Health Better than Wealth. THIN AS A SKELETON. Results of a Sluggish Liver.

Evening Post, Volume LXIII, Issue 87, 12 April 1902, Page 7 (Supplement)

Health Better than Wealth. THIN AS A SKELETON. Results of a Sluggish Liver.

Th« Oas« of Mr. J. WALLACE. « V (BY A SPECIAL BErORTEB.) Woalth does not Always bring happiness. Prom all parts of tho world many instances QAVB been Brought to light bearing on the ibove theory. •v ' Better tho honest rasher if toil than the gildod homily of luxury," is i motto, it has been said, very much open to criticism, but to judge by the number of rich men. who are unhappy from various Piuses thero appears to be cousidoroble truth in tho quotation. Take, for oxtunplo, the majority of men who follow the plough from suuriso till sundown. Thoy are cheerful and contented in the enjoyment of their physical strength, without which all the wealth and luxury in existence would be useless to thtm. Mr, John Wallace, of Exproia Avenue, Wellington, told our roporter he had. done & great Amount of hard in his yourg days, *nd that ho was aever in better spirits than when capable of performing laborious work. " I did not know what a cure or a trouble waa bo long as I had my health," pursued Mr. Wallace, "but whon my constitution broko down I was awfully miserable." " How wore you originally affected ?" " For a long tjmo I felt seedy and unwell, as if the vitality was slowly leaking from my system. • I got up from bod' feeliug just aa tiled as I waa vrlion T turned in the previous night, and hnlf tho day was over i>eforo 1 felt properly awake. Indeed, I was never otherwise than i.ull and drowsy, f"r\tU a disinclination to stir myself moro than waa altogether necessary. Many a littlo thing .'( law wanted doing about the house or garden, but I had not the requisite energy to fix <t tip and lave further damage. Severe headaches wero my daily torment. The healthy appetite I lifted to hay« now left me. I could not oat us much in a week as I used to take in one inoal, the consequence being that 1 became as thin as 1 a akfeleton. My face lookod dr&wn andc>inchcd, with my cheeks lunk right in, and my eyes were deep in their sockets. The light food that was prepared foe mo proved too much for wiy weak and feeblo system to digest. The food decayed in my stomach instead of digesting, with the result that sour gases rumbled about my inside, causing intense paroxysms of agony, which left me in * state of helpless prostration. The lower part of my stomach was excessively tender, aven the pressure of my clothes causing a very painmi sensation. Undrr my shoulders and *n the loins my complaint showed very troublelome syniptdms, resembling the pricking of needles and pins. One of my greatest ailments was the irregular condition of my bowela. For days I Buffered from costiveness, with scanty and cloudy uriue ; afterwards" I waa greatly weakened by severe attacks of iliurrhuea. Try what means I would, I could never get over-thin difficulty, which was a new and unpleasant experience for me. The generation of wind also canted my body to distend, and my heart palpitated lo violently that I often thought my time had come. "That is one of the symptoms of a diseased liver." *' Yes, so i believe ; bnt I thought ab the lime I had heart disease. I really believed I would go right off when those attacks were on, and one of my doctors told me my heart was very weak. T often had an idea that ft cancer, or something of the sort, was growing in my insido, in consequence of feeling something solid and painful in my lido. Nearly every morning I was sick. I believe it was the vile taste in my mouth :>n arising from bed which made me so; but, At all events, I remember quite clcavly how • I used to retch and vomit) for a long time aftor getting up. My breath was very had, boo, nd my tongue was covored with » dirty, foul coating. " How did you sleep ab nleht ! " " Don't ask me. So many nlghl» passed without sleep that I thought I was a victim to insomnia for life, and you know a man cannot live long and keep Hid senses without sleep.* To lay Awake night after night, with the body aohing and full of torture, ia

the greatest affliction af all, and I have had my share of it. I used io long for th< morning to conio to relieve my mind from tho horrible ruminations which beset my brnin during the long and tunious hours o" night; but when tho daylight did appear in my room I was no bettor, for my inability to get up and busy myself mado my helpless condition all the mor£ apparent- Anotlivt thing I must not forpet to mention is this As Ilay tossing and turning in my extreme agony, I used to sweat profusely, nnd een-, actions of excessive heat were alternated by cold chill." " Do you think you contracted a severe cold ! " " I am not quite crrtiin ; but I had indications that my kiduf ys wore in a vfiy i bad sttvte. The pains in my back were beyond all human eirtlurnnre, and they cairn I on so suddenly at times that they mude m* groan nloud I had a continual thirst, am! I although I drank largo quantities of barlej water and to forth, I could not appease th< craving I had for more. My nerves were quite knocked out of time by my disease. ] could not hold my hand **t.iii for ton seconds if you had given mo a thousand pounds for doing so. Tho slightest sound made me nervous nnd irritable. In fact, I was nevex in a good humour. Whatever was done to please me failed. I was despondent and melancholy to a degree that I did not think attainable. A recovery in my case seemed impossible, and I really thought my diseut would prove fatal." " How long did you have a doctor attending you ?." • " I was under first ono doctor, then another., for close on twelve years, and 1 thought it was a fair thing to leave of] hoping against hope after so much uselosj medical treatment. I gave up the doctors in despair, and started trying tocuremyseli with medicines I saw advertised. Each patent physic was gjven a good trial, but 1 may just as well have thrown my money in the river for all the benefit I doiive'd. I'm sine I vied every patent medicine in the country, but thoy were no earthly good tc mo. S. et I am now seventy years of ago, and I am as well and hearty as ever I km in my life." " What an extraordinary change must have come over you. How did it happen ?'' " Through the agency of a friend who tolc me Clements Tonic would mnkn b uew man of me. J. bought some Clements Tonic «a( peveovercd for a while without any apparent alteration, but in less than a week I felt a little better. This encouraged nip to keep going with Clmnents Tonic, and soon tin agonising pains in my stomach and back died nwivy. From that I improved daily, my appetite returning, and my head wni free from aches. Vomiting and all in digestion symptoms wore cured byClementi Touic ; my kidney troubles also disappearing. I slept soundly, and felt vigorous and lightOicarted ou awaking. I was mnd< h«avy and strong by'Cloment* Tonic, wh'eli saved my life. 1 have nover been ill sinci Clemen U Tonic cured mo many years ago." " Your statements will appear in print] with your permission !!l! !l " You may publish my testimony in »nj way you please." STATUTORY DKCLARATIOISr. I. JOHK WAtAAoa, o» Rxprcw Avenuf , WeHlntton in the Colony of New Zealand, do tolemnly km tinocrely declare that I hay« carefully read tht annexed document, contitting of three foHot*Ar< couiecutlvely numbered from one to thr»e, and "bat it contain* and ia a true and faithful aceouii' of my illncxu and cute by Clements Tonic, and al«< contains my lull permission to publish in any way mj sUttuieoti— which Itflve volunurlly, without rewiT ing any payment ; and I make thii tol«lUudcolAmi<M conscientiously believing th« lain* to be true, and \>) virtue of ihc provUions of an Aot of the Gencri Asictnblv of NtwZtaland, Intituled "The Justices c Peace Act. ISB2. Declared ai Wellington thii 17th day of Novaaiboi one thouaand oloe hundred, before me. ROBERT McKENZtE, !.?.