MODERN MIRACLES.

New Zealand Times, Volume LXVII, Issue 3440, 23 May 1898, Page 4

MODERN MIRACLES.

THE DAYS OF MIRACLES ARE NOT YET PAST. SCEPTICS MAY DOUBT. SEVEN SPECIAL SURGEONS ARE CONVINCED. OR WILLIAMS OP PINK PILLS PAME IS FORCING THIS' FACT HOME IN ALL CIVILISED COUNTRIES EVERY DAT.

■ Dr Williams, of Pink Pills fame, is forcing this fact home in all civilised Countries every day. A case-in point, illustrating, comes from Melbourne. So :ays the Advocate: The greatest and most extraordinary niracle which has over occurred in Vic»ria is undoubtedly, the recovery of Dave lirk, the popular and dashing ex-cham-pion cyclist, who, over a’ year ago, when training on the track at the Scotch College, Melbourne, was hurled from his machine and thrown with incredible rapidity and violence in to' the hard ground. The tire of his leader burst, and thus the fateful accident was occasioned. Kirk was picked up from Where he lay, in a senseless heap, and was Carried quite unconscious to the Melbourne Hospital. All the many resources of that institution were brought into play for the relief of the patient, but the grave looks. of the surgeons in attendance plainly indicated that they entertained but slight hopes of the young man's ultimate recovery. An eminent member of the profession expressed it as his opinion that Kirk would never, again rise from his. sick-bed. For seven trying months of pain and suffering poor Dave lay ’twixt life and death—unable to stir hand or foot, unable even to move, a victim of spinal disease, pleurisy, dysentery, complete paralysis of the body, and last, but by no means least, locomotor, ataxia, a terrible complaint, which utterly prostrates the human frame and destroys the power of the will; so'much so' that the common - functions of nature are performed by a power extraneous to the will.' An idea of the dreadful injuries sustained by the patient may be gathered from the following details gleaned from Kirk by our representative. His left heel had to be removed. and -32 stitches were inserted in that part of his foot, 18 being placed in his right leg. The kneecap was smashed, and had to be lifted. Altogether, seven surgeons had to do with the sufferer, who was reduced to a very weak and comatose state after nine operations had been performed on him. Mortification ,set in in. parts of the lower limbs, and artificial means had to be employed to draw off the urine. The system was washed internally four times every day with water aud carbolic acid, the stomach being cleaned out by means' of a tube. Injections were also largely employed. This was a most singular case, and one which must have afforded ample, play for the physician’s skill and experiment, yet, it remained for Dr.Williams’ Pink Pills to effect a radical and complete cure. : i References to the accident appeared in the Melbourne Herald, .1 rgv.s and other pagers* The, Herald of October 9th, 1806, said:r ‘ Dave Kirk, residing at the Coffee Palace, Victoria street. North Melbourne, sustained severe injuries this afternoon through fallingifrom his bicycle while training on the track at the Scotch College ground. The' tire of his bicycle bnrst, and Kirk was thrown violently, to the ground. He was removed in a oab to the Melbourne,Hospital.” ’ : , The Argus, about a month later; said: ” Everyone, has heard of Kirk, the crack racer*; About a month ago he met with an accident whilst training, and has been in the Melbourne Hospital ever since! The medical authorities say that he will never ride again,'as’his spine has been so, badly hurt that he will likely be paralysed for life." .. , , i

Our statements , are consequently borne out by press reports. But to continue o*ux story:— After seven months of bed-ridden existence in the Melbourne Hospital;' Data. Kirk left that institution with faint’ hopes of ever being, able to get about 1 without the aid of crutches, and with all hopes vanished .as to his, being again able to enter the cycle arena where, prior to hie accident, his had been a prominent form. In May-last Kirk’s friends, beihg impressed by .’the numerous and ’ authentic 1 cures effected by Dr Williams’ Pink Pills under all conditions,, induced him to give them a trial as a last resource. We will givb in his own words his, account, of the change resulting, from their use. He says s —“ Gradually the sense of numbness began to disappear, and the extremities acquired by degrees their woiited'’ healthy glow and .warmth. While 1 Under treatment in the hospital the'sense of feeling entirely disappeared; so much so that When the surgeons would put a needle into any part of my body I was absolutely insensible, ,tq. the, fact; ■ To be; sure, of s the absence of the sense of . touch, the doctors would conceal my vision, and then question me as to the,part they were piercing; but my answers clearly. pro ved to them that I was absolutely bereft of all sensibility! As.a final test as to my sense of feeling, I received a shook from a powerful galvanic battery—a shook so strong that the. operator declared it to be-fialf u yoltmpre than had' been given to, anyone in the institution’fpK 40'ysaM,—btifc I Was.nnahje to feel its effect. After a month’s trial of Dr Williams’ Pink .Pills; I- was- '■ able to •throw aside my< crutches! But one of the most powerful effects'’ bf ' lhe pills* was','the restorationof functional health. Bowel troublps ‘ had boon 'a, 1 terrible ' . trial to 'me ever "since ; the . day I, met with the accident. Regularity in this direction, was. perfectly,set up, and I am now, after-foui! months’ taking of these ?iUs, in the '©njoymefit of perfect health.” t wanted US assUranbb ’df : this; • ah those who had seen'the subject of this narrative are not slow to express their surprise at ' the pifctnre' of. health and almost oomresuscitated potver,of .body . and lUind ,presented in the person of David '.Kirk,. ~j 'i ( m

', A short time ago Dave gave a practical illustration of his -restored 'vitality by pluckily fcapturipg young fellow (who hadgtolen’ one of His bicycles) Of heavier build 'th’aii himself, Rod after vanquishing, him in a wijling efibbunter lodged him in 'the lock-up. An account of the capture appeared in the Age of 23rd September.. He (Kirk) is able fcd trench hisbiarge garden,’ and Walk daily two l miles to and 1 from his business place. 1 ! " c ' : ’ 1 , Dr Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People are’ nbt a'' patent medicine, but are, a thoroughly scientific preparation, the result of years 1 ©! careful, study on the part of an eminent I, Edinburgh University physician, and’they were successfully used by him in his everyday practice for years before being offered for general sale. ' They positively .cure rheumatism, sciatica, lumbago,, neuralgia, andinfluenza’s'evil after-effects, and' ’are a specific'for'all diseases of women, •such as anaemia, poor and watery blood, "female irregularities, nervous headache and hysteria. They are . not a purgative medicine, but brace up i and permanently strengthen the whole system. Dr 1 WilUains’’ Pink, Pills are obtainable from all leading chemists, or from the, Dr Williams* Medicine Company, Wellington, .'N.Z., who will forward! (post paid) on receipt of stamps or post order, one box for 3s, or half-a-dozen for 16s 6d.