TOO BIG A LIFT. A MUSCULAR STRAIN. WEEKS OF SUFFERING-RELIEF AT LAST The Case Of Mr. T. THOMPSON, Iwm really afraid I would never reyairf my health. lam equally certain o\r. "~~~"~ that if I had net up the doclc J »j (By a Local Repot ttr.\ treatment I would have died. To «yl J _____ on in this state of hopelessness waa __ . .. .. , ,„_,,_ „„„; sheer madness. The doctor's service* There is a limit to aU human pos«- _. ere dis d with and jtM him j lifting and we are lnttebtecl to Mr. , , , J e , * ujuui^, *uu no \\ f v. on Pnnn-f. as tnough to make Bure of th* matter, SSTdSSW _dUta- ev£X |» ■»• -• • I-** - *—h *-J ? . ' TV; ' _ the first two or three doses of which b "ln ng the%t W rSs"aidMr.Thonip- made me feel like a new man" 'My word, yes. When I put the c * orkmates - asked me * hat j SS»H;fg| SffiSSSS-S bo tzreat tliac 1 could not sleep, nut . J .. , - . , , 1 had plasters applied, belides using hl3 slec P> "-^before many days were lotions and taking medicine. The ore , r m * headaches were cured. I now physio was given me for the purpose }»d an almost confannoua longing for of promoting an appetite and also to °??' T E ;. c , rv f V, m - c I * & \ *??* *? ,?" soo he me to sleep. I can conscientious 'f le * d £ d full J^tice to the eatables ly state that it signally failed to bring f ala f. c , d . befor , e "••*?* I ™ , not %f l about the desired results. A very small f»tidioua about the food either. The quantity of food seemed like a load in . VCHBe of fuln f9f 9 al , ter eat f « ™» no my stomach, wherein I experienced on ? er . *FeßeF eBeB *' and mT stomj ! ch wa £ dreadful griping pains after eating. Th P e . nbir * 1 * free from f\ which used mil mm of bod. It was then that I realised the c^ ld » lt d ? w . n . m P eftce , and co ,f fort f havoc my accident had wrought upon l P ut ° n , w «*.?£ fc « v cr * . da £> d T as l my constitution. I waa so weak that I ■•™» T «"<* ,™f C1 . emeJ *■ ?°™ I wa « could not stand up without being sup- ' 0011 e ?*"?7 free from pain m every, ported. 'To attempt to walk was a mef c re3 P ecfe - . l waa M llv TMT M a ° n , cke * farce, for I was utterly unable to n* nd as "trong as ever, so I went baok gotiate two step*. I was almost as thin ? work grea tly to the astonishment of as a match by this time, and my face hose who * would never was the colour of death. Through being ecov^ r : Clemente Tonic saved me in bed so long, and suffering so much pounds in doctors bills, for I have never my liver was in a bad state. B *y mouth "^""J tbe J r , «"?«» 81 f ce -" was anything but sweet, and my tongue . ' *S rh *P* ih **>* *-« <>& sickness yo« «ras as rough as a rasp. As a result of ia , ( v r «_ - - « my inactivity I became very drowsy, and . V< } v r ? W T gl , teca - ls f, T «*««* did not like to move at all. My limbs ™J? '"f ba 8 o t™ 1 ™ m - (nt J 8 af £ r m^' ached to such an extent that at last I J"* nesa '. Thw . wa9 J «>» could not stretch a leg or an arm out through getting wet and cold. I exwithout feeling a most distressing pain. ,'•"««>«* great agony for some time,. When I sometimes looked at a book mv lU $ l straight for Clements Tome, eyes felt too swollen to read, and the .I 1111 11" 111 * 88 * 111 ,5 cu ? d , 1^- J^ type seemed to mix together in a state ealth could not , be better than it has) of confusion, making one word undis- he l n ?ver since that time. A friend wwf, tinguishable from another. I felt right ;™ m»8m »8 from «»t_ma and he said hi. out of sorta and was completely done. " ad t " ed ever y m^cine without bfene,. As though I had not suffered already, fi *\ I recommended Clements Tonidyj my nervous system now collapsed. I whlch he took > and after sey eral weela^ have felt the muscles of my legs and tr e atnj ent he was quite well and back, arms twitching convulsively through no- to wor , k ' I . saw . hw , mother lasfc wee *»l thing but nervousness. The least noise d Bne **** hlB l®* 1 *^ WM r^W gave me a start, and often I have given 6 " W™™* 3 . show^ r «M a £ l hi £ a distinct jump when a knock came to oofff ff 01ement3 Tonic, a fket which aJj the door. At night my mind was full s flould know, and for this rea-, of nervous terrors, and my future exist- son * on ma^ P ub lsh mv statement 1* ence waa overclouded with the miser- any wav lt may please y0U ' able thoughts which, tormented my ~~ ' brain." STATUTORY DECLARATION. " Besides the remedies you have men- *. Thomas Thompson, of 30 Grenge-strett. tioned, did you try anything else ?" *%««> £ £Jsr&&."£> ?£?JZ Let me see. Oh, yea. I was for- nlly read ibe annexed document, conslslinj; ol thxta getting about the hot fomentations ap- "«°s. and consecutively numbered frooione to three-, !• l i i. 1 i_ r•l ir 1 md that it contains and is a true and fat'hful acco«Ql plied to my back when the frightful fm y illness and cure by Clements Tonic, and »W pains were more troub'esome than <>ntains ray hill permission to publish in any mj usual TTn in +Vii<s ti'mo T pi »y E'aiements-whlch I jive volußlarjly, wilbotil Usual. Up to this time L ex- ccci , inKany payment; and I make this solera penenced more rclier trom tni- (eclaration conscientiously believing tho same to W treatment than anything © ! &e, bui me. and by virtue of tht provisions of an Act of JJn the e«o .obtained did not last 2^''^^'^ long. Then, again, I had severe pajn c _. in my loins and a heavy feeling in my ///, '~*f ff chest. TAs the doctor's medicines were %{f i~-r 1 doing mo no good, I beenme exceedingly </7Ui*»£M * JrVftyiAv&ftVk anxious and down-hearted. It is no y I 1 inkp t^» liave a wife and family deoen- _ Dccl^ r<lf! at Dunedin this twenty-nlath day d joke to have a who ana iamuy oepen Decemtw, one thousand nine hundred, lwfbrßnij dent upon you when you are unable to pkrtw uai 1 art> T» * ' rork. My conditk» waa so b*d that FRBDB, MAtj^Cii^j
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Otago Witness, Issue 2572, 8 July 1903, Page 17
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