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Otago Witness, Issue 3193, 26 May 1915, Page 31

Incorrect Diagnosis. TONIC PRESCRIBED FOR WELLKNOWN SYDNEY MAN WHO HAD LOST THIRTY POUNDS IN WEIGHT. —WORMS THE CAUSE. The striking case of Mr G. B. Ronton, of 14 .Sir John Young's crescent, Sydney, N.S.W., and connected with a well-known George ’ street wallpaper house, illustrates two things: One, that doctors are not infallible, and the other that adults are troubled with worms just as children arc, and that Comstock’s “Dead Shot” Worm Pellets arc a most effective remedy for this most unpleasant complaint, l lic letter of Mr Kenton is purely _voluntary and freely given, and simply states tne met?, which he will at any time confirm. _ . “ Some time ago 1 began losing weight n* an alarming manner,’ 3 writes Mr Renton, “so much so that I went to see a doctor, who examined mo raid came to the conclusion it was due to overwork and worry. I continued to lose weight and aiso suffer from peculiar internal pains. I became very anxious at the continued loss of weight, and, thinking I might bo going into a decline, went to a second doctor, who examined me thoroughly and gave about the same opinion as the former one had done, and prescribed a tonic. One night going home in the train I read one of your advertisements giving symptoms of people who have worms The symptoms given strongly coincided with my own, and 1 determined to tost the question. I accordingly procured a packet of your Comc-tock’s ‘Dead Shot’ Worm Pellets, and took eight tablets, and in the morning four Dr Morse’s Indian Root Pills, and to my intense satisfaction and relief passed two very largo stomach worms. I took them m a glass and showed them to the doctor who liadi last examined me, and who had prescribed the Tonic, and it is needless to say he was surprised at. the result. Altogether I lost 301 b in two months, due to these worms, and, you may believe mo I was thoroughly alarmed, thinking I might nave consumption. I regained all this lost weight immediately I rid my system of the worms and am in splenetic! health at present. These are the simple facts which speak for themselves, and I shall be only too pleased to confirm them to any person who doubts their truth. You my permission to use tliis for publication.” Comstock’s “Dead Shot” Worm Pellets are a purely vegetable medicinal preparation for the eradication of worms in children ana adults. For sale by all chemists and storekeepers (price. 5s 6d per packet; six packets for 20s) ;* or will be sent post paid at Dio same price by the W. IT. Comstock to. (Ltd.), Parish street, Wellington, N.Z.