RUSTY NAIL CAUSED BLOOD-POISONING.
DOCTOR WANTED TO AMPUTATE HAND. WOUND HEALED AND LIMB SAVED BY ZAMrBUK. Mr. W. Sweet, of 225, Murray Strwt, Hobart, Tasmania, says: "While working !in the store, I scratched my uand with a rusty, nail, and in a short time the injury festered and became inflamed. My hand swelled up to three times its ordinary size, and the inflammation sprcnd light up my arm to the shpulder. 1 was ?erii ously alarmed anci went to a doctor, who , treated mc in many ways. with lotions, I ointments, and other applications, hut i nothing cased the dreadful pain. The I aon X became so intense that I. could not I rest either day or night. The doctor then i decided to call the knife into operation, I and he opened my hand in two places to get away the accumulation of matter and reduce the swelling. .Instead of this • operation being beneficial, it proved the . reverse, for my hand became worse. T^pn the doctor said the only hope was to take off my hand, but I would not consent to this mutilation. "Things were in a very bad state when a friend recommended! mc to use ZaraBuk. as he knew of a very bad cnee of blood-poisoning which it had cured. I commenced with this balm, and '.he first few applications eased the throbbing pain, andi the swelling and inflammation began to sub-ide. As the applications were continued, the bad matter ' was drawn away, the wound cleansed of all putridity, and a splendid healing process set up. By persevering with Zam-Buk i" the wound was completely healed, new I- skin formed over the surface, ard not '• even a scar remained. I can-jot speak 5 well enough in praise of Zam-Buk. It „ If a wonderful healer, and I shaH never " be without a aupply always handy." II Zam-Buk 18 sold by all chemists and store, at 1/6 and a/6 per pot
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Auckland Star, Volume XLIII, Issue 205, 27 August 1912, Page 8
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