A Family Heirloom

Lake County Press, Issue 1066, 28 May 1903, Page 7

A Family Heirloom

LI¥EK "2 KIDNEY DISEASE.

LiVER SYMPTOMS WELL DESGRI3BD.

\ -ThQ Caso of Mr. E. HOBMET.

able to rise. Such a haggard faoo you never saw, I had no colour whatsoever, and the black murks under my eyes and the deep lines in my forehead boeook© of the mental anxieties and physical sufferings I endured. The symptoms of indigestion were now more aggravating than ever. The skin over my body v/aa a dirty yellow colour, and I got aa nervous and fretful as a child. If the butcher or baksr announced their arrival in their usual manner by calling out, I got quite a 'start, and commenced trembling all over, whilst t-ho conversation of people who happened to call only jarred on my nerves and made ma irritable. Nothing was pleasant or agreeable, and I suffered from a general feeling of discontent which must have had a prejudicial effect upon those with whom I was brought in contact. But my friends pitied me, and indeed, I was Unserving of sympathy, for my life was a living torment. If I hud a short dczo ■ luring the day I was- made restless and avieomferlauio by frightfully hideous !r(!'vr,'),'; winch made- rae loathe the idea 'jf falling asleep. My emaciated framo was thoroughly bent up with pain. I could not move without suffering acutely, and if c'oalh had hailed rae I would have welcomed it with joy." " What kind of attention did you receive?" " Considering that I was so bad that [ had to go to the hospital yon may know that I wanted the very best attention ebl'ainabio, and I must say that i got; it, but: the medical men did not undnrstand my caoo—at least, they could not relieve rae. When I left the hospital I way f&irly done np and disheartened, but I was soon under the care of unother doctor, who said my internal organn were very much diseased. After being under his treatment for a long time without any good rrxndts 1 discontinued his service.-! and engaged another doctor, whofio medicines turned out to bo equally unsuccessful. Thus I wenb on from one medical man to other till I must have been treated by six doctors altogether, and the whole lot of them did not do me a pennyworth of good. I then thought my disease was incurable, and I was so worked up with a feeling of melancholy that I dare not even hope." " Did you try any medicines besides '.he doctors' ?" \ (T'" Yes; till I was sick and tired of trying. Ido not think there is a mediino placed upon the market which I iiavo nob given a fair chance. They ivere all tho same—not worth the cork '.hoy were stopped up with. There is an reception to every rule, however, and Clements Tonic proves the truth of this saying. Yes; a friend told me that Clements Tonic had cured him, and a? k- >■>') me to give it e trial, I bought a bottle of C'omenta Tonic r-ud i f did mo in.'cli good I was encouraged to keep on with it. 1 felt the awful s!o;naoh and chest pains geM i".c o—ir-r and ea.'icr 'ill th'-y faded aw;.-,. ■..nil i again looked forward to meal ti.ne with ;, hungry in■.orc'.t. By dogrt w my back was relieved from the ago;:ies which had so )ften doubled me np. and my head became clear. Indi;.v-d'on troubles wore ■,'opped and nleep v.-as ro!-lor;-d hy Cler<"nls Tri'.ic, which uitiniatelv cured my : .vcv <'iiJ. kidney disease*, and made mo orr.d " " W'i'! you allow me to >v-port your " You may publish these statements in any way." STATUTORY DKCLARATK. # I, :?:ch/.r» Hcdnut, of No, i \Va"-er Avonuo, i):uiF::ihi, in tlj'! colony nf Nc.v Zoa!;ind, do ■•• lfii;nlv Mirl sinrt-rplv declare that I iiavt; care■..llv ic-1,1 tlifc anne.u"! document, consisting o! ilm'-'i l ''■!: r . :wiH cor..--.'('i'iivr-iy nmnberod from cur- to ilirti!, ninl 'hit :t contairs nnrl i'-, a true and faithful tf.sor.iit cf in.' iliwss aixl cure by Ci'Tiicnts Tonic, alii ,l!=iO conuiiii; ir.y it)!' p< rpussior: to p'llilish in mv v. iiv mv .■.:-i l orr«r-iit3--whit'.i] ! -.'ivf visltint'irily, •vitbf.ut rr<:pivini; any payment; and 1 i;i.ik« this =oif.nn decla'-ntion iT.ii-;*'':ntio!i r .!y lß'iir-vin» the s»nve •■i ''(■ true, and by vitlne nt die provisions nf an Ac! • '•■■(■ C. .iTvi *\;;r.rmMv of Now Zealand, intituled -T'.i- I.'.sii.-i 5 iji i'eace Act, 1882 " \< T) / / // -• y Dfc'artiri at Dnnedln, this thirty-first day of 'Xcti.ilrcr, one thousand nine hundred, bf.-lorc me, HUGH GGURLEY, J.P.

