DEADLY DROPSY.

Otago Witness, Issue 2665, 12 April 1905, Page 25

DEADLY DROPSY.

Dr Williams' Pink Pills Save Mrs Bdwie's Life.

" Three doctors gave me up," said s Mft S. A. Bowie, of Jetty street, Dunedin. "They said I had no hope of living mere than a few months. For years Rheumatism had been slowly wearing my life away — and then Dropsy came to put a sudden stop to my sufferings. I made 7«ady for this terrible Death, for all the doctors said nothing could save me. But just then I read of a case nearly the same as my own, which was cured by Dr "Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People. I tried them— and here I stand to-day completely cured. It is a positive miracle. Dr Williams' Pink Pills snatched me from the very od"go of the grave. "Rheumatism first attacked mo 20 years ago," said Mrs Bowie. "I was then living on the West Coast, at Cobden, near Greymouth. My anklo suddenly swelled up, and the pain was frightful. The doctors treated mo for a bad sprain. I got worse* and worie, until I was a confirmed invalid. The swelling spread up first one leg audi then the other. I cannot find words to describe what I suffered. The pain broke down my nerves and undermined my whole health, "i had no appetite, and my back was always aching. But worst of all was my heart. The least noise made it Jump and thump furiously for a few minutes, and then it seemed to stop beating altogether. I believe I was in daily danger 'of sudden death. " • ' "All this time I was growing worse and worse. I hated the sight of food, and began to lose all strength. Then I became a. martyr to ni^ht sweats. Often the bedding was soaked through, and an attendant had to keep wiping: the sweat away. All this time I was buffering untold torturer from Rheumatism For five years I drifted on in this low. weak state, and the doctor told m-e I could not live another two years.

" I -was ordered away to a better climate, so Olr Bowie brought me over here to Dunedin, whore he soon built up a, business in shipping circles. But the change did me no real sjood. I was a hopeless case. My legs swelled bigger and bigger. It^ mustf have been Dropsy. My fleph was as soft as dough. When I pressed my fingers on my legs I coiild actually bury them in th« flesh. I could not get my boots on. Walking was out of the question. I could only crawl at best. My life was one miserable^ round of pain. I saw nothing to live for, and often prayed to God that the pain would kill me.

'' By this time I had givon up all hope,". Mrs Bowie wont on. "Of course, I had often read of Dr Williams' Pink Pills, but I only smiled at the thought of using them. Then, one day, when suffering mor& than usual, I read of a case almost exactly like my own. I read it over and over again, getting fresh hope every time. " It was in November, 1903, that I sen ft to the grocery shop for my first box of Dr "Williams'" Pink Pills. I fancied that even' that first box did me good. Certainly ifc gave me an appetite. I got more, and kept taking them till February, 1904-. Liitfe by lktle the Dropsy in my legs wenfc down. The piercing rheumatic pain eased! in my joints and muscles. My heart became sound and strong-. My nerves were braced up wonderfully. In a few weeks, instead of looking like a corpse, I got a clear skin and fresh colour. As my strength came back I was able to get up and walk. Now I am in robust health, and hist delight to koep going all day with' my housework. Without doubt, Dr Williams' Pink Pills worked a miracle when thr>y cured me "'

Dr Williams' Pink Pills worked this miracle by actually making new blood for Mrs Bowie. They do just this one thing — but they do it well. They don't act on the bowels. They don't bother with mere symptoms. They just strike straight at tha root of all blood diseases like anspmia, skin trouble, biliousness, indigestion, liver complaint, headaches. backaches, kidnej troubles, lumbago, rheumatism, sciatica, nervousness, neuralgia, general weakness, decline, consumption (in its early stages), locomotor ataxia. and the secret ailment* that come to girls and women when their blood becomes weak, impure, or irregular. Throuerh the blood Dr Williams' Pink Pill* euro all these just as surely as they cured Mrs Bowie. But. of course, you must get: the genuine kind — always in boxes, never in bottles. Sold by retailers and the Dr Williams' Medicine Co.. Wellington, at 3a a box, or six boxes for 16s 6d, post free.

The influx of passengers from Australia and -the south to Auckland still continues (says the Herald), the majority being* of: the class who intend to settle down in" the colony. The Manuka which ai rived from Sydney on the 2nd inst., brought 91 saloon and 101 steerage passen^ gers, and the Mokoia, which arrived froiv* the south the same day, had 105 saloon and 4 9 steerase passengers.