at Newmarket."
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JEMIMA BLAKE, of Wetherden, Suffolk, about 18 years of age, had been for three years afflicted with scrofulous disease of the left ankle; there was a large ulcer, and the whole foot and ankle much enlarged, and attended with so much pain that she was quite a cripple; and her constitution had become exceedingly debilitated. She had had suitable attention, but she derived no benefit; she then applied to J. Kent, and by attending to his instructions, her health was re-established, and the ulcer is now quite healed, and she can walk extremely well, and free from pain.—July 1833.
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ADAM WRIGHT, of Wickhambrook, Suffolk, about 22 years of age, had been afflicted with a scrofulous ulcer on the right side of the mouth for a considerable time; it was so bad as to render it exceedingly difficult for him to eat any food, except such as he took with a tea-spoon; in this state he applied to J. Kent, and very soon received considerable benefit; and in a letter to J. Kent, dated May 1833, he says, "I received a perfect cure, and for the space of eleven years have continued well."
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Some time since, GEORGE GOODCHILD, of Straddishall, near Newmarket, was placed under the care of J. Kent, by the officers of that parish, in consequence of being afflicted with Scrofula, or King's Evil. He was about thirteen years of age, and the disease had been three years standing, and the usual means for his recovery had been resorted to in vain. There were two or three scrofulous ulcers on his left leg, which was much enlarged; the bone was considerably diseased; his constitution began to give way from the long continuance of the disease, and he was incapable of labour. In this state he commenced the treatment ordered by J. Kent; in a short time his constitution became corrected and established, the leg improved, and a piece of exfoliated bone was extracted, five inches and a half in length and an inch in breadth, and he is now capable of following laborious employment. In this case it is seen how prone Scrofula is to attack the bones, which in many instances it completely destroys; here a large piece of bone was removed before the parts got well, but this bone was not removed simply "by the power of the Medicines alone," as some persons would impudently and ignorantly assert, but nature, a little mechanical assistance, and the aid of suitable Medicines and Applications, all contributed to remove this extensive exfoliation of the tibia, or large bone of the leg.