RESCUED FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH.

Otago Witness, Issue 2523, 23 July 1902, Page 77

RESCUED FROM THE JAWS OF DEATH.

A STATE OF NERVOUS AGITATION. A LONG DYSRERT/O TROUBLE. A RATIONAL REMEDY BRINGS RAPID RELIEF,

The Case of Mrs. J. ANDERSON. (By a Duntdin Reporter.) Many of the wonderful inventions perfected during the present century owe their originality of conception to men who lived in past decades. The improvements on o.d-fashioned ideas in respect to machinery have effected great changes throughout the world, but the present and lorthcommg generations profit by the progress made. An interesting study is found in noticing the gradual development of most scientific matters, and the reader will find his attention absorbed in tracing the following compilation of events, emanating, as they do, from what is frequently considered a trifling and unimportant origin, and ending in a climax of considerable magnitude. The narrative appears in the words of Mrs. Jeannie Ander&on, of 14 Smith-street, Dunedm. fit" In my earlier days," began Mrs. Anderson, "I was troubled very much with indigestion. Like most persons addicted to this complaint, I thought it wa« only a trivial disorder of a temporary nature, and that it would go away on its own account. The symptoms were certainly very annoying, but for sojie time they were not sufficiently serious to call for medical aid. That tvas my opinion then, as I only had a feeling of discomfort after food, but after a while the pain, gradually increased until it becani9 a severe wearing or burning sensation. I then commenced to think that I was :n: n for a bad spell of sickness. Severe pains in the back started to torment me shortly after taking my meals, which were now indulged in in a very delicate fashion. I waa very careful what I ate, and took but little, as I had only a meagre appetite. If 1 took a cup of warm milk I suffered as much as though I had eaten a pound of steak, the pain and uneasiness at the pit of the stomach being just as great. My face was deathly white, with dark lines under my eyes, the sight of which waa greatly impaired. Sometimes the pulsation at the wrist was so leeble that scarcely a throb could be felt. A sense of great oppression was present in my chest, a matter which affected my breathing. I was always sleepy and worn out. As soon as I got up in the morning I felt inclined to go back to bed again, and for all the good I was I might just as well, for I was only in other people's way. Constipation became a chronic complaint, and i became so weak at lait that I could not sweep the floor."

"It 13 a wonder you did not lie up, Mrs. Anderson."

' "So I did, and shortly aftprwards I was seized with agonising pains in the bowois, attended with great prostration of strength. I could not raise myself up in bed without becoming faint and giddy. These symptoms were quickly followed by the extension of pain of a more violent character than ever over the stomach, then came a miserable feeling of nausea. My skin became cold and clammy, and my features were horribly shrunken. For days 1 did not eat, neither could I get out of #cd. On one occasion I managed to \&X my feet on the floor, intending to stand up and try to walk, but I quickly tell and was doubled up in agony for some time before anybody came to my assistance. Whatever food I succeeded in swallowing was promptly thrown up again. If I took but a tablespoonful of milk, or a small wafer biaemfc, I vomited them at once, and brought up, besides, large quantities of what the doctor called • digestive blood.' There was not a partiole of food which passed my lips but what it came up again, and always accompanied with volumes of blood. This incessant blood-vomiting induced a b.urning, 'swollen feeling in the eyes, combined with blinding headaches. If I tried to stoop, my head became dizzy everything in the 100 m appearing to awim round and round, and to make matters worse, my nig! r ts more restless than ever. The trying ordeal I went through •very day mails me feel deftd to the world, but ia •pit« °* m ?

terrible weakness and weariness I could noc rest either night or uay. I can honestly say I did not sleep for four months, and it is a great wonder that I retained possession of my senses, for B was in a frightful state of mental anxiety all the time. The noise made by the children when playing about th» house was most exasperating. A shui-'-dering thrill went through my enfeebled system at the slightest sound, as well as being sent into a state of nervous agitation. " Under such tribulations you must have become exceedingly melancholy?" "I cannc-t say that I was at all de~ spondent, because I was past being worried by anything. I had not suihcierifc strength to properly rea.ise the awfulness of my condition. I was between life and death, with the balance hanging on a delicate thread which was likely to snap at any moment. The hospital seemed to be the only place where, l might get a little better, so I went, tip to making this move the treatment I had been receiving was not the right kind. As soon as I got into the hospital I was examined, and shortly after I was informed that an operation was indis-pensj-b o. It did not matter to me what they did, as I was heartily sick or lay life. Anyway, I was ia the hospi.aJ for three months, and in the meanUrne I had undergone three operations. How I survived them is a mystery to me, for I had not the strength of a kitten." " What did the doctors 3ay about your case ?" * " The doctors said I had ulceration ofi the stomach, and that I could not live a fortnight. They injected morphia and kept me plentifully supplied with medioines, which did no good. The doctors and nurses were exceedingly kind aacT attentive, and I am sure they did everything in their power for me, but their efforts were inadequate. As they could not cure me I went horne 1 nearly dead. I tried another doctor, under whose advice and treatment I mad© not improvement. I was daily getting less able to> stand the agonies which were torturing me to death. The doctor gave me up v at last, saying he could not cure me. I was suffering so acutely at the tima (.hat I ordered him out of the house bocau3© he admitted hia inability to ia me good. To seek further for relief now seemed but a waste of time and money. I could only bo relieved by the coming of death, for which I waited patiently. I was aroused from thia despondent? frame of mind by hearing of a case like mine being successfully treated v,itb Clements Tonic. I started on the same remedy that cia.v. I could only take j» teaspoonful at first, a portion of which, like everything else, I vomited, i took another dose of Clements Tonic later on, which remained in my stomach, and I have never vomited since. After eh.* fpiiures of ondless medicines and several doctors, after living on ice and milk for four months, Clements Tonic rescued! mo from the jaws of death. I was able to increase my food gradually, and taa soothing influence of Clements Tonic brought peaceful repose, besides restoring strength and vitality. Thus I continued with that wonderful medicine till I was well enough to discontinue ifc. Ti. all sufferers I heartily recommend Cle* ments Tonic, and I wish you to publish these facts in any way you deem a&« visable." STATUTORY DECLARATION. . I, Teamnib Anderson, of 14 Smith Street, Dosadfet in Ibe Colony oi New Zealaad, do solemnly aatt sincerely declare that I have carefully read tfc* annexed document, consisting of three folios and) consecutively numbered from one to three, and that it contains and is a true and iaHhial account* o£ my illness and cure by Clements Tonic and also* contains m> full permission to publish in any way my statements, which I eive voluntarily, without receiving any payment; ant) I make this solejha declaration conscientiously believing the same to b» true, and by virtue ot the provisions of an Act of the General Assembly of New Zealand, imitated " The Justices at Peace Act, 1882." Declared At Dunedln this thirty-first day ot Decesnv, I ber. one thousand nuw hundred, before me. ISAAC SBLBY, I.P«