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New Zealand Mail, 3 September 1902, Page 71 (Supplement)

I Wished and Prayed to Die.” PROSTRATED BY HEADACHES. Countless Medicines. Fall. Clements Tonic Cures.

The Case of SV?rs. A. TRUE MAPI. (by a reporter). The writer had an interview with Mrs, Annie Trueman, of Charlotte Avenue, Wellington, which ia given below for tha perusal of those in search of information. “I believe you liave been a victim to illhealth for many years,” remarked the reporter. __ “ Unfortunately, your statement is true,” was Mrs. Trueman’s rejoinder. For fourteen years I did not kiiow what it was to be well for a day. My complaint must have been working away at my system for a long time before it attacked me in full force. 1 first observed a great falling off in my appetite. I used to make nice little dainty dishes in order to promote a feeling of hunger, but one or two mouthfuls of food were always enough to put in cheek any further desire to eat. The pain afterwards was greater than I could bear. My stomach Felt as though revolving knives were cutting my inside away, and my shoulders had a sensation as though I was being repeatedly stabbed. Right down to the lower part of my ribs a these murderous attacks of pain found their way, whilst my chest felt overburdened with weight. The food turned sour and fermented, causing a large quantity of acrid gases to arise to my throat, when I was kept constantly belching till all the wind was emitted. This trouble was not always so easily g it over, for the wind very often remained inside, and caused my heart to palpitate to a fearful degree, and the pain was so tremendous that I was sure my heart was diseased. There was a taste of gali in my mouth, which had an offensive influence upo:i e cry thing I ate or drank. \!y tongue was furred, and often felt too large for my month.” “ Have you any ide=>- what made your tongue feel swo len ? ” “It always felt likelhat after vomiting, which I did nearly every morning. Retching continued long after my stomach was empty, and then I was overpowered and exhausted to such an extent that it wa3 quite a common thing for me to faint and fall to the ground. My housework was left untouched many a. day, as I was so prostrated by terrible sick headaches that I had .qo React to try and work. Attacks of riiaruicea, alternated by costiveness, assisted in bringing down my physical siiengtli— what little there was left of it. All day long I was in a dull, drowsy state, and I used to long for the night to come, so that I might fall asleep and thus acquire a little respite from my sufferings. - But a few hours iu bed made mo long for the morning. There was no sleep for me. I lay hour after hour listening to the treking of the dock, which reminded me that time was. passing on, and yet I was getting worse. I used to wonder, how much longer this state of misery would continue, and my mind conjured up all kinds of unpleasant thoughts in regard to the future. I tried to divert my attention from these unhappy reflections by reading, but in a few minutes my eyes ached and burned so much that I was obliged to put down my book in despair. My limbs were always aching painfully. When I wanted to stand up I had to rise very slowly, otherwise I was overcome by a dizzy feeling which made me sit down again. My face was the picture of death, the cheeks being hollow and sunken, and my lips were almost white. I became so despondent and irritable that the conversation of visitors who came to sympathise with me proved a source of great annoyance. Tt was quite a usual thing for days to pass without, a particle of nourishment passing my lips.” “ Yon could not live very long like that ? ” “ Everybody said the same, and many friends' have since told me that they expected to hear of my death any day. My bones Were fleshless, and my' legs were so devoid of strength that I could scarcely move them. I thought I was going to choke, tbr ugh my throat being blocked up with wind. I gasped for breath

so violently that I became nearly black uk the face. But the most serious result of my long illnesa was the total collapse of my nervous system. I yook and trembled at the least noise. When anybody came into uiy presence unexpectedly I almost jumped out of my skin. It was not safe for me be in the house alone.” “ Was your condition really s a bad.*C* u I will tell you what happened one day when I was left alone, ana then you will know that lam not exaggerating. I had been suffering from an unusually excessive feeling of nausea and giddiness for some days, accompanied with a terrible dull paid, in the head, and the doctor was paying hia usual visit. When he entered my room £ received a great shock to the system, and -ell into hysterics. The doctor poured som® water over me, which had a slightly reviving effect. -Shortly after consciousness was restored I felt a strange, horrible sensation creeping up my face and extending to the top of my head, I remember n| more ; but some hours after I was told than I had had a fit I was in bed for weekh after that with my health completely shattered. A series of fits followed one after the other, and it was fully expected that I would be carried off by one of them. The doctors could not make out what was the matter with m~ n although I was very carefully examined by them. Aftep repeatedly trying experiments with- countless medicines, which proved of no use, thd doctor’s decided to put me under an opera, tion. The awful agony I was submitted ttf nearly caused my death but yet the fit* continued. I was so disheartened at such a number of failures to cure me that I wished aud prayed to die.” “ Did you obtain no relief whatever front your doctor’s medicines ? ” “No ; neither did I benefit from any physic which I bought, with the sol® exceptir n of Clements Tonic, which was recommended to ms by a doctor, who. said I ought never to be without it. , Although the advice came very late, it. was not too late to save-me. The wonderful stimulating properties of Clements Tonic gave me a new lease of life. My first bottle had asplendid effect upon my shattered nerves* which were greatly steadied and toned up. My head had not been so clear and free from pain for fourteen years as it was after a few doses of Clements Tonic, which also acted splendidly on my liver. The pains in my back and stomach were soon subdued, and I enjoyed the return of a good appetite. I filled out rapidly, and in a few weeks £ was quite robust and strong. Every night I slept calmly and soundly. I was no longer disturbed by hideous dreams, and in the mornings I awoke feeling fresh and cheerful, and ready to do my work. Tho fits became let's and less frequent as I gained in strength, is erder to ensure a perfect: cure I continued with Clements Tonic till' my disease was eradicated from my system. If I had known that such a reliable and valuable medicine was obtainable I am sure those years of anguish and torture could have been obviated.” “May I give publicity to your stat®--ments ? ” “Certainly. I owe my life to Clements Tonic, so you may publish these facts in way you like.” STATUTORY DECLARATION. ' I, Anktk Tkttehast, of Charlotte Avene®,, Wellington, in the colony of New Zealand, d®i solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting of three folio* and consecutively numbered from one to three, and that it contains and is a true and faithful account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and also contain* my full permission to publish in any way my statements—which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payment; and I make this solemn declaration conscientiously believing the same to b® true, and by virtue of the provisions of an Act of th® General Assembly of New Zealand, intituiad. “ Th« Justices of hence Act, 1882. " a k. ii.e Declared at Wellington, this 16th day of November oiio thousand nine hundred, before me, f. mcfarland, j.p.

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