Why ho did not go to the Hospital.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 6309, 6 August 1888, Page 4

Why ho did not go to the Hospital.

HE COULD LEAP THROUGH THE AIE. My objoob in writing ia twofold: to oxproas liiy grntitudo for a great benefit, and to toll ft short Btory which cannot fail to interest tlio fcolings of many others. It in all nbout inyaolf, but I have remarked that when a man tells the honest truth about himsolf, ho is all the more likely to bo of uao to his fellow-creatures. To j begin, then, you must know I had long i been moro or loss subject to attacks of bronchitis, ft complaint that you are a-ware is very common and troublesome in Great Britain in certain seasons of the year. Soino months ago I had a very severe turn of it, worse, I think,than I ever had before. Ib was probably brought on by my catchj ing cold, aa wo are all apt to do when we least expect it. Weeks passed by, and my trouble proved to be very obstinate. It would not yield to medicine, and as I also began to have violent racking pains in my limbs and back, I became greatly alarmed. I could neither eat nor sleep. If I had been a feeble, sickly man, I should have thought less strangely of it; but as, on the contrary, 1 was hearty and robust, I feared some new and terrible thing had got hold of me, which might make my strength of no avail against it. I say, that was the way I thought. Presently I could no,t even lie down for the pain all over my body. I asked my doctor what ho thought of my condition, and he frankly said, "I am sorry to have to tell you that you are getting worse ! " This bo frightened my friends, as well aa myself, that they said "Thomas, you must igo to the hospital ; it may be your only chance for life ! " j But I didn't want to go to the hospital. Who does, when he thinks he can possibly get along without doing it ? lam a labouring man, with a large family de- | pending on me for support, and I might almost as well be in my grave as to be laid on my back in a hospital unable to lift a ! hand for months, or God only knows how long. Bight at this point I had a thought flash across my mind like a streak of sunshine in a cloudy day. I had heard and read a good deal about Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, and I resolved, before consenting to betaken to the hospital, I would try that well-known remedy. On this I gave up the doctor's medicine and began taking the Syrup. Mark the wonderful result ! I had taken but three doses within twenty-four hours, when I waa seized with a fit of coughing, and threw up the phlegm and mucous off my chest by the mouthful. The Syrup had loosened and broken it up. Continuing with the Syrup, the racking pain, which I believe came from the bitter and poison humours in my blood and joints, soon left me entirely, and I felt like going to sleep, and I did sleep sound and quiet. Then I felt hungry, with a natural appetite, and as I ate I soon got strong and well. I felt I could leap through the air with delight! In a week I was able to go to my work again. It doesn't seem possible, yet it is true, and the neighbours know it. There are plenty of witnesses to prove ifc. And, therefore, when I say I preach the good news of the great power of Seigel's Syrup to cure pain and disease far and wide, nobody will wonder at me. Thomas Canning. 75, Military road, Canterbury, Kent. Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup is for sale by all chemists and medicine vendors ; and by the Proprietors, A. J. White, Limited, 35, Farringdon road, London, E.C., England.