The Case of Mr. T. GRANT.

Otago Witness, Issue 2647, 7 December 1904, Page 77

The Case of Mr. T. GRANT.

(BY A DtTSEDIN KEPOItTER.)

It is gratifying, indeed, to find that the people of I)imedin are becoming so "keenly tlive, to th£ necessity of extending help to ;hose who are in need of it. . Fortunately, sases of real hopelessness are not yet comparatively mnnerout, but that such cases mve apparently existed there is no room for loubt, as will be found on perusal of this larrative, which is supplied by Mr; _Thomas Wilt, of Mari<m-«treet, Caversham, Dunedin. ' "Being a native of Dnnedin," said Mr. irant to a spccialinterviewer, "I do not ike to see my fellow citizens suffering' year n and year out without tryiug to do something tbiissist them out of their difficulties, vndi tirh£ the' most serviceable act I, can jerform is to let them know what I have {one through. For eight months I suffered ireidfulljsfrom sciatica, *nd the most awful >ainVyou could think of affected me down ny leg to the heel, and right across my .ack." " Were you compelled to take to your »ed V interrogated the reporter. "I should rather think I wsw. For two nonthl I was^oblig*? to lie up, and daring rtost of tliab' time I was scarcely able to nove. t No tongue <fould tell what the ponies I endured were like. They were r~:is^fKil«_sJvero; and I clp not 'want them t^£lieve me. Suffering lS T did hadTEraSis^-UDSltonß fch | vhole of my system, and I^n^ .iMttj^d a white as you could possibly im*^!^ only was I helpless to move about, mt 1 was affected by an intense lan- ; iiid feeling as if every drain of itality had been sapped out of me, and I vas so downcast and depressed that I had sot the slightest interest in anything in the rorld. My liver liad got into an awfully iisorderedsldtejior my. tongue had a nasty hick. coating" on it and the taste that was i&ny .mouth used to make me feel sick. A r hatever trouble was gone to to make lotnathing. to, tempb my -appetite it never net with-succes3, for I had no inclination at 11 for food, and after, trying my hardest to nake" a bit of a* show of eating I soon had to ,urnaway frpnVthKsight.of ifco-vying to the dcklyfeeliSgs whiclf came on. But trouble .oon followed upon the" little I had masicated. It was a sort of compressed feeling n Uie chest whicli first appeared, and when L drew my breath it was always with a cer/ain amount of exertion, as if in doing so I vas lifting a heavy weight each. time. Vfy sight got bleared, and I used to get ,'iddy sometimes without- do^g^^py thing to -ring it on. Across my 'l«Mph#d such errible pains tli -t I cbulfraHpi^-rest for.hem, and they seemed to maKlFme so* stiff ,hat if I bent down I could hardly raise nyself up again, while the act of doing so |Aye me more torture than ever. One iisaster was followed by another, and it seemed to me that my persecutions were .icver going €6 stop being added to. For the no3t part my nights were sleepiest, and oh ! qow horrible it was t6 bo lying there in pain and not have a few hours' slumber to jnable me to forget my afflictions! The .imifc of human endnraiice was surely reached then, for there i» no doubt that my patience was greatly taxed. Any kind of food turned 6o.ur, and I soon got bulged out with wind aftet- taking it.' The gases that came from the fermented food used to roll ibout terribly, and the pains I had in the stomach were* frightfully gevere. Heart palpitation sometimes troubled me, but the lieadaches I was afflicted with were enough to drive me to distraction. My eyea not only jeemed to have got bigger, by the way they felt, but the whites of them hrd become yellow, aud my sight was not good by liny means.' 5 " If you are fond of reading that would go hard with you." £ "To tell yon the truth, I did not care snou£ .• about anything at th*t time to

bother about reading or anyth'ng else. AJ--my thoughts were of a morbid turn, as mi ' mind was always worried by reflecting ove? the helpless condition I was in, and ther; seemed no likelihood of ever getting better.' . " What made you take such a desponden' view of your case ?" " I baaed that assumption on the fact that I had been taking medicine all the time ane my liver troubles were just as bad as ever They were really getting worse, for I had » pain like a knife being driven between mj shoulders, - and the- aches across my loim - had got «o bad that I was frightened t't '* move. My nerve 3 were excessively shaky,-,,, and by this time I had fallen away to t-r-skeleton. I lost fully two stone in weight, sc -~z that will tell you that I was terriblj^ emaciated The doctors were exceedingly " kind and attentive, but their treatment Jvat^ not succeiiful. In addition to theii . medicines, I tried ill tilings going, and mjj sorrowful condition was not altered. Seeing" myself goinjj down further aud fur£hei' made me extremely anxious, and I almost . worried myself to death through thinkin* - that I would never be cured." "It seems that you worried unneees sarily." " Don't you believe i^, for I had no reaeos - to hope for a recovery until I had taker, some Clement* Tonic, as that was the only medicine which gave me any benefit, and' I am «ure I would still be crippled in health - were it not -for the fact? that I jusfi took Clements Tonic in time. Ib was a glorious thing for me that I did get some, as I w»s^, heartily sick of suffering and did not care happened": bub Clements Tonic put qdfte a ttiii^i^tsgomplexibn .on the situatiouTaßiria about two'^f^Uree weeks aftercommencing its use I knew that"?~r i *s gayed, for my pains had greatly dimwthcd_afld I was eatiug better than I had;, done 'for montli3 The chemist I went to first said" he could give me something equally good to Clements Tunic, but I would not listen to him,, and when I went, again he asked me what I had lieeu taking since my last visit?" I told him Clements Tonic, and I must give r Him. credit f r beingfTJa^i^enough. to say, - 'It is. making a man of you.' "So it was;' My nerve 3 were soothed anet stcengthened, and I could go to bad and never w*ketill nioi'ning. What a blesßingthab was aft?£_ so many nights of mental worry and bodily pains to endure. Under the power oi Clements Tonic my liver soon got healthy again, and thus the tortures in the various • parts of my body were pub an end to.« A few weeks' use of Clements Tonic and there were no headaches left, no windy spasms or shoulder pains, no bitter taste or furred tongue, or aching loins ; but instead I was sound, and strong, and active, and> T thank Clements Tonic for restoring to me all the joys and comforts of life." "You don't mind giving publicity to this?" " I would be very ungrateful if I did. I have already advised scores of sick people to use Cleinentß Tonic, which i 3 the besl medicine in" the world, and you can publish my remarks in any way you choose "