Three Years Intense Suffering.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 49, 27 February 1901, Page 6

Three Years Intense Suffering.

The Case of Mr. H. M. KEYEY.

(By a special Reporter.)

i All government, indeed every human j benefit and enjoyment, every virtue and I every prudent act, is founded on com- ! promise and barter. To promote our i personal welfare we balance inconvenil ences, preferring to give and take in order to attain our ends. We remit ! some right.', so that we may enjoy others, and we choose rather to be happy independent citizens than servile tenants. Great sacrifices are made by workers who aspire to become their own landlords for the advantages to be derived from the attainment of their aspirations. "My illness," said Mr. Hem*. Moran Kevey, of Garfielcl-street, Parnell. Auckland," was brought on through working night and day at my sedentary trade or bootmaking. The object I had in view was to pur base a home for nn wife and family; but I stuck to my tasl so closely that it caused me three years' intense suffering. It is eight years ae-i since my constitution was completely broken down." "You look strong and vigorous now," s-'.iid the reporter. "And I reel as well as I look. But there was a time when I thought I wagoing into consumption. My face was • deathly colour, and my eyes were sunl deeply into my head. You would not have given twopence for my l.fe if yo-.. had seen me then. Beforo I was struel down I thought of nothing but work, and I took my meals at all hours, sometimes goii.g without them altogether I felt myself getting weaker and weaker every clay, till I couh hardly crawl clown to my shop. A few minutes after star; ing work I felt giddy and faint, and I was obliged to take frequent rests during the day. Then my digestive organs wont wrong, as shown by the tightness in my ehesl after eating, and also great pain anediscomfort in my stomach, which felt ar though I had swallowed some foreign matter which was turning sour and putrid. Indeed, my breath bore out thi theory, as it was most objectionable and my mouth had a very bad tastcontinually, which made me feel sic!, Sharp pains used to dart under my shoulders and down to the end of rn> ribs, and in a short while I was Unable to retain a meal on my stomach. Asoon as I ate anything 1 was seized wit1 violent fits of vomiting, and the pai ; and distress I suffered was beyond de S'.ription. I felt tired aud miserable being without enough energy to sit down and read a book. As a matter ni fact, my eyesight was too bad, and m ■ •yes seemed to have little spots dan ing before them, besides being hot am.: swollen." "How did you manage to keep oi working in that condition ?" "I could not do a stroke of work at las* and I had to knock off altogether. ! felt heavy and drowsy, and suffer.' greatly from splitting headaches A! •Towels were irregular. For days the were constipated, then, followed a woaK ■*ning attack of d'arrhcr-a. I found grea' difficulty in swallowing anything, ever such a simple thing as a cup of tc making me conscious of the fact thal my throat was very sore. M.y appetite went right off eventually, and my ncr vous system then collapsed. An additional complaint in the form of a vile attack of neuralgia now commenced t< worry the life out of me. Shooting pain? darted from the ear to my eyes, and thence to my forehead. The agony was so acute that I could get no rest day or night. I twisted and turned from side to side all night long, and in the morrf ing I was too exhausted to get out- of bed; This new torture continued for months, till at last I thought I wa going mad. A peculiar feature of my dreadful ilness was the way my tongue used to swell. It felt too thick for my mouth, and almost choked me. My brain .was full of evil-forebodings as I lay throughout the sleepless nights in a state of nervous terror. Many a time I have awakened my wife from her slum-

ber and told her that the tortures of my complaint were driving me crazy, and in the day time I felt so greatly run down that I used to say to my wire, ' I .uppose I will live through this summer, but if I do 1 am sure I will die during the winter." One night my condition was so alarming that my wife went straight away for the doctor, who said I had a diseased liver, and that my blood was in a terribly bad state." "Was there anything to show that your blood was impure P" ''Rather. I will toll you, and then you will know that my blood was poisoned. It happened through wearing a soft woollen hat, the rims of which used to fall down on my ears. I used to wear a blue serge suit, and my better half fold me I ought to get a hat -to match the colour. As I always study comfort before appearance I bought the soft one alluded to. The result was that my ears were poisoned by the dye out of'ihe hat. My ears swelled and broke out, and my agonies increased ten-fold. I used to pray for death to release me from my sufferings; but no, I had to endure it. The tops of my ears were eaten away, as you can see for yourself, and even when they healed up 1 believe I had enough poison in my blood to kill twenty men. I was rcarlly on the verge of death by now, without animation, without hope.' "Was there any benefit derived from your doctor's medicines P" "Not the slightest. Neither did I re--eive any benefit- from the many advertised remedies I tried; but. I was saved by the advice of a friend, who urged me to give Clements Tonic a trial. I did so, but T can honestly say that had it not been for Clements Tonic I would be a dead man now. I started on that matchless medicine with a feeling of •*;reat anxiety, as I knew my fate depended on it. My anxious fears were soon set at rest, as I felt greatly soothed and stimulated in a few days. My case was a bad one. and I could not expect to be rid of all my ills for some time; but Clements Tonic proved equal to the threat task beforo it. A gradual slackening off of the sharp pains in my back i-.id loins, besides the absence of discomfort in my stomach, showed that Clements Tonic was doing the work in first-rate style. My appetite, which had ■■o long lain dormant put in a /eeble appearance at first, and then increased »very day till T could eat a hearty mealMy head was again free from aches, anr every morning I awoke feeling decidedly better for the sleep which resulted hrough my continuance of Clements Tonic My nervous system was strengthened and invigorated by the same medicine, which eradicated all skin eruptions and purified my blood, besides driving away the raking neuralgia, which has never since troubled me. Each day 1 gathered weight and strength, (Meanwhile shaking off the fit of melanhnlia which has depressed me for three .ears, and my work was undertaken with the same pleasure as of old. Clements Tonic gave me perfect health when all else failed." " Was the cure a permanent one?" " Yes, and I am anxious that everybody should know that such a grand medicine exists, so you may publish these tacts in any way you like."