NEURALGIA.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 8054, 5 July 1904, Page 4

NEURALGIA.

HOW DE WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS CURE ALL WINTER PAINS.

" I was such a nervous wreck that I was afraid to stay alone in the house, even in day time," says Mrs Mary Anderson, Main Street, Temuka, Canterbury. "I was always in dread of one of my terrible attacks of neuralgia. No tongue can tell what I suffered from them in the winter. Through three long years of martyrdom I was under the best doctors — but the only thing that could cure me at last was Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People." Neuralgia comes from jangled nerves — and jangled nerves come from weak, watery, impure blood. Winter winds soon start neuralgia, .rheumatism and sciatica when the blood and nerves are bad. The nervee in the face are the most tender of all and no agony can be more intense than neuralgia. It starts with an uneasy tingling of the tender skin, and then a sharp sudden stab from some angry nerve. After that, piercing paroxysms of pain follow one another — cruel, burning, darting, nagging, agonising torture! The muscle* may twitch, and every movement cause fresh spasms of anguish. Appetite, peace, sleep, health, happiness— all aw killed by neu-\ ralgia, That is what Mrs Anderson, of Temuka, suffered through three terrible years, till Dr Williