DISEASED BONES.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 96, 23 April 1906, Page 3

DISEASED BONES.

Leonard Wills;, Fshiat-ia

Helpless Little Cripple

Bed Bidden for 2 Tears Poisoned Blood Made Pure Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Leonard Lionel Wills is the right year old sou of Albert Stanley Wills, a farmer of Mangatainoka, a few miles out of Pahiatua. The boy's life has been saved by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in a way that Is nothing short of a miracle. Mrs Minnie Wills, his mother, gives the history of the case, in words that carry on their face the stamp of earnestness and truth. The facts are keown to the doctor and all the neighbours, and anyone is free to test their simple truth for himself.

"Three years ago, when Leonard was only five, he got feveristi, and 1 thought he was sickening for the measles." Mre Wills began. "'He soon got woise — aud before tbe week was out we had to call in a doctor. By that time the child was delirious. an_ out of his mind with the fever. The doctor brought the* fever down — but when Leonard came back to his senses, he complained about his shoulder being sore. If I happened to take hold of his arm he would scream with pain. Mr Wills noticed that his shoulder was a little swollen and inflamed. Soon it got a nasty angry Jook, and the child cried every time I touched it. I sent word to the doctor, and he came again to examine him. He then said that Leonard had inflammation of the shoulder blade, and he ordered mc to poultice it to draw ont the inflammation.

"I did this, aud it brought the whole i thing to a head. It was an awful sight, aud the doctor made up his mind to operate upon it. He then lanced it under the arm pit, and the poisonous matter poured out of the wound. The doctor said that he had never seen such a discharge of pus in all his life. That wound never healed, though I used to wash it out every day with antiseptics. It got worse and worse, till it was just like a gangrene eating into his flesh. The poor little fellow was Just worn out with pain. Every day he got thinner and weaker, 'and his face was as pale as death.

'•Before long an ulcer formed on the top part of the arm, and then the doctor said that Leonard's bones were dfseased. That turned out to be only too true. The ulcer got bigger and deeper. Before many days a piece of hone began to work out of the sore. It was as green as grass, aud ali ea+en away by the poison In his blood. After that, little pieces of rotting bone kept working out of the sore every few days. Soon afterwards a small pimple formed on the outside of his ankle. This spread and then broke. It formed Into a running sore, and pieces of bone started to come from it too. When the doctor saw that, he said LeoDard must go into the hospital at once. Nothing could save him unless his bones were scraped. Jf they didn't get rid of the disease this way the poison would work all through his system. The doctor said there was no time to lose. If it wasn't done at once, it would soon be too late to save his life' But it was a terrible operation — and Mr WiTls and I both felt that Leonard could never live through it.

"From that time the child got rapidly worse," added Mrs Wills. "He became a complete cripple. He lay there in his bed, day after day, wrapped In wadding. He couldn't bear the bed clothes, or oven his night shirt to touch him. I worried my heart out over him, for I felt that I had taken his life in my own hands, when I would not let the doctor take him to the hospital.

"It was just at this time thai; I read bow Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured a little girl in Queensland suffering just the same way from diseased bones. That put fresh hope into mc, and Mr Wills said we would write to the Dr. Williams* Medicine Co., Wellington, and ask them a straight question — whether Dr Williams' Pink PlUs would cure Leonard or not? With, the letter we sent several pieces of bone that had worked out of the open ulcers in his shoulder and ankle. In reply they told us of three other cases of the kind that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills had cured. So we sent for a. supply, aud decided to give them a fair trial.

! "'A few /weeks after starting Dr. Williams' Pink Pills we noticed that Leonard was always hungry. Soon he began to grow strong, and there wasn't nearly so much pus coming from the sores. He got so much better that we had a special go-cart made to wheel him about in the open air. Little by little the sores healed up. All this time he was getting so much stronger and fatter, that he was soon able to get up and walk. But it was slow work, and wo had to keep giving him Dr. Williams" Pink Pills every day for twelve months. But by that time there was hardly a mark on his ankle, and only a few pits on his arm and shoxilder where the diseased bone worked its way out. To-day. he is as strong and well as any boy of his age. He can run like a hare and crack a whip with any of his brothers. To this day the doctor always asks about Leonard, and says that he can hardly believe that he is running about again. But it is eighteen months now since he was cured so I know he is cured for good. His father and I say it is a down-right miracle."

When Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis saved Leonard Wills after doctors said he could not possibly be cured without. an operation, it is no wonder that they can cure so easly little ailments like anaemia, indigestion, biliousness, headaches, backaches, rheumatism, neuralgia, nervousness, and the secret blood troubles of women aud growing girls. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do only one thJDg, but they do it well— they actually make new blood. But. the blood is the root of all health. They doift act the bowels. They don't tinker with mere symptoms. If you are in doubt about your own case, write for free medical advice to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington. From that address you ca_ also order by mail the genuine Dr Williams' Pink Pills ■*- 3/ 4 b«x, six boxes ,W_«_ £oat _fte t '„ ~