. _ { By a Dumdin Reporter,)

rt There is no doubt," said Mr. Richard Mcsdn&t; of No. 1 Walker Avenue, Dune,"ditt,.- " that my many years of suffering fa*om rheumatism completely undermined stuy health in every ■ respect. h.u&v.mi'jtisni fa a legacy handed down from my Sorsfath&ts, all of whom were vicrims to that complaint. Being hereditary, there •hj every probability that all the mem-W-a of- our family will ho affected by • : diat painful disease. But what I have ko speak about mostly just now is in wrfereuica to an attack of kidney and 3iver disease which I did not get rid of ■l'M' about eight years.'" " A long term of sickness, Mr. Hodsiat. What were yo>:r symptoms likeP' : ir.uqui.rad tho report<M-. " I commenced to suffer dreadfully •i7lth. headaches, which had nuch a b'mdi,ig effect upon my thfd. I couh! 'iiar.dly see to read or write, ill'-.e!. moiv ?,os clm.racfcerised hy the Most repulsive pains in tho stotririch, I al,i/aya experienced a teniblc sen.f/atina in that qiuirter, as if the food fi*d turned bad and had. no means of ;. ; ,iKipe. ' Then, quite ssjddanly, a nnsty ibilo used to rLso to ray month, and the cour food used to be vomited up. When ■&he.stomach was empty I had long spella fof beiehmg afterwards, and then th? psvya wotdd ease a little. Thone pymv> were eometimea varied by violent attack of windy spasms, which made my lioart take to violent, palpitations, when I vraa neaorly scared out of my life with the way that organ used to thump against my ribs. Between my shoulders '{ had a sensation as though a doEen neediea wora being thrust into mo, whilst in my loins was an over-existing agony which I cannot adequately decoribe. aWhenever I drew a deep breath ■th» agonies in the reg.io.o. of my heart were something never to be forgot ton, jind my breathing was always frightfully bad, owing to a stuffy feeling in sviy cheat, which felt as tight ns a drum. The dainty food that was served up to me was usually difficult to swallow, on ;:ccouut of an extreme soreness of my throat. Added to those maladies, I had &a occasional dry, hacking cough, which j.'ometimes alternated with the expec--1 oration of phlegm. I felt miserable and tired from d&yhght till dark, without the least inolination for work, pleasure, •or anything else. As my kidneya be-ix-sae more diseased with the advance of •time, so also did my daily tortures inAvoaae. In the lower portion of my bnr:!. I bad acute pains which made mo groan ;<ioud. It was a matter of impossibilty for me to stoop to put on my boots, and .if I had dropped a fifty-pound note in •J hg stroot I could not have succeeded in picking it up. If I walked a little dibtance I was pulled up abruptly by the «hwp pains in my heart, which I firmly •Jjidieved was diseased ; but before I htu! ••vi-iivelled very far I was perfectly ex- " Judging from what yon have told' jue you must have bcon very weak." r 'l should rather think I wjis weak. I became so debilitated that some clays I rnnf'd Rcareely stand whilst I put on mv clothes, and us for doing a day's work — woll, I could not have done it for ail I ho toa in China. I experienced a conh'wnaent of the bowels for two or three •days at a stretch, and after that I was s.-used with attacks of diarrhoea; thfl 'jtuio was scanty and high-coloured. Tho smeli of my breath was most offen- > ive, and, combined with the bitter tjflfco in my mouth, made me fec-I conrlnually inclined to bo sick. I could never understand ho'v it tvw. that I felt «> languid and sleepy ail day, and yet 1 oould not get to sleep ,-.i. nirdit. Mr mind was ill at ease as y<*nr niter yo;.r passed by without any sign of j. change ier tho hotter, and it wa.s at night mostly that I i7B©d to ruminate over the g-'oomy futuVe that was ppparvntlv in cd-ore for me,. 'jribeaMhy rctivitv of jny brain ww a striking fwahtre of "the weakening effects of my cempl.-iinta. I U3ed to lie thinking thst about one thing and then another ail nioh: .-dog, «ffi<t wSen | had to get up I wa.s hardly