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CRIPPLED FOR LIFE.

. AWFUL KtfSCUIyAfIR RHEUMATISM CURED, AFTER DOCTORS FAIIiED, BY DR. WILI/iaiMß' PINK PILLS'. "lb Jook at Hoy now you would never drnun /tint, t&0 dioetars gyre hhn njr si a hopeless cripple • few years ago/.' said Mrs Wa<H cf 83 Bond utrte-ty E. B*Ynrt<U "He would , '.have been' Ibedxidden to-day, . eaid twisted Into' iill shapes • with Muscular Rheu-i mortiam. if H hodin'i beea for Dr. Willi*™*' Piak Pills. Hhey nuaed him from a cripple's bed after tie 'best dootora in Ballaiut hid fatted to do him any good. H*.i» a*» feeaMry' *nd aOtivo to-day t» »ny ymmg fellow of 13 jn the town. "Wlhon'he wm'7, Roy bad. Scorlet Ferrer, and just when (he w»» getting well ho caught '•i chwl' which settled in the muadts ct bin l«g.l -noticed that be always lay in bed with hia leg doiu'bledC -up. .-YTwn. I tried to 'stra.:gjlrt»n, irt one morning, he ecroamed with Every day it got worse. At la«t it was twisted i*p like * V. 1 brouglht tbs doc tor, and he gave mc a. liniment to rub into tihie leg. He told mc to kwep «r«.pped in -wuAiittg d»y and iMg>ht. I carried cwt hia brd«*-rWti it nearly "broke my heart to' see how much £bs ■ little fellow #uflered when I was rubbing (him. He would olinch bis t«rtih 'Ittd bjjjr *ea±s rolled down hia dh«eks beford he vrotwd cry owt for 4Be to atop. In apite ot all the torture, this xubbing only eeenued to make hito vrotm. "Of oowr»e, h« waa worn to « shadow with the Fwrer in any case. His little arms arid legs were Wos matdh stkks. Do what I would I coui'd'ttfeve* maid hto eat * decent meal. Every day ho got weaker and tihianer. Sonuetimea.' When I wa>tch*d 'h?m sloping, he looked just like a cotjfge. I worried myeeji hahj to death *t the tbottght ot* hhn bring a pain-nacked orippu« all hia life. I would sooner hwve Oiad thim die with the Scarlet. EVever. . ■■-. ~ - ; -- : "When I went to. nwie .up hia bed sic *Wuld'-.*oTean» ill touched hia leg. No one will ever know *H that ohild «uffer«d. After I had'ruhibed .him and 1 keyt him,in wadding for ;a month, his A«g -was dou-bled tup won* tihan. over, and i4»a pan was twx« as bad," added Mw Wade. "Tho doctor raid he wou4d have! to have a consuliatiion;, and he called in aac*h«r'dcctor. Tbey decided to straighten his lea by forco. and strapped it down to a *pHirt. rrtiey had to give Roy chloroform, and the, operation took tliwm nearly an boat. Hbey aaid it.was the only way to savo him from being for life. . "JJlever to my dying day wiU I forget the way Roy eaffsred after ho came out of tto ohlorofosm. For "the first ,'thrc« dciya' tho agony neatrly drove him madT I neariy wont mad.myaoM liateniiie to his screams sind gprnns. He used to beg mc to undo tin stfaps and'take tiw splint away, .' 'Mother.' he effied, 'it's killing me.' Th* tears lolled Antti my face When I told.'hini that he wrtfd . nowt be nbto to walk again i* I undid the atnvp*. In three days he was worn out wrih pttdn. He waa aihnost 100 weak to eoroam. Ha cooUWt MXJve. My nieoo and I had to turn hiro in bsd. If tboro had been anotier week of iS, I tihink it would havo' killod him. ißtrt aftor'eleven dhys tie doctors tcok the apliitfToftY and tfhe whele thing was a lethtte. Iri-i'few day* *ha leg was doubled vp liko a V again, and tb« pain was worse than erer. ■'. ''For the next two months, t«ho .deetc* attonded him. All that time he ,wa» art ttbaolirte.crippfe. The doctor owtntd vp ibti U we' crippled <or Kfe. We yot irt the »«t:i>e»t dortor in Ballarat, but ho asid* ho ooruia do nothing. In.despiar. Mr w«d« want.'to a Chinese doctot-but he afked £-20. and oven then ho would not tfuanwrtee a «jre. ThVtt-I got my tuabatd to Mel-bourno'-and ooiwttt't the best SpeclaJist that money could procure there v _ . ' HAH this time my niece to make- mc try Or. Willi*xa; plD , s L? lib , fo f RwirJ* Ma» W«dc oonUnued. '•»!»•. kept ietflng Ac of a ma» they had cored of Mu»cwrar Rieumatißm after,tha 'Wt Boawtal doctors «id he"W«*id>«ve-r walk, whether Mop. Wiben Mr Wade was down in_the wty I made up my mind to give Dr. Will»avs Pink Pills a trial.- «od got some from King, the chemist in S<turt street. "The very ftnrt box mode Roy eat the best meal thai 'lwd' passed .his lips -since he wtps taken with Scwrlet Fever. I on y gave ban half a pill after each IJoLnwd the aad gwve hmi a piping, hot bath eiv*ry night A week later, Ttoy told msthat tno pain wasn't half so bad as it had been. I ma* «« *«7 to stretch his leg a little further every day. Wrthm *««>»*« he could put it ncar.y atrajght. bo wa, able to stand upjn rt. H'f^? 1 " to w«ik •bout tbo b«Me a M«<*tobn« "hold of the chairs and table. Attiho.end of another fortnight hk !•?'*%••• ever and 'h* could w»2k with a &Ra step. T>r Williohta' Pink 'PO» Awed" bm from a cripple's bed. From tdiat day tottis h« has never bad a twinge of Ifheumatism. I>r. Williams* Pink Pilk» every atom the painful poisonout «f hw Hood. Hegair.ed in strongth and soon toe .health, Roy Wado » as icfriro as any "boy of hia a«« *n Brijaiat. If »X X Dr. -Wai-""' Pink PiUa be„ would have been Jwdrjddeiv »U thee* ye Wfcen Dr. Willvatna'.Pink saved Roy Wade, after doctors toid be «mW not poaBibly b« oiwed, it i* no wonder tiat they can cure co easily little ailments itka aewmia, indtyestion, blliousnesa, headaches, backaches rb«umwti*D. ncuralgiß,. and tho secret bood fcroobles of women and growmg girls. Dr. Williams' -Pink Piila do only one tihlnr, but they do rt' well— actmaily make new KooiJ. But the blood is the root of all health. If you btc in doubt about yam own case, write for fnee medical advtce,to Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.-, Wolling-lcn. From that address you can alto order fey mail the gtwuino Dr. Williams' Ftak P!2*-9» a box. aix boxes 16s ed.-poat 2

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Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12305, 23 September 1905, Page 11

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CRIPPLED FOR LIFE. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12305, 23 September 1905, Page 11

CRIPPLED FOR LIFE. Press, Volume LXII, Issue 12305, 23 September 1905, Page 11

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