A CASE OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION RESULTING FROM INDIGESTION.

Otago Witness, Issue 2202, 14 May 1896, Page 42

A CASE OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION RESULTING FROM INDIGESTION.

They say that misery love* company, and they have had ifc so often id has passed into a proverb. Yet it isn't an all-round truth. Soma kinds of mieery detest company. They want to be kft alone. They hate to be elbme-i and quehtioued and t3lk«d to. A nrounded dog will always crawl into some retired place by itself. Tho instinct of badly injmed men, after a battle, is the came, Ailments that are mostly fancy_ tend to set tongues wagging. But real genuine and dangerous diseases don't incite to speech. Crises which are big with fate usually come and go in quiet. That is why Mrs Scuff ham had no desire for the society of even her best frionds at a certain time she is going to tell us about. "Up to April 1881," aha writes, " I never know whit it was to ba ill, Afc that time I began to feel that something was amiss with me. I had no relish for my meals, and after eating my chest felt heavy and painful, and my heart would beat and thump ao though it meant to leap out of its place. Ptesentl/ I because so swollen round the waist that I was obliged to unloose my clothing, as I could not bear anything to touoh that part of my body. < Even the lightest food gave me para, a little fish setfciag my heart to beating at a great rate. My feet were cold, and cold, clammy sweats would break out all over me, leaving me exhausted and worn out. At night I got no sleep to speak of, and in the morning I felt vrona tired than when I went to tad. I also s uffrred a great deal from my feet being puffed up and sow. I oould scarcely get about the house. When I went shopping I had to ride to the town and back, as I oould only walk a few yards. "As. time went on I lose my flesh and strength more and more, and gave up hope of ever recovering the precious health I had so sadly lost. I took medicines, and consulted a clover doctor at Dtrby, who examined me and said my heart was weak. Ho also gave me medicines, but I got only temporary ease from them, and in a short time was as bad as before. All this time I was so nervous and depressed that I had no desire for company. On the contrary, I seemed to want to be alone with my misery Eveu a knock at the door frightened mo, as though I expected bad news ; yet I did not really. My nerves nnd fancies ran away I with my knowledge and judgment. Thousand* [ of women who have suficrud in this way will understand what I mean. I " Year after year I remained in this con* | dition, and what I went through I cannot pufi in words, nor do I wish to try. It will auswec the purpose to say that I exi&tod thus f^r eleven and a-half years, as much dead as alive. I spout pounds on pounds in physio, bat was no 6 a whit the better for any of it. "In October 1892 a book was left at our honsa, and I read in it of cases like mine being cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. I got a bottle from Mr Bardel, the chemist, in Norman ton street, Derby, and when I had taken this medicine for a few day* my appetite was better and I bad less pain. I kept on taking it, and soon my food agreed with me and I gained strength. "After this I never looked behind me, bu6 steadily got stronger and stronger. When I had taken three bottles I was quite like a new woman. All the nervousness had left me, and my heart was sound as a bell. Since then I have enjoyed good health, and all who know me say my recovery is remarkable. lam confident; that Mother Seigel's Syrup was the means, in the hands of Providence, of saving my life ; and out of gratitude and in hope of doing good, I freely consent to the publication of thia state* ment. (Signed) (Mra) Ann Scnffham, Cooper's Lane, Laceby, Qrimaby, May 1, This letter is endorsed by Mr William J. Tollerton, of the same town, who vouches for the truth of what Mrs Scuffhana has said, as ha personally koew of the circumstances of her ill* ness at the time it occurred. No comment; can add a jot to the force of this opeo, candid, and sincere communication. Whosoever reads it must needs bo moved and convinced by it. The disease which filled this woman's life with pain and misery for nearly 12 years was indigesfcioD on dyspepsia, an ailment sly and cuu« ning as a snake in the grass— and as dangerous. Send for the book of which Mis Souffham speaks, and read the symptoms in order thafj you may know what it is and how to deal wit& it. The book costs you nothing, yet it woulci be worth buying as if every leaf were hammered gold. >

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