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New Zealand Mail, 29 January 1902, Page 62

All Pain and No Re||| A TROUBLESOME LIVER, Vitality Leaked Away. %

The Case of Mrs. H. DAY. (BY A SPECIAL REPORTER.) There are very few people who do not, at some period of their existence, look back with sad regret at opportunities lost and time misspent. Even the most successful men in life have their moments of retrospection in regard to prodigality of time. We are apt to cast the responsibilities of our misfortunes upon the shoulders of ill-luck instead of frankly acknowledging a deficiency of foresight or lack of adaptability and perseverance. If we practised the habit of employing our time in enlightening and profitable researches, we might reasonably expect a satisfactory result ; bub if, on the contrary, we throw aside the privileges ■which cross our path through life, we cannot conscientiously attribute our adversities to the partiality of fortune. Mrs. Harriet Day, of Gliuznee-street, Wellington, told our reporter that she could have saved herself no end of trouble had she put advice into immediate effect.

“ By wliom. was the advice given ? ” questioned the newspaper man. “ By a lady who had been nearly dead with liver complaint. The advice was printed and circulated in book form, but I did not trouble to read it, unfortunately, till about four months after it had been in my house. That is where I made a great mistake, for which I paid a heavy penalty. I was living in Palmerston at the time. Anybody there can tell you how I suffered for months with a fearful attack of liver complaint. The'disease crept upon me very slowly, for I felt greatly depressed and fatigued for a long time before any marked symptoms were experienced. The only thing I felt inclined to do was to sit gazing listlessly out of the window, although' I felt no interest in anything that met my gaze. I could not make up my mind to start my work. I had neither will nor energy left. My vitality leaked out of my system'so insidiously that I thought I was going into a decline. Then I was suddenly made aware of the fact that a disease of some kind was eating my vitals away.” “ By what means did you make this discovery ? ” “ Through most excruciating burning pains, which started in my chest and travelled down to my right side. This terrific agony never subsided, so I consulted a doctor, after patiently bearing my burden of pain for a day or two. The doctor said my liver was sluggish, and that I wanted any amount of exercise. He told me that if I bad ViOt enough work to do in my house I was 10 exert myself as much as possible out of doors. 1 followed his advice as long as possible.” “ And did your health improve?” “No. lain sorry to say it got worse. My maladies increased with time. I had a little hit of an appetite sometimes, but whatever I ate disagreed with me. The food caused intense cutting pains in my stomach, ami acute jerks of agony appeared' under my shoulders. Besides suffering these dreadful tortures, I was very drowsy after eating. In a few days later I could not even keep bread and milk on my stomach, but immediately I took a little nourishment upit came again. The unpleasant taste in'my mouth was enough to make anyone vomit, which I did two or three times a day. My bowels were confined and relaxed in turn, and my tongue unclean. I could not hear very well either. My friends could not make out the reason why they had to raise their voices to a high pitch before I heard what they were talking about. And then, again, I was nearly driven mad with headaches, which attacked me with great violence, and never gave me a moment’s rest, iMy eyes were dim and felt swollen. I could not read the paper without feeling dazzled in a minute or two. One day I really thought my time had come. I experienced exasperating agony from windy spasms for a while, then my heart heat violently for such a time that I dreaded it was going to stop with a final flutter. These alarming attacks afterwards occurred frequently, and increased in severity as time