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Otago Witness, Issue 2861, 13 January 1909, Page 85

THE LOT OF MANY, A PERMANENT RELIEF. Within the Reach of Ail.

Fh« Case of Mrs. A. ELLISSON. (BT A SPECIAL KEPOnTBR. ) One cannot help pitying the poor shop girls, generally pale, ansamio hisses, wh :orae home night after night from their -work weary and often almost sick with the pain jf this disagreeable complain*. Not only ire they racked with the pain itself, but :hey are depressed aud melancholy- and »pprehensive of all kinds of trouble- befalling chetn. Life itself is, as Mts. Alys Ellisson, )i No. 57 Athol Placa, Duiiedin, called it, " a sad trial " in case? of this kind ; but it may comfort others to hear her story- in full. "For a very long time," said Mr*. E lisson, 'I was suffering frdm what is teimed pooraeas of blood, aud I can honestly assert thai tho misery caused by that complaint can hardly be credited excepting by those who ire suffering iv the same Way. I used to have the most terrible pains in the head that any* mortal could be afflicted with, *nd all the time I seemed to he wearing iway to nothing. One would have thought, to judge by the paleness of my face, that there was scarcely auy blood in my body, but that did not trouble me so much as the tact of being so weak." 11 Were you able to do your own housework ? " asked the repdrter. " I only wish I had been able," was the response. No ; unfortunately, I was too w#ak 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 myrfelf to assist iv the house, no matter how much I would have liked to, and in everything that required the least energy i found my3elf sadly wanting. To oe in this helpless predicament had a very depressing effect upon me, and in course of time the outlook was all the more gloomy : because my appetite had entirely gone. A ! person canuot live without eating, so I had to take food against my inclination, and it tlways disagreed with me. It wa* bad inough having to force myself to eat, but when the food would not digest it was dreadful. I ÜBed to get a very heavy feeling in the chest, and flatulence caused me a lot jf uneasiness sd'on after ray miserable meals were finished. Something was decidedly tvrong 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 1 wefe going to choke. Violent palpitations often continued fof a long time, incU during those attacks the horrible thoughts that took possession of my mind were enough to make anybody mnxious. A very acute pain in the lotyer part of my back gave rise to muoh intense suffering ; but fOr the matter oi that there seeiqed t6 be a.n aching sensation right through my body, the consequence being that I could hardly move without aggravating my torture. Owing to tne peculiar taste in my mouth, everything seemed to be bitter ; but j I suppose that unpleasantness originated through the disordered oondition of my •tomaol* The doctor who was trying tp cure me said that I Avas quite run down, and it you ilad seen the way my nerves used to shake yo'ti would have thought so, too. " "Hjk* 4id you get along with his medicines ? " o "tfb better thjin I would have done without them, and for my own sake I am sorry to nave to Jell yoii gitoh a thing. I did toot improve in the slighteafe degree by taking those tile physicS, not even the glddiflefis with which I suffered beiife remedied by t^em. neither did they jnakj m.c auy ttiCte restful tjian I watf. It was itrange how restleis I remained for hours lit*? going to W when you take into consideration now vreaty I always felt, yet tt wi* Bo ; and then xrhkn I did ileep I did o'ot fell any better for it, although I slept refy#noa.Tily when once I eoF a stare. Besides the doctor's treatment I had taken ieveral medicines % 1 read ftbout, aud £hsfi_thf£ »JffiLJtilgji_to. do Mt any gooel it