YEARS OF MISERY WITH ANAEMIA
WANGANUI GIRL SO -WEAK COULD . HARDLY WALK^ THIN, PALE, AND_ LANGTJID—RAITOLY' , LOST WEIGHT — CONSTANT'HEADACHES — IN •'AGONY WITH NEU- ; RALGIA- FINALLY" CURED BY DR. WILLIAMS'PINE PILLS. ; ; ,s, "When I was . about'.^twenty- my' 'whole health broke down through my blood becoming poor," • said-Mrs. -A. E. Aitken,'lo7 Harrison Street, Wauganui. "I was that bad with palpitation of the heart that I could hardly walk, in fact, I. hardly- went out, at all. My. facfr'and- lipV were 'wliito'and; great black rings came' under-'my' eyes. - . Iwas horribly norvous; ■'■The '■ least little'iioise;!mado ine jump •:and- started; nSy.. .nerves .''tingling'-like mad. '-'. Nothing'could'make'- mfe' go. : out at night by - myself. Right on. the top ;of my head.-it.felt as if someone 1 was hanging it with''a'hamme - iy and as if there were'a Weight always there. Often I had to leave my work and lie>down. Very often my feet and. ankles were nofc'get" my shoes on. Ivused' to' feel as if I -never' wanted to eatiV : The doctor ordered mo'to have sandwiches of raw meat, but I don't think that thev did me much good. Every time after eatihg-F-hal3' : a nasty tight'pain in ihy chest, just, as if the food had . got into a; hard lump arid would not digest. The pain lasted for hours, and then I had an attack of vomiting, and threw up everything again. I was getting weaker every day and the doctor's medi-cine-was. not, doing me any good. I-got very low.] spirited -for I,,th6ught. that L.was; never, going /to,''g<H,.. better.F'.wasalways languid: and' tired, ..and s.ielt as .if I could not be bothered with anything. The attacks of Neuralgia that I had nearly drove mo mad. A sharp hot stabbing pain'shot up my face into my ears. Often I cried out with agony. For days at a time I used, to wander jibout the house wondering what to'do to get relief. No matter what I tried I could not get any ease';"' Sometimes I got so giddy that I nearly foil" down—Allofn-sudden-everything-seemed-to.swim around,'.".and-/I had to cateh hold of something,, or else I. would have gone down. Everything went -.black- for' a' time.-. I was always cold: W'hen-Iwent to bed I could not sleep much because the.palpitation was worso then.. Often I had'to'sit up in bed and fight for'ii}y breath, >and then "I broke-out into a porspiration.Then when .the attack passed, off .1 just fellback on the pillows utterly ex-hausted.-I dreaded getting up time 1 coming rotind becauso I was so fearfully tired. I was ■ always. afraid that I'had heart diseaso and r would drop dead suddenly, but I..was so weak and low spirited that I would, not have cared if I had died. Every day I was getting worse,'and then a neighbour advised, mother to give me Dr. Williams'. Pink Pills. I started on them but 'never thought that they would do me any good. In time I began to get stron'ger,' and no one knows how happy I felt then. Almost with every dose I could feel my strength returning. I found tho palpitation was getting loss and tho headacnes were going away;-also-tho"-swelling" in' my feet,; legs, and hands was going down. The attacks of . Nouralgia were getting less and the pain was not so bad. In thb'erid Dr. Williams' Pirik Pills brought back my health and strength and, since then I don't know what'a day's illness (is." . AVhen you begin to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, - watch your appetite. In a few daysyou'll feel that you can't get enough to eat.: That's one of the first signs that'thoy : are doing good. They-make new blood and tone run down nerves, and sufferers who take them find a "daily improvement. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are'sold by all medicine dealers, or if you cannot get them locally, "send direct to The Dr. Williams' Medicino Co., "Wellington, 3s. for one bos; ='ti(,boxes for 16s 6d. Dost free., . 6528
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 15
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645YEARS OF MISERY WITH ANAEMIA Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 259, 25 July 1908, Page 15
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