RHEUMATIC WRECK.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXVII, Issue 262, 9 November 1906, Page 6

RHEUMATIC WRECK.

Mrs. S. A. Bowie, Dunedin Twenty Years a Cripple Best Doctors Baffled

Water-logged witlt Dropsy

Dying of Heart .Failure To-day Strong and Healthy Dr. Williams' Pink Pills.

"Rheumatism took mc iv the prime of life," said Mrs. S. A. Bowie, wife of Henry Bowie, caretaker of the Utago Rowing Club sheds. Jetty-St., Wharf, Dunedin. "For 20 j car..- It did lint let mc have one single solitary day fiee from pain. For five years I whs an absolute cripple with it. No words can tell the agony I went through. Many a time I prayed for death. Four doc-tors agreed that I could not stand the torture for more than two years at the outside. Tlie pain alone would kill mc. I thanked bcuvou with all my heart when Dropsy and Heart Disease came to put a stop to my terrible sufferings without waiting nil that time. I had jjiven up all hope when Mr. Bowie read about a eas" nearly the same as my own which was cured by Dr. Williams' Fink rills. I tried them— and here I stand to-day completely cured.

"When Rheumatism flrst attacked mc I was then iiviiiß on the West Coast, at Cobden, near (.roymouth," said Mrs. Bowie.

"My ankle suddenly swelled up, and the rain was frightful. The doctors treated mc for a hal sprain. Inn t pot worse and worse. The swelling spread up one leu. aud then began in the other. That showed it was no sprain. Ii must have been in my blood. 1 cannot find words to describe what 1 suffered. The pain broken down my ueives and undermined my whole health. I had no,appetite, and my back was always aching. I'.ul. worst of all, was icy heart. The least noise made il Jump and thump like m_d for a f. w minute; -and then it seemed m --.top bcntlnj: altogether. I never knew when 1 misht drop dead with it.

'All tHi.- time 1 was growing worse and worse. 1 hated tlie sif;ht of food, and liecan to lose all siren.th. i used to wake up Jn nhe dead of iil_;!.t in a cold sweat. Often the beddins was soaked through. Somebody ', .d to keep wlpm; the sweet away. 1 was so weak from i! that 1 could hnnjiy lift my hand. All th;-. time I wus suffering untold torture from itheumatism. For five years i drifted on in this low, weak state. The dc-for* told mc I could not live

another two years

"They ordered mc away to a better cllmaie, so Mr. Howie brought mc over here to Dunodlu. where he soon built up a business in shipping circle.-. But the" change did mc no real good. Sly legs swelled bigger and bigger. It must have been Dropsy. My flesh was as soft as dough. V. lien I pressed my ii;ig.-r on my lops I could actually bury iheni In the flesh. I could not pet my boots on. Walking was out of the question. 1 could only crawl at. best. My life was one miserable round of pain. I saw nothing to live for, and often prayed to God that the pain would kill n_e.

I 'By this time I had given up all hope," ■Mrs. Bowie went on. "Of course. I had •often read of Dr. William:'.' I'ink fills, but ' I only smiled at -the thought of using them. l"ben. (Hie day, when puttering more Hum jC-ver. Mr. Bowl.- read of a case almost exactly like my own. He IT nrl j t oVrr - |1(] over a k.-ii 11 to nip, and it gave mc fresh hope every time.

"Ir was in November, 1.0., fhnt I sent |to the grocer's lor my first box of Dr [Williams' I'ink fills. 1 fanek, that eve,, | that ni-st box did :pc go-,1. one thlDg. It .gave nic an appetite. I got more, and kept tnkin. them ii,i l~p.irr.ar-. lfiiit. r__ic>Jo ;by little the Drops.;,- ,„ lny ]~.._.., „. ( . nt ar> .._ I 'the piercing Itheiim.itir pains eased up in ;niy .joints and muscles. My heart became sornd and strong. My nerves ivere braced lip wonderfully. In ;; few .reeks, instead lof lookluß lit;., .i corpse, 1 pet a cl _r 'akin i and fresh colour. As my strength came iba.-b, f was able to get up and walk. Now jl am In the best of health, and just delight .to keep going all day with my Uousewor. I There's no doubt but Dr. Williams' I'ink Tills worked a miracle when they cured ni."

. Ur. Williams' I'ink Pill., worked this I miracle by actuaiiy making new blood for I Mrs. Bowie. They do Just lids one thins - hut they do it well. They don't act on the .bowels. They don'l bother with mere symptoms. They just strike straight at jthe root of all blood diseases like anaemia, ,skin trouble, biliousness. Indigestion, liver j complaint, headaches, backaches, kidney I troubles, lumbago, rheumatism, scia.iea .nervousness, neural.:!.", general weakness! ! dot line, consumption (in iis early »:agi_i' I locomotor ataxia, and the secret af1m.11... IUIIII come to girls and .omen svii-n their I Oiood becomes weak, impure, or irregular ITlmnigh the blood. Dr. Williams' I'ink j Tills cure all these just as surely as Ihey cured Mrs. Bowie. But. of course you must get the genuine Dr. Williams'' Pink I .lis. Sold by retailers and tho Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington, at 3/ a box, six boxes for 16/(1, post free.

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