INVALID AND CRIPPLE.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XLII, Issue 12968, 11 September 1905, Page 3

INVALID AND CRIPPLE.

DROPSY AND HEART DISEASE

AFTER YEARS OF RHEUMATISM. MRS. BOWIE OWES HER LIFE TO DR. WILLIAMS'. PINK PILLS. ;" Rheumatism took me in the prime of life," said Mrs. S. A. Bowie, wife of Henry Bowie, ; caretaker of tie Otago Rowing Club sheds, Jetty-street, Wharf, Dunodin. "For twenty years it did not let mo have one single solitary day free from pain. For five years I was an absolute cripple with it. No words can tell the agony I went through. Many a time I prayed for Death. Four doctors agreed that I could not stand the torture for more than two years at tho outside. The pain alone would kill ) me. I thanked Heaven with all my . heart when Dropsy and Heart " Disease came to put a stop to my terrible sufferings without waiting all that time. " I had given up all'hope when Mr. Bowie read about a case nearly the same as my own which' was cured by Dr. Williams' 'Pink Pills. I, tried ; them— and here I stand to-day completely cured. It is a positive miracle., Dr. Williams' Pink Pills snatched mo from the very edge of the grave. "When Rheumatism first attacked me I was then living 911 the West Coast, at Cobden, near Greymouth," said Mrs. Bowie. "My ankle suddenly swelled' up and the pain was frightful. The doctors treated me for a bad sprain;,; but I got worse and worse. At last I was a confirmed invalid. . The swelling spread up one leg and "then began in the other. That showed it was no sprain. It must have boon in my blood. I cannot find words to describe what I suffered. The pain broke _ down my nerves and undermined my■ whole health. I had no appetite, and my back was always aching. But, worst of all, was my heart. The least noise made it jump and thump like mad for a few minutes— then it seemed to {.top beating altogether. I never knew when I might drop dead with it. "All this time I was growing worse and worse. I hated the sight of food, and began to lose all strength. I used to wake up in the dead of night in a cold sweat. ? Often the bedding was soaked through.' Somebody had to keep wiping the sweat away. I was so weak from it that I could hardly lift my hand. All this time I was suffering untold torture from Rheumatism. For five years I drifted on in this low, *«ak state, and the doctors told me I could not live another two years. ' • "They ordered me away to a better climate, so Mr. Bowie brought me over here to Dunedin, where lie soon built up a business in shipping circles. But the change did mo no real good. I was a hopeless case. ' My legs swelled bigger and bigger. It must have been Dropsy. My flesh was as soft as dough. When I pressed my finger on my legs I could actually bury them in the flesh. I could not get my. boots on.' Walking was out of the question. I/could only crawl at best. My life was one miserable round of pain. I saw nothing to live for, and often prayed to God that the pain would kill me. "By this ma- I had given up all hope," Mrs. Bowie went on. "Of course, I had often read of Dr. Williams.' Pink Pills, but I only smiled at the 'thought of using them. Then, one day when suffering more than ever, Mr. Bowie read of a case almost exactly like my own. Ho read it over and over again to me, and it gave me fresh hope every time. "It was in November, 1903, that I sent to ..the grocer's for my first box of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I fancied that even that first box dad me good. Certainly it gave me an appetite. I got more, and kept taking them till February, 1904. Little by little the Dropsy in my legs went down. The ■piercing Rheumatic pains eased up in my joints and muscles. My heart became sound and strong. My nerves were braced up wonderfully., In a few weeks, instead of looking like a 'corpse, I got a clear skin and fresh colour. As my strength came back I was able to get up and walk. Now I' am 111 the best of health and just delight to keep going all day with my housework. There's 110 doubt but Dr. Williams' Pink Pills worked a miracle when they cured me." : Dr. Williams' Pink Pills worked \ this ;miracle by actually making new . blood' for Mrs. Bowie. _ They do just this one thing but they do it .well. They don't, act on the bowels. They don't bother with mere symptoms. They just strike straight at the root of all blood diseases like anemia, skin trouble, biliousness, . indigestion, liver com;plaint,; headaches, , backaches, kidney troubles, lumbago, rheumatism-, sciatica, "nervousness, neuralgia, general weakness, decline, consumption; (in its early stages), locomotor ataxia, and the secret ailments that come to girls and women when their blood -becomes weak, impure, or irregular. Through the blood Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cure all these, just as surely as they cured Mrs. Beeston. But, of course, you must get the genuine ; kind—always in boxes, never in bottles. Sold -bv retailers and the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington, at :3s a box, six boxes for 16s 6d, post free.