IS CONSUMPTION CURABLE?

Otago Witness, Issue 2490, 4 December 1901, Page 75

IS CONSUMPTION CURABLE?

INTERESTING MEDICAL OPINION.

In his valuable medical dictionary, Dr F. P». Walters, M.D., commenting upon consumption, makes some re-marks partieulaily applicable to Australia, where this disease is of frequent occurrence. He says: — " Consumption or phthisis is e> disorder of the lungs and other portions of the body which causes loss of flesh. It has long been on» of the most dreaded diseases of this country, and still is the cause of about one-fifth of the total deaths every year. Formerly regarded as incurable it is now frequently arrested or even cured by suitable treatment." In support of this, the interesting case (now well known to the medical world) of F. W. Byrnes, of Toolern, Melton (Vic>, may be cited. He displayed, according to hio medical attpndants, all the usual diagnostic signs of the disease in its most aggravated form — persistent cough and spitting, shortness of breath, pains in the chest and shoulders, loos of flesh and strength, feverish attacks, copious perspiration in the early morning, loss of appetite and digestive disorders. The disease also affected his hip so that he could not nse one leg. No exper.se vw fpaied and many physicians were consulted. Ultimately he was removed to the Melbourne Hosnital, where, some of our leading surgeons being in attendance, a difficult operation was performed upon the diseased hip. But after the operation, the specialists found Byrnes to be quite incurable by ordinary medical treatment, and they recommended his removal to the Austin Hospital for Incurables, remarking that his death was merely, a matter of time. Byrnes preferred to die in Li& own home, and he was taken to Toolein. One day it vra? thought that his last hour had arrived. The clergyman was sent foi, but the patient lingered for several dny.=. Then his lelativps were advised by a neighbour to use Dr Williams' pink pills for him, and they did so. Mprvellou« a-= it may seem, theao pills, though taken when all hope had been abandoned, appeared to do him good. He felt improvement after n-mg one box. and two more bo\es gave> him some strength. From, then on lie steadily gained ground, and to the astonishment of e\eryoiie began io ptill up strength until he was actually able to lea\e bed. After that his progress, thanks 1o Dr Williams' nink pill*, was rapid, and lie i« to-day perfectly well. He takos part in. shooting and rabbiting excursion?, and hip hkil l a= o marksman is unequalled. Dr Williams'- piuk pills for pale people made him a strong, powerful man. free from eveiy trace if that dread disease, consumption. Tht-v are the prescription of a hisyiilyqualified Edinburgh University physician, and act upon the cause of consumption and disease generally, not on the pigns and symptoms. Thus they cure bronchitis, rheumatism, dysentery, insomnia, chronic headaches, nervous exhaustion, inegulaxitics, amsmia, dyspepsia, pffrcts of mfluonzi, fevers excesses, etc. Sold by the Dr Williams' Medicine Company, Old Ou°lom Hou.«a sirept Wellington, three sl'illing? pov br>\, six bo\p- si\tewi and s-ix. po«t frcr. Obtainable pNo fioiki a!' choir !.M- and s-joieLcrppr*. T?ut ni ; nd \<m a-k fir " T)r William*'." A li'-t of 'or-nl cures will be whene\cv v. rhou for. — Advi.

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