The Case of Mrs. A. ELLISSON.

Otago Witness, Issue 2660, 8 March 1905, Page 85

The Case of Mrs. A. ELLISSON.

(BY A SPECIAL REPORTER.)

One cannot help pitying the poor shop girls, generally ..pale, anaemic lassea, wh jome home night after night from their work weary and often almost sick with the pain af this disagreeable complaint. Not only ire they racked with the pain itself, but ohey are depressed and melancholy and apprehensive of all kinds of trouble befalling chem. Life itself ja, as Mrs. Alys EUissqn, of No. 57 Athol Place, Dunedin, called it, " a sad trial " in caae« of this kind ; but it may comfort others to hear her story iv full. "For a very long time," said Mr.'. E lisson, • ' I was suffering from what is tej mcd pooraess of blood, and I can honestly assert that the misery caused by that complaint can hardly be credited excepting by those who axe suffering in the same way. I used to nave the most terrible pains in the head that any mortal could be afflicted with, and all the time I seemed to be wearing away to nothing. One would have thought, to judge by the paleness of my face, that there was scarcely any blood in my body, but that did not trouble me so much as the fact of being so weak." " Were you able to do your own housework ? " asked the reporter. " I enly wish I had been able," was the response. No ; unfortunately, I was too weak for that, and so I had to employ a girl to do it for me. I was held by such an excessive feeling of languidness that I could not bestir myself to assist in the house, no matter how much I would have liked to, and in everything that required the least energy i. found myself sadly wanting. To oe in this helpless predicament had a very lepressing effect upon me, and in course of time the outlook was all the more gloomy because in}' appetite had entirely gone. A person cannot live without eating, so I had bo take food against my inclination, and it always disagreed with me. It was bad 2nough having to force myself to eat, bufc when the food would not digest it was dreadful. I used to get a very heavy feeling in the chest, and flatulence caused me a lot af uneasiness soon after my miserable meals were finished. Something was decidedly wrong with my heart, too, because it used to give three jumps like, and then I would feel a stifling sensation in my throat as though I were going to choke. Violent palpitations often continued for a long time, and during those attacks the horrible thoughts that took possession of my mind were enough to make anybody anxious. A very acute pain in the lower part of my back gave rise to much intense suffering ; but for the matter of that there seemed to be an aching sensation right through my body, the consequence being that I could hardly move without aggravating^ my torture. Owing to the peculiar taste in my mouth, everything seemed to be bitter ; but I suppose that unpleasantness originated through the disordered condition of my stomach. The doctor who was trying to cure me said that I was quite run down, and if you had seen the Way mj' nerves used to shake you M r oxild have thought so, too." '•' How did you get along with his medicines ? "

"No better than I would have done without them, and for my own sake I am sorry to have to tell you such a thing. I did not improve in the slightest degree by taking those vile physics, not even the giddiness with which I suffered being remedied by them, neither did they make me any more restful than I was. It was strange how restless I remained for hours after going to bed when you take into consideration how weary I always felt, \et it was so ; and then when I did sleep 1 did not feel any better for 11, although I slept very heavily when once I got a start. Besides the doctor's treatment I had taken sevoial * medicines 1 read about, and wiiaa Ukftjf also felled to do me any good it

looked as if nothing could cure me. It wai when my wretchedness seemed complete that somebody came and recommended me to try Clements Tonic, aud to this day 1 have not lost my feelings of gratitude to th« person who gave me that advice." " Then it must have proved very serviceable to you ? " " My word it did, and I shall always pas» the same advice on to other sufferers. Dc you know that 1 was so ill that I was is hospital for throe weeks at one time, so you may judge that I have not been exaggerating in what I have told yon ; and after such bitter experiences *a mine were I have every right to be thankful to Clements Tonic foi havingmade me adifferent woman altogether. Aboutu t the very firs fc thing that Clem ents Tonic did for me was to lessen to an appreciabla extent the pains that were located in my head, and if you only knew how mucir anguish they had caused me you could judge how delighted I was when they had gon« completely. It was like being freed from bondage, and as I continued with the saim remedy I was helped in other ways. I had noc been using Clements Tonic many day* when I began to look forward to meal tinipj with an interest that I had not known for years, for my appetite, was so improved that I could enjoy almost anything, and there was very little discomfort — sometimes not any — after my meals. Later on my digestion got so sound that I could take any sort of food without the least fear of trouble arising, and the best of it all was that I was gaining strength from the food that Clements Tonic enabled me to eat. It seemed such a simple thing for the action of my heart to become regular again, but it was only this last medicine of mine that could make it so, and that is one of the reaeons why I pl»ce Clements Tonic so high above everything I bad tried before. When I slept whilst using that grand remedy ifc was not of tha same heavy and unrefreshing character as before, for when I got up I felt thoroughly rested and contented with • everything, instead of being depressed and at loggerheads with everything around me. My whole life was changed for the better, for when the weary aches had left my limbs and I was no longer bothered with giddiness, flatulence and pains in the various parts of my body, I was quite unlike the same woman who had been suffering so long. I could tell that my blood had been enriched and purified by Clements Tonic, because my vitality was so greatly increased and my complexion was so much clearer, and you would be surprised at the wonderful improvement in my verves which the sam« medicine effected."

" I suppose you picked up weight again ?" "-Oh, yes; and after, taking several bottle^ of Clements Tonic T was so strong aud hearty that I could do my own housework once more, and thai was a lot to be thankful for. When I left off taking the medicine that cured me of my wretched ailments 1 resolved to let similar sufferers know wh*t Clements Tonic could do, so you may publish these facts in any way."