HINTS ABOUT SCIATICA.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIX, Issue 11987, 9 June 1902, Page 3

HINTS ABOUT SCIATICA.

A MUCH MISUNDERSTOOD DISEASE. THERE arc few ordinary diseases about which so much misconception exists as sciatica (says a writer in a London journal). Many suppose that sciatica is induced by cold or wet. The truth is, however, that cold and/wet only start the painsnot the disease. Medical science teaches us that sciatica is a nervous disorder—due to nerve trouble of some sort. Pressure on the '.verve or other injury frequently rouses it. It may also be partially induced by acute rheumatism, malaria, anaemia, or general debility, because vitiated blood, as most of us know, affects the nerves. When the sufferer feelfc the -hooting, burning pains of sciatica, liniments, embrocations, and outward applications are frequently tried--generally with little or no success. A permanent cure lies only in a good nerve tonic. Such a tonic was discovered some time ago by an eminent Edinburgh physician—Dl. Williams. To him we owe the origin of the greatest, nerve-tonic and blood-builder of the age —Dr. Williams' pink pills for pale people—which are a permanent cure foi sciatica, neuralgia, St. Vitus' dance, hysteria, and other nerve disorders. Here the case of Mr. Robert Thomas. of 110, Durham-street, Sydenham, Christchurch, is quoted. This is what Mr. Thomas says : — '• It is nine years ago since 1 was attacked by excruciating, shooting pains in the back ant l left hip. The attack was sc sudden and severe that I called out in agony. A doctor was sent for. and he prescribed lotions ami internal medicine-, but the pains increased in severity and extended right down the left leg. Later mi the electric buttery was iced without success. Other doctors who attended agreed that I had acute sciatica, but as tin; years roller on I continued to sutler agony, and 1 almost gave up hope oi ever obtaining telief." Then Mr. Thomas continues:—" One day, quite eighteen months ago, when the sciatica pains were exceptionally severe, my wife said, ' There is one medicine that you have not used yet-Dr. Williams' pink pills; you must give then' a trial.' I objected very strongly, but my wife hi'd her way. A box was purchased, and 1 began taking its contents. I was considerably surprised tc find myself improving in health, as 1 continued taking these pills. Then the pains lessened, and my limbs, which had been exceedingly stiff and painful to move, became more flexible. I purchased another supply of Dr. Williams' pink pill", and when I had taken a little over ;i dozen boxes I found myself quite cured. As the sciatica had troubled me for nine years 1 consider my cure a reremarkable one, especially when every other medicine proved a failure. The cost of the pills was almost nothing compared to the money expended for other treatments an expenditure which during the past nine years must- have totalled £300." Owing to the mountainous character of New /calami, and its proximity to the sea, climate assists in developing such ailments as rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia, bronchitis, influenza, and consumption. Reliable proof can be adduced, however, that all these ailments have boon cured by Dr. Williams' pink pills, which are sold by retailers, and the Dr. Williams Medicine Company, Wellington, three shillings per box, post free. Mr. Thomas is a, gardener by profession, and Ids oomuiete recovery is proved by the fact thai he is now hard at work again. Indeed, his own well-trimmed garden shows ample evidence of his attention. It is hoped that the foregoing article will prove of value to those, who have hitherto been ignorant of the origin and correct treatment of sciatica.