NATURE'S REASON FOR PAIN.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXI, Issue 44, 21 February 1900, Page 7

NATURE'S REASON FOR PAIN.

,:o;£ .Dj-., Abte'rnetlxy's,- '.patients remarked that it gave him greiit pain to lilt his hand to his head, the eminent physician responded that, in such case, he was a fool for doing it. The observation was both brutal and unprofessional. The very fact that the' act was painful indicated a condition calling for medical treatment; and to provide that, if he could, was the doctor's duty.

Still," one might get on in comparative comfort without lifting- his Jiand to his head, if thatj were the only source of pain about him. But when a bodily operation which is absolutely indispensable to life, becomes constantly, painful, the situation is vastly more serious. And that was what happened'tb Mrs Emma Elwen, as related in her -letter herewith printed for our information.

"In the spring- of 1889," she says, "I began -to feel weak and. ailing. ' From being1 a 1 strong,, heal thy woman, I gradually lost' all rriy strength, .and energy. My appetite was poor, and-all food gave me pain."

Be good enough for a moment to fix your mind on that statement. 2\attire has so arranged that all necessary acts . or. movements of the body shall be painless, if not distinctly pleasnreable. Were it otherwise, we should avoid them to the extent of our power, and so produce incalculable lnisehief. And, above all, the act and consequences of eating were meant to be, and in health, are, one of the highest of our physical enjoyments. This lady, having suffered from her food, ■then, signifies' a state of things unnatural and. dangerous. »

"I had fulness and pain at the chest," she continues, "between the shoulders arid down my back. I had also a deal of pain at my side, and my heart palpitated: so: much that I got but little sleep or rest on account of it. My breathing, was short and difficult. I was .unable to. do any housework, and often wished I were dead."

The words, "I wisli I were dead," are often on the lips of the victims of what seems to be hopeless disease, and t they are sad and chilling- words to fall on the ears of those of us who love-them. They make us look despairingly around for the help which is so slow. to. come, and too frequently neve* comes at all. Is there, then, no medicine which has power to save?

"I grew., to be so weak," adds the ■writer^ "that I .was. f rom time to time confined to my bed, and at other times had-to lie down on the couch. I lost ilesly rapidly, and was like a. mere skeleton—my clothes hanging upon me. r-For three years I suffered in this way, no medicine that I took doing me any [good; ': :: . •:■< .' ■■ "In. February, 1592, the Eev. Mr Knight, of Bishop Auckland, recommended. Hie to' take Mother Seigel'a Curative Syrup. Acting on his advice I procured a bottle from the Co-oj?era-tive Stores atr Bishop Auckland, and after taking it I began'tp improve. My appetite returned, and,' food agreed with me, and I felt easier than I had done for years. The pain at my heart was less severe, and I gained strength

every. da.yv

"Seeing* this, I continued to use this remedy, and.gradually I recovered my health, gaining- three stone weight. Since that time I have kept in good health.. My husband had also benefited by the use-of Mother Seigel's Syrup when- suffering from indigestion. You ere at liberty to publish this statement •s you like.- (Signed) (Mrs) Emma ■Elwen, Primrose Hill, Newfield, Willington, near Durham, October 30th, JB96V-'^ '•'•"•■ ■-.•■•'■■■■■ -■'■ ■*?.:•■ ' KSS; .r..L;.

Ir Mrs Elwen were.the only ■woman 'in the district-wherein she lives who had suffered in- this manner, the fact should excite the interest of the intelligent reader, but there are multitudes of others all over the ]and, all over the world. Her ailment was not heart disease, it was not any form of : consumption, it was not rheumatism. It was dyspepsia;— the disease that counterfeits most 'others and has many of their most painful symptoms. It ■is idle to say that dyspepsia might be prevented, for we are not yet wise and careful enough. to prevent it. Some .day we may be. At present, however, it is inspiring to know that Mother Seigel's Syrup cures it even in. its worst sta.ges. Still, it is better to cure it when it first appears. ■Watch yourself, and use the Syrup on the day your food and you do not agree.