WRECKED ON THE GOODWINS

Otago Witness, Issue 1933, 25 February 1892, Page 13

WRECKED ON THE GOODWINS

Erasmus Darwin, grandfather of the famous Charles Darwin, tho naturalist, inscribed upon his seal the significant words, " Oiiinia ex conchis" — all things arise from oysters. Bub from what do oysters arise ? What is tho origin of matter'? Ah! nobody knows. Yot one thing is getting plainer every day, Let this man's story show. lie goes on to say : On the l?th of December 1872, whilst acting as ship's carpenter on board the steamship Sorrento, I was wrecked on tho Goodwin Sands. The shock. to my system was so great as to produce an effect I never felt before. I fell into a low, weak state, .and was seized with giddiness and a sinking, fainting feeling. I had a bad taste in the mouth, weight at the chest, and great pain after eating, and my faco would burn like fire. I had difficulty in breathing and palpitation, and often a pain seemed to run from the heart through to my shoulder. I hud a kind of rumbling all over me, and a choking sensation at the throat, with a. rush of blood to tho head.

" I slept very badly, and after a time I gotso nervous and weak I was afraid to go about, and would sit in a chair quite powerless. I saw a doctor, who treated me for a time, and then sent me to a hospital in llattlebone place, London, where I wae under treatment for three months, but got r..> better. I then put myself under a local doctor, who said I was suffering from nervous detiiiity. lie patched me up for a littltt while, but said to my wife, ' Your husband is in a critical condition, and may die at any time.' " However, I got to work for a short time, and then was as bad as ever. I lingered ou in this way for years — now a little hotter, now worse, but never well.

"Aboub 1380, whilst working at Messrs Wustwooil and Bailey's, Milhvall, a mate who saw my sufferings tolil mo of a medicine called Mother Seigol's Curative Syrup, ami he brought; mo a bottle. After taking the first bottlo I found my food agreed with me, and I began to improve. All nervous feeling gradually left me, and by persevering with the medicine I was soon cured. From that time to this I have becu a strong man, and done harder work than ever in my life beiore. I hnvc since kept Mother Seigel's Syrup in the hourie, and my wife, who was a great suffer from rheumatism and dropsy, has found more relief from it than from anything else. ]f any of my family ever ail auj'thing, a few doses soon set them right." The statement from which tho foregoing is an extract was made by Mr William Hill, ship's carpenter, 100 St. Anne's road, London, B. ■ ' Now, what is the thing which wo said is getting plainer every day ? 'Why this : thafc almost an infinite number of different results arise from a single cause. Like the majority of people in all ranks of life, Mr Hill had in his digestive organs the seeds— or whftt women, when they buy dress goods, call " the ' makings" — of dyspepsia. Up to the winter of 1872 it may not have troubled him much, but the excitement and exposure of the shipwreck was more than tho system could bear. We must remember, too, that all shocks to the mind or body, or to both, act directly on the stomach. Who can eat when under the influence of a great worry or a great sorrow ? And if this worry or sorrow continues long, it always upsets the digestion, permanently' impairs or destroys the appetite, and thun brings on an apparently incurable dyspepsia and nervous debility. Why, gracious good', ness ! there are millions of womau, and loti of men, crawling ebout under this thing every ifoj in tho yew, And it ia to them we mre talking. '.They are half dead, and wtj wani them to come to Jifu. and' get nama good put of their existence, Whatever tfae ailmen j ?g called, you way bo sura IndipßtiqJl fcfirt wepsia J» ftfc the bottom yf it, mm Mr HiU'4 e*»c, fttid wJittij curud. tola will cure j»<m»