HELPLESSLY CRIPPLED NEW ZEALAND BOY.

Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 238, 1 July 1908, Page 4

HELPLESSLY CRIPPLED NEW ZEALAND BOY.

NOW RUNS'ABOUT AND PLAYS. PARENTS THOUGHT THAT HE WOULD NOT LIVE. ■ ' ' BAD BLOOD DISORDER SET HIS BONES ' DECAYING-MEDICAL TREATMENT OF NO AVAIL. ■ : It can be. said without the slightest exaggeration that fow cases in" New Zealand have attracted.so much notice as the wide publicity given to tho wonderful recovery of littlo Leonard Wills," who, 'when', ho "was' thought. !.to : bo dving, - was- cured, by t, Dr.. Williams', Pink Pills for Palo I'eoplo. Ho had contracted a. form of blood poisoning ■which ajttackeilijjii;-bones:'; Ho'VasHftferly; •unable to walk,' and had.to bo.,.whepled about in a go-cart. For two years lie was a suffbror ?and;ha'd"{to be kept, in bed, wrapped in-wad-ding. He was a comploto cripple. When ■the doctors failed to euro'him his motlipr. Mrs. Mifinio gave''li'im Dr. Williaiiis Pink Pills, and to uso. her. own words, "Leonard can 'run^like ( a v harej ;and -swilig an axe or crack a whip* with, anj; of : his brothors., His cure is ,certoinjy. a. miracle." Tho following is tho sworn declaration of Mrs. Wills: — .. I, Minnio Wills, widow, Mangamaire, Now Zealand,- do solemnly and- sincerely declare that: tlib''attached testiitfonial, iri.jofofohce' to tlio cure by Dr. AVilliams' Pink Pills of my son Leonard Lionel Wills, is truo in overy particular. That' my said son is now qiiito well, and has since.the date of his euro by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enjoyed excellent health arid shown no signs of a recurrence of '.his illness,, and I make this, solemn.,-declara-tion conscientiously believing tho same to be truo and by virtue of tho provisions, of an ,Act of the General Assembly of,. New 'Zear land intituled .The Justices of tho Peaco Act, 1882. . ■ -'*• • -v : ■'•'v, ' .-' ; (Sgd.) . . . MINNIE WILLS. ~ Declared at Mancamairo this eighth day of April ono thousaha" nine hundrea and eight before mo! \ ' R. SMITH, J.P. "I thought Leonard was sickening for tho measles," said Mrs., Wills. "AYe soon had to call in a doctor and in less than a weok ho ; v/as delirious. AVo theu noticed-the ladi complained about his shoulder being , sore and painful. If wo happened to tako hold of his right arm he would scrcam with pain. When his shoulder was examined wo noticed that it was somewhat swollen and inflamed looking and very, painful to touch. Tlio doctor declared that the lad was suffering, from Inflammation of the shoulder'blade. ~Wo wore' ordered to apply hot fomentations and hot poultices to bring it to a hoad. Tho doctor' then lanced the lad under tho armpit and said that ho had never seen such a dischargo of pus. The wound' hoverproperly- healed. It formed into a gangrene ulcer and kopt up a continuous discharge. Other ulcers formed on tho top part of-the armpit.Tho-doctor !then declared that;the.bone .was diseased and shortly after pieces of bono as green as grass began'to;work out of: tho sores. < Ihon.a.smaU pimple formed on tho outside of tho right ankle; this also broke out and formed into a running sore. The [ doctor declared he must go into' tho hospital and liavo tho bones scraped, and that if hb,didn't have this done the (iiseaso would work all through his system and he would die. Tho boy becamo a complete cripplo and had to' bo kept in bed, wrapped in wadding, as ho could not bear clothing ,of any sort near his skin. Wo' had a ; special go-cart-made for him, wlion iio was strong enough to lcavo bed, as he was u-.tc-rly unable to walk, in fa'ct ho was too weak to sit up, and we also had a special bed for him. Leonard had. Biiffored two years when we decided to, givo Dr; Williams' Pink Pills a trial. -We rioticed in a-few weeks after starting taking Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that his appetite was improving and wo were delighted to see him growing stronger. Tlio uschargb from the sores' grew less overy day cr.d eventually healed right up.' There is hrrdly 'any mark on his anido and with the tiaii of a fow.pits whore the bono came away, his arm and shouldor are qtiito' well. Tlio doctor often inquiries how tlio lad is. Ho can run like a hare, and swing an axe or crack a whip with any of his brothors. His cure is certainly a miracle. Wo thought thaf \Vo would have lost him." 1 Mangatainoka, April 7, 1908.. ; Wo, tho undersigned grandfather and. grandmother, of Leonard Lionel Wills, liavo had the abov'o testimonial road; to us relating to Leonard Lionel Wills' illnoss, and wo . horoby certify that tho facts' aro not exaggerated. Tho caso might-easily havo been moro strongly worded. There is no doubt in our minds ihat Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills cured Leonard Lionel Wills, and ho is now well and hearty and quito as well as any other boy. (Sgd.) W. T. N. UPTON. ' JANE UPTON. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, that cured littlo Leonard Wills, can bo had from most chemists and storekeepers, or direct from tho Dr. Williams'- Medicino Co:, Wellington, at 3s. a box or six boxes for IBs. 6d., post freo. 505G