DOOMED BY DROPSY.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLI, Issue 12699, 31 October 1904, Page 7

DOOMED BY DROPSY.

T D CRIPPLED BY BHEPMATISM.

MRS. .BOWIE OWES HIISL LIFE TO

DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS.

"A teaii ago I was a bed-ridden cripple, praying for death— thank God, I am in perfect hetilih, arid can walk with ease from one end of Dunedin to tha other. It is a positive miraclea miracle worked by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." That is the solemn statement of Sarah Agnes Bowie, of Jetty-street, Dunedin, the wife of Henry Bowie, the Dunedin Boating Club's tract" steward. They have lived in Dunedin for 15 years, and their neighbours know their word La .as good as. their bond. " Rheumatism lirst attacked me 20 years ago," Mrs. Bowie began. "I was then living' ou tha West Coast, at Cobden, near Greymou'h. My ankle suddenly swelled tip, and. the 'paia wan frightful. The doctors treated jfte for a bad sprain. I got worse ajsd worsa, until I was a conlirmed invalid. The welling spread up first one leg and then tho other. I cannot find words to describe what 1 siJFered. The pain broke down roy nerves and utidermir/ied my whole health. I had no tpoetite, and my back was always aching. But, worst of all was my heart. The least noise made it jump ana thump furiously for a few minutes, and then it seemed to stop beating altogether. I bolieve I was in daily danger cf sudden death. "All this time I was growing worse and worse. As 1 hated the sight of food, I befan to lose all strength. Then I becamo £, martyr to night sweats. 01t«:n the bedding was soakei through, and an attendant had to keep wiping the sweat nway. ; for five yes.rs I drifted on in this low, woftb state, and the doctor told mo I could not; live another two years. "1 was ordered away to ;i better climatf!. 10 Mr. Bowie brought me over here to Dunedin, where he soon built up a business in shipping circlcs. But the change did me 1.0 rial good. I was a hopeless case. My le, s swelled bigger and bigger. It must havo been dropsy. My flt'di was as soft as dough. When I pressed my lingers 011 my legs I could ! actually bury them in the flciih. I could not get. my shoes on. Walking was out ox the question. I could only crawl at best. My •lit? was one miserable round of pain. I saw nothing to live for, and often prayed thht the pain would kill rip. _ , „ , "By this time I hud given up all bopo, ; airs. " Bowie went on. "Of course, a had : often read of Dr. Williams' Fink Pills, hut I oiiiy smiled at the thought of using them. Then, one day last year, whoa suffering more than usual, I read of a case almost exactly like my own. I read it over and ovei again, getting fresh hope every time, "It was in November, 190.5, that I sent to 'he grccerv shop for my first box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I fancied that, even that first box did na© good. Certainly it .iwve me an appetite. I got more., and kept taking them till last February. Little oy little the dropsy in my legs ■went down. The piercing pain eased in my joints and muscles. J % heart became sound find strong. My serves wore braced up wonderfully. ~n tv en a few weeks, instead ol looking like a corpse, I got a clear skin and fresh colour. A* my strength came back, I was able to get "P and walk. Now ][ am in robust Health, tod lust delight to keep going all day with »oy housework. Without doubt, Dr. Wilhams' Pin-: Pilis worked a miraclo when they cured me." , . . P''. Williams 1 Pink Pills worked tins Wiracio bv actuallv making new blood for Mrs. Bowie. . They do just :;his one thills' tut they do it well. They don't act 011 the towels. They don't bother with more symptoms. They ju«t strike straight at the loot 0; B*l blood diseases like ana?m:ia, skin trouble, ]«»usn®M, ii digest ion, liver compianit, ? headaches, backaches, kidney trouble, <uniy a 2o, rheumatism, sciatica, nervousness, . general weakness, decline, consumptll« (in itsl earl/ ata«es), locomotor ataxia, ' *aa the o-scret ailments that some to gins ' .? w women, when their blood becomes weal:, ■ f®pure, or irregular. Through the blood, Williams' Pint Pills care nil tiiese just ; surely as the? oured Mrs. Bowie. -jut, , course, you rami -ret the genuine I.inc.— .'Ways ill boxes, IK VIM in bcttles. Sold by . filers and the Dr. Williams" Medicine. 'On>,paiiy t Welilington, ct wfi ft box, or six ,jV !3 for Ids 6>:l, post free. Prom the same jWes.i you can Jet free medical advice. hu.l .•isoa 0,: copy of " Wraggn 011 Weather, /' ull v-i 1) 11strat pamphlet by tho wmous Clement. L. Wragge, il-.R G.S.