NEURALGIA AND POOR BLOOD.
There are very few cases of neuralgia that are not caused by a thin run down condition of the blood. Almost the first thing the doctor looks for in neuralgic patients is the anaemic appearance. There are two things to do for any form of neuralgia. Apply heat to the affected part to soothe the pain, and feed the nerves by taking a tonic containing the elements needed by them. Heat as aforded by hot flannel, hot water bags, etc. ; lulls the inflamed nerves into temporary quiet. It does not cure. Not until the nutrition, of tiie nerves is restored, will the inflammation subside and the neuralgic state be remedied. Never under any circumstances should drugs to deaden the pain be used. Dr. Williams' Pink Pilis furnish to the blood the needed elements and the blood conveys them to the nervee. The only way of getting food or medicine to the nerves i& through the blood. Bemember
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Evening Post, Volume XCVII, Issue 27, 31 January 1919, Page 4
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