Therapeutic Efficiency. A STARTLING LESSON.

Evening Post, Volume LXXI, Issue 142, 16 June 1906, Page 13

Therapeutic Efficiency. A STARTLING LESSON.

The Oaoo of Mr. J. HOLUS.

ALL SHOULD BENEFIT.

(BY A SrlEd-il, REPORTER.) If we cannot hope to know everything, we can, at least, take care to loam all that our Opportuuitics afford, and he will be a, wise mau who possesses himself of every itom of information that comes within hi» giasp. Not only will ho benefit from the point of view of his profit or of his pleasure, but suoh in f ormation as ho succeeds in gaining will incroase his intelligent interest in all the varied life which goea on around him, and of which he is a part. A valuable addition to the reader's store of knowledge will be made in c iinection with the following story, which was told to our reporter by Mi". John Hollis, of Herald-street, Berampore, Wellington, who remarked :—: — "Some time ago I was unfortunate in Sliding that my health was on the downward (rade, aud as ifc continued in that direction •t was not very long before my condition uogan to cause me some auxiety." " Had anything unusual happened to Interfere with your health?" asked the Writer. " Well, you see, I had been worried a ;ood dual about that time, aud I think there Is nothing like mental distress for bringing one's health down to the lowest pitch. The i Brat signs I had that I was getting iuto a | low state was a feeling of intense languidaess and an utter disinclination to bother myself about anything. After passively submitting to my loss of energy one day I nrould make up my mind to do better tho oext, but when the following day arrived I •eas no •m»ro able to do a bard day's work than I was previously. It seemed as though ill the vitality had been sapped «nfc of my lystem, aud the morel.tried to sxert myself the more feeble my efforts became." " Were you taking medicine of any description, Mr. Hollis!" " That was the only course open to me, for [ was too greatly debilitated to run any risk through neglecting myself. Yes ! I took medicine right enough. How many bottles [ cannot say just now, but I tried all sorts. 3uoh a variety of labels as I had an my aouse you never saw ; but I can say with truth 1 that they never did me a pennywortli jf good. It was just equivalent to putting my hand into my pocket and throwing so Tiucli money to the winds. Indeed, it was even worse than that, as my sufferings were :ontimmlly on the increase, and I was wasting to muoh valuable time as well by taking ohoso worthless nostrums. I then thought Ib w ould be better to Bee a doctor, and was on my way one morning when it occurred to me- that I was rather late, and do you know I always look upon that fact — in the light of subsequent experience — as a very luolcy one for me, because I had not gone much farther when a new idea struck me.". 11 Yes," said the journalist, " may I know what it was ? " "OhU have no reason to keep it from you. In fact, lam only too pleased to let yourself and all the world know what it was, because it afterwards had such a wonderful bearing upon my future existence. The thought that struck me was to get some Clements Tonic, and tho reason that idea [lushed across my mind was because I suddenly recollected how much good Clements Tonic had done somebody I know very well. It was not what had been told to me that I was going on, for I had observed the splendid work of Clements Tonic with my own eyes, aud when I remembered tills I hardly wasted a moment before I had some Clements Tonio in my possession, and I am sure that In the twenty years that I have lived in Wellington I have never met a medicine to approach it for the nilments Hut I was enduring." " What did they conifst of ohiefly ! " " In addition to what I have already told you, I must not forget to state that I was iv an exceedingly nervous condition, for the least thinj- auUfcted me^andjnji; mind was

always engaged in ruminating over unpleat aut possibilities. One of the most tenon features 6f my illness was that I had gon completely off my food. Some days 1 fol as if I did net care whether I had any o, not ; bub at the best of times my appetibf was easily satisfied. The weakening effect of being like that you can well imagine; and how much worse things wero for m/ when I could not rest at nights you cAgi easily understand. I used to-lie awake fol hours thinking about all sorts of things that "wore going to happen, and when I got up ij the mornings I felt almost too weary t), stand. My loius and limbs ached, mj mouth had a bitter taste, and there wq nothing t* see of my tongue excepting fcto thick fur that covered it. There is n| doubt it was a most distressing experience and I commenced to worry more than 'eve] because of my heart, which usod to thumf and thump terribly. A few moutlifuls q food gave me more pain than enough, fof after uathig anything I could hardly breath for the weighty feeling in my cketb, an my stomach soon contained a quantity « wind that caused me great discomfort utrti I had succeeded in belching it away Tha ' between my shoulders I had * terribly ahar psvin, and the agony I suffered with head aches no one but m\sel£ has the leae conception of. Another thing I notice after meals Was dizziucss ; and at last I go( to loathe the thought of taking food at all because it always meant such torture aftetj wards— at least, until I began with Clement/ Tonic, and then, to my delight hbl astonishment, things began to mend al round. Several days' use of that woudcrfu/ medioino resulted in my headaches beinj considerably eased, and I found it partiouj larly effective in toothing my nerves. Aj, night time Clements Tonic was my salvation as it destroyed all the causes of my restleiß ness and gave me the peaceful sleep ihM my enfeebled system required. Tho« feelings of hopelessness tha£ had hauntei me whilst I was taking other medicine soon died away now that I was takinj Clements Tonic, and I gol into a. happie( frame of mind than I had been in for man] months. By-and-bye my headaches vanished and the pains and discomforts after meal/ went with them, far it was really surprising how Clements Tonic acted upon mj digestive organs aud I was taking my foot as heartily as any man could wish." " You ought not to have been Ion; regaining your strength then ?" "Neither I was, for when my food wt( digesting properly it' seemed no tim( before I was as strong and as eager for vrot\ as ever. I have often heard people cott% plaining about suffering from that nasty taste in the mornings, dud giddiness, aiu palpitation and those other ailments thn( crossed my path, and it always affords dd( great satisfaction to advise them to tafc( Clements Tunio, for I know that mediciity can cure them like it cured mo. Evaji sufferer should know of its rcmarkabli efficacy, and for that reason you m*j publish these remarks of mine in any vr\j you please." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Jous Holms, ol Hqr»ld-strert, Bcrh&tnpore, WeJ lington, in the Colony of New Zealand, do solctnnlj and sincerely declire that I have OkrefulH read the aunexed document, cowistlnc of three lolio< and coimecutireiy numbered from one to thre^ at d that it contain! and is a true and f&ltl) ful account of my illness and curs by element Tonio; and alto conUiiu my full permi tion to pull liih in any way mj Etatements— which I glvi Toluatarily, without receiving any payment; an Imakethia -olemn declaration con* ientiouslv belU* ing the itme to be true, and by rirtue of the pr'ovUloa ot an Act of the General Assembly ot New ZtM»ni intituled "The Justice* of Pctct Act, 183:." Dtcltrcd at Wellington, this fourteenth d»v < M»y, ono ttaouuod nine hundred and three, bftol . ' *?W. a BANHISTBB,_JjR