TWENTY YEARS KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLE

Alexandra Herald and Central Otago Gazette, Issue 364, 30 April 1903, Page 3

TWENTY YEARS KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLE

S/GKENING GNAWING ACHES. ENERGY, FLESH & STRENGTH RESTORED BY CLEMENTS TON 10.

The Case of Mr. G. HARDIN. {By a Dunedin Rtp^ttr.) People who become nauseated with their trades and professions and leave ] them for the purpose of launching out ; mto a new sphere of action find their i paths bestrewn with many obstacles, j the existence of which they little dreamed; of. Although probably comI petent to fill positions which they apply Fov, thej \isually learn that preference : givev -'so those possessing previous ex- : ; An applicant with .five years' I insight into aibusiness commands an ad- ; ?*tffage over one with twelve month?' [ oil.;, therefore.uTk.''<' >ve i'nid r; gentleman with. ,' expevitince oiV'ahy subject, ho .is always • worth Hstciniig to. Our reporter held •(his view when he called on. Mr.' George Hardih, of No. 33I'orth-street, Dunedin, who stated that he had twenty years from kidney and bver-dis™. eases, and that many complications had amen'.therefrom. i „ " An' account of your trouble's ought to be .very- Mr.-Hardin. Will you please to relate them?" " By all means, as I am sure 1 am in : possession of facts which will prove ■ beneficial to others. It is just as much j hiy duty to put folks on the right track j in regard to disease as it would be -to direct aright a stranger who,was on the; wrong road to-the destination at which j ho wished to arrive. To begin with, II .way state that Ta.m'an engineerby pro~j fession, of opinion that throughworking for so many years in extremely' hot atmospheres accoiints for rhyfkid-; heys becoming diseased. My back coin-: menced to worry me with sickening,' gnawing aches, and before long,;l.=f;e'!lj into.a<very low condition. . I was:afHict,ed with a distressing, sensation which made mo fool as though I would.rather lie down than stand up, walk,' or a'ny-; ■thing else. A scalding pain was experienced when urinating, the. waterbeing clouded with a peculiar sediment. I used to suffer dreadfully with rhy head. T t was not an ordinary headache which continually attacked-me, but a throbbing, thumping pain that threatened to drive me mad. V."As a matter of fact, I do not believe there was one portion of my body fi.oefi'pm some kind of agony. My faculties seemed to be deadened by the excessive torture after ' ray meals, which I took very.irregularly; I have seen myself go. fp-r/; days>'; and want nothing to .eat,' then, qui'tje suddenly, I.would sit down and eat like a gormandizei! After; these* heavy re? . pasts my life was not worth living, for the'■•terrible pains which came behind | niy neck, close to t-hei.shonlders, ware | more than I could bear.in silence.; -A suffocating feeling' very ' often' nearly made me. faint. This arose- from the dead, weighty 'fulness ' in. my chest, which felt as though compressed within a vyoe. -Then I again went for days without fopcl owing to. the merciless tortures I was put to " '"/' : ' Under i.hese circumstances youanust bav & hj een considerably reduced in V weight!"' . ~ ; " Certainly I was.. -Why; I'was almost" as light as a feather. I did not/weigh myself, as I was not able to walk to the' scales. You -have no' idea how,-weak 1 got, and considering I could not keep, .anything on my stomach I was not sur--7 prised,', : I-used to avoid everything that : had the least.indication of Jbeing- iiidigestible, yet it was all the same to my poor weak stomach. Up it came again, almost before it had got down, and then the cruel pains in my head were intensified. I was in such a terrible state; that I was nearly off my head. All day long' I was sleepy and dull, without any desire to try and shake off .the "feeling of despondency under which I laboured.' I seemed to. give m'yrf> lc [■>?■: for the remainder 'of niv : " "•.'•;:■■ [i. an e^tence/%.;entirely dt-:,':' :'r jol happiness, the- secret being thai -- had -not enough : vitality > or willpower, to continue to lire in hope. Worse than all, I was unable to sleep p- 1 night. Eor days".and..nights.l have-' myself go without' getting ■■'on*' : : =ieep, and have been in such "

when lying in bed that I have been completely doubled up with the paralysing pains in my back. There was one period in the history ol my sufferings when I us6d to go; on to .sleep regularly every ithird night, but for all "the good it did me I would have been better-awake-. These were embraced simply ; "overpowering fatigue, • and ;while; they* lasted I dreajat the most horjrible dreams. I did not-feel. the. least;bit rested or refreshed-on-awaking, but was always bathed in a cold, .clammy | perspiration. An extraordinary "giddiiness used to fuddenlyjseize mc, when *my head seemed" to spin round like a j top. and. .everything became, indistinct before my Vyfes' which were swollen ? *hd j weak. The rest of my ailments were [added to by a total"collapse of my ner--vous system, which mart© me very sensitive; and. irritable whenever s the i4iVst'l noise waa_ made. I used to feel my hands and limbs quivering and trembling like a frightened child's. My temper was very oxcitable and repellent,, the most trifling detail of' imaginary' neglect being magnified into a serious wrong. I was: living, in Queenstowu when my illness started, but soon after I came down to Dunedin. where I met an old friend who said: Hello! What is the matter with, you f; You look asif.you were dying!" . .".You;probably felt like it, to judge 'from your sufferings!" remarked the reporter...- . . '

"Indeed I did. Many a time I thought I would never get better. I was wonderfully changed in nynmaraiice, being without the leas ; '.;: in my face; 'besides 1 having in ■■j' sunk right, in., '.My palate 1., st disagreeable flavour, even ag ; -•> ot water having a bitter taste, and .my tongue was coated white with an odorous moisture. As I grew older the more acuto were any sufferings. My doctor said ho did not know Whether my diseases were getting any-worse, or' whether Ifelt the offects more severely through my system getting weaker with the advance of age. He used to say I could not expect i to/be-as/well at fifty as I was at twenty; but now I feel as -well as ever I-did in my life." " I am glad to hear it, Mr. Hardin. How was your health restored?" "By taking a course of dements Tonic, even after my doctor's treat-: meat was given up in despair. Besides,' I, htacl various - majcesibf physics, without Ulq slightest relief,' and I had! long since,fConciudpd,.therejwas no hope for me. M bdjj'k' Was ■handed to me one morning, and on reading some of the fpagW,s3?flvasL'struak with astonishment; .at the number of people who testified to the virtues of Clements Tonic. I thought if other folks could be cured by Clements Tonic there "was still -a chance for me. You may rest assured I, soon got a couple .of bottles, and my health soon began to mend. The pains ih my back diminished, and the pains' whioh had nearly driven me frantic subsided. I refer, of course, to the terrible agony in my head. I ate and slept -splendidly, also; regaining energy,, flesh and strength;; My nerves were invigor-ated,-and soon my kidnCyand liver diseases were_ completely cured by Clements Tonic. - '"