STRONG ENGLISH WORDS.

Clutha Leader, Volume XXIII, Issue 1164, 23 October 1896, Page 6

STRONG ENGLISH WORDS.

When a person aays " I suffered excruciating pain," he expresses a fact in the strongest words afforded by the English language. The word "excruciating" comes from crux, a cross, and signifies an intensity of agony comparable only to thai endured by one whe undergoes the barbarous punishment of crucifixion. There are some diseases which, for a time, cause pain of this acute and formidable nature. To find a relief for it, when possible, is at once the impulse of humanity and the studious desire of science. Two. brief examples may indicate what success is attending the effort . to both comfort and cure cases of this kind. 11 Nearly all my life," writes an intelligent woman, " I have borne the burden of what appeared be be incurable illness. I always felt weary, heavy, and tired. My appetite was poor, and after eating I had a cruel pain at my chest and between the shoulders. Frequently the pain was so intense that I was impelled to loose my clothing and walk about the room. My nerves .wore disordered and impressible, and I was, consequently, easily disquieted and upset. My sleep was habitually bad, and I seemed none the better for spending a night in bed Eating but Ht.tlo my strength waned of necessity, and I c;ime to be very weak. For a long time I got about feebly and with difficulty. "In August, 1887, I had an attack of rheumatic gout, which gave me tho most narrowing experience of my life. The complaint took its usual course and re- ' fusea to yield to the ordinary treatment. Through the partial failure of the liver and kidneys dropsy set in and my legs and feet became puffed and swollen. I suffered excruciatiivg pain and was confined to my bed for IS weeks. Remedies of every description were tried but to I little purpose. " My. brother, visiting me one day, said he had been cured of an attack of dropsy by a medicine called Mother Seigel's Syrup. I g<<t a bottle from Mr Hewett, the chemist in Seven Sisters' Road, and after taking it felt a trifle easier. I continued taking it, and soon the pain and swelling abated. I could oat without pain or inconvenienience, and by a few weeks' further use of the Syrup I was not only free from any local ailment, but felt better than I ever did in my life before, tfince then I Im-e e joyed, continuous good health, taking a close of Mother Seigel's Syrup occasionally for somo transient in-di.»p-)i-i>"o'!. You are at liberty to publish my letter. (Signed) (Mrs) Elizabeth Rodcpra, 42, Plevna Road, South Tottenham" L ndon, September 13th, 1895." "In Januarv, 1892,' writes another, "I had an attack of inftuenzi, and waa confined to my berl for 18 weeks thereafter. Subsrqu^.ntly I was very weak, and could get up no strength. What little food I forcpd down (having no appetite) gavo me excruciating pain, so that I waa afraid to eat. I came to be exceedingly weak and had frequent attacks of dizziness. I waa worn almost to a skeleton, and none thought I would recover. • " In June, 1892, Mr Smith, a friend of ours, recommended ine to try Mother Seigel's Syrup, which I at once procured of Mr George Coombs, the chemist in Hucknall. After taking it for only ono week I felt greatly benefited. I could eat better and food agreed with mo. Continuing with the Syrup I grew stronger and stronger, and soon felt evon better than before I was attacked by the influenza. You are free to print this statement if you wish to do so. (Signed) (Mrs) Ruth " HalHday, 44, High Street, Hucknall Torkard, Nottingham, March 19fcb, 1895. Intense pain re ay or may not indicate urgent danger to life, but it is hard to bear, and very exhausting just the same. In cases of rheumatic gout (Mrs Rogers) the pain is caused by a poisonous acid in the tissues, orginally produced by the decomposition of food in the stomach — • indigestion or dyspepsia. The samo poison acting on the liver and kidneys creates the other symptoms mentioned. In the case of Mrs Halliday the ailment was dyspepsia, which in the first place invited influenzi, and then romained to torment her. It is best and easiest to 2>»'<Ji>c)ifc pain by using Mother Seigel's Syrup immediately when the slightest illness Appears.