INFLUENZA.

Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 1 July 1903, Page 75

INFLUENZA.

1 ACHED

With a Weary Weakness

A Prompt and Sure Relief.

The Case of Miss M. L. KSIPE.

{By a Bluff Reporter.)

Immense crowds of visitors streamed into the important towns of New Zesfc land to witness the festivities inaugurated for the purpose of commemorating the close of the nineteenth century. Among the arrivals of the folks from the country was Mit>s Marianne Louisa Knipe, whose home is at Clifton, about four miles from Invercargill. SpeaJsingf to a reporter Miss Knipe said, in answer to the usual "How are you?" "Very well, thank you. But you should have seen me this time last year. I was quit© unfit to indulge in 1 the usual' Christmas gaieties. The reason is easilj • explained, for my health was wrctchedj The first ailment was an attack of measles, which left me very low and we*k» Wb : lsfc suffering from this complaint) I wa3 so restless that I could not keti» utill a minute. I was always walking from one room to another, and at lasts I caught a dreadful cold, which turned to influenza. I waa suddenly attacked .with chilliness, quickly followed ( by flashes of intense heat. My poor limbs ached with a wea.'y weakness, that quite prostrated mo. If I tried to stand up my legs commenced to tremble, and then they gave way as involuntarily as though my knees had beea struck frcSi behind. I was troubled with an agonis« ing headache, besides suffering from a^ feverish thirst, and accompanied by an alarming elevation of my temperature. A most distressing cough also 'added to my sufferings, a circumstance wb.ija occasioned a great amount of expectoration. My heart also showed sign* cf weakness, especially after the exertion of coughing, when it fluttered t«tj rapidly and caused me many an anxious thought." «■»

" Were you able to render any dotnosric assistan.ee, Miss Knipe ?"

" As long as I was able to stand up I did a little housework ; but I waa soon obliged to lie up in bed, and for fivo days I was just a helpless invalid, beinjr unable to do anything for myself. I did nob seem to have enough strength :o sneeze, for although I always wanted o I could never succeed. All I could do was to go through the preliminary facial contortions connected with sneezing, and then; it would end with a cold, miserable shudder. My eyes were iaflamed and watery, with a burning acha behind them which had the effect of making me feel giddy when I looked at any reading matter. The colour of my tongue waa alxmt white, while not the least of my troubles waa a total losa of appetite. When I even looked at food a feeling of sickness came over me, and as I sank lower and lower I lost my usual disposition to be cheerful, besides having tormenting notions in my head which kept me awake at night. From the want of nourishment my body became as thin: aa a post, comparatively speaking, for I was fairly stout before my sickness robbed mo of my robust appearance. There was a feeling in my ohe»t as though a heavy weight waa pressing the breathing valves together and preventing respiration. I never dreunt that influenza is such a dangerous disease as it is, *x*£ I an very thankful that I got over ii so well. Tbero waa one period of ay* illness when I was quit© discouraged and diflhsartened owing to the physic 1 had taken failing to afford relief, but I was afterwards told that dements Tonic had cured a friend of mine of influenza, so I tried it myself."

" Did Ciementa.Tonic fit your require monte ? '

" Yes, in every respect. After tak ing a few doses of Clements Tonic I wa? ab!o to eat a little, and after fasting so, !ot>3 I was gl-d my appetite reappeared. A rapid change fo Io red. My bead ceased aohing, and the racking pains in mv body were hunted away by ClementTonio, and at the same time my foot 3 hod a nourishing and sustaining effeoon ma. This was borne out by a daii.i increase in flesh and strength, the influenza symntoms neanwhile vanishing Cwxtenta Tonic in?jror»t«d me wonder F ully, and since my complaint was cured F haro not required a dose of phys; of any aort." " With your permission I will rep<. -hia." " Yon can publish my testimony an-, way you Kke."