DISEASED BONES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2719, 25 April 1906, Page 58

DISEASED BONES.

Leonard Wills, Pahiatua, Helpless Little Cripple. Bed-ridden for 2 Years. Foisoned Blood Made Pttra Dr Williams* F*nk Pills.

Leonard Lionel Wills is the eight-year-old son of Albert Stanley Wills, a farmer of Mangatainoka, a few miles out of Pallia* ! tua. This boy's life has just been saved by Dr Williams' Pink Pills in, a way that is nothing shore of a miracle. Mrs Minnie. , Wills, -his mother, gives ihe history .of the i case in words that carry on their .face I the stamp of- earnestness and truth. The facts aro known, to the doctor and all the neighbours, and anyone is free to test their ! simple truth for himself. j "Three years ago, when Leonard was. only five, he got feverish, and I thought he ' was sickening fer tho measles," Mrs Wills began. "He soon got worse — and before . the week was out we had to call in a docI tor By that time the child was delirious, ' and out of his mind with the fever. Tho doctor brought the fever down, but when Laonard came back to his senses he complained about his shoulder boing sore. If I happened to take hold of his arm he would scream with the pain. . Mr Wills noticed then that his shoulder was a little I swollen and inflamed. Soon' it got a nasty i angry look, and the child cried every time . I touched^ it. I sent word to the doctor, and ho came to examine him. He then , said that Leonard had inflammation of^the shoulder blade, and he ordered mo to poul- '• tice it to draw out the inflammation. j " I did this, and it brought the whole i thing tp a head. It was an awful sight, and the doctor made up his mind to operate upon it. Ho then lanced it under the arm-pit, and the poisonous matter poured out of the wound. The doctor said that he had never seen such a of pus in all his life. That wound never healed, though I used to wash it out every day with antiseptics. It got worse and " worse, till it was just like jrangreno eating into .' his flesh. TW poor little, fellow was just worn out with pain. - Every da^p he got thinner and weaker, and his face waff as pale as Death, '■ Before long an ulcer formed on the top - part of his arm. and* then the .doctor said that Leonard's bones were diseased.- Thatturnncl out to -be only too true. The. ulcef^ got 'bigger arid deeper. Before many -days ' a piece of bono began to work out of the sore. It was as green as grass, and, alleaten away by the poison . in <bis-.blnod;. '- After that little pieces of rotting bon« kept working out of the sore every fow days. Soon afterwards a small* pimolo formed on. the outside of his ankle. This spread and then broke. It formed into l a running sore, and pieces of bone started I to come from it. too. When tho doctor saw that he said Leonard must RO into ! the hosnital at once. Nothing eouW save ! him unless his ''bones were scraped. If they didn't get rid of the disease in this way the noison would work all through his system. The doctor said thore was no timft to lose. If it wasn't done at onco it would soon be too late to save his life. But. it was a terrible operation— and Mr WIII3 ' .and I both felt that Leonard could never [ live through it. "From that, time the'ehild got rapidly worse." added Mrs Wills. "He became a ! complete cripple. He lav there in his bpd, I day after day, wrapped in wadding. He I couldn't bear the bedclothes or even his night shirt to touch him. I worried my heart out over him. for I felt that I had taken his life in my own hands, when I would not let the doctor take him to the hospital. "It was iust at this time that I read how Dr Williams' Pink Pille had cured a little girl in Queensland suffering just tlie same way from diseased bones. That put fresh hone into «io. and Mr Wills said • we would write to' the Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington,' and ask them a straight question— whether Dr Williams - Pink Pillfl would euro Leonard or not? With the letter we. .sent several pieces^of bone that had worked out of the open ulcers in his shoulder, and .ankle. , In reply they told us of three other cases of the. kind that Dr Williams* Pink Pills had cured. So we sent for a supply, and decided to give them a fair trial. "A few weeks after slarting Dr Williams' Pink Pills we noticed that Leonard was always hungry- Soon he began to grow strong-, and there wasn't nearly so much pus coming from the sores. He got so much better that we had a special go-cart made to wheel him about in the open air. Little by little the sores healed up. AH this time he was getting so much stronger and fatter that he was soon able to prefc up and walk. But it was slow work, and we had to keep giving him Dr Williams' Pink Pills every day for 12 months. By that time there was hardly a mark on - his ankle, and only a few pits on his arm, and shoulder where the diseased bone , worked its way out. To-day he is as strong and well as any boy of his age. He can Tun like a hare, and crack a whip with any of his brothers. To this day the doctor always asks about Leonard, and says that he can hardly believe that he is running about again. But it is 18 months now since he was cured, so I know he is cured for good. His father and I say it is a donwrisrht miracle." When Dr Williams' Pink Pills saved Leonard Wills after doctors said he could . not possibly be cured without an operation it is no wonder that they can cure s-o easily little ailments like anaemia, indigestion, biliousness, headaches, backaches. , rheumatism, neuralgia, nervousness-, and l , the secret blood troubles of women, and* growing girls. Dr Williams' Pink Pills dar • only one thing, but they do it well— they - actually make new blood. But the blood is the root of all health. They don't act on the bowels. They don't tinker with mer* symptoms. If you are in doubt about your own case, write for free medical advice to tho Dr Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington. From that address you can also order by mail the genuine Dr Williams' Pink rills— 3s a box, gix boxes Us 6d, post firo. •

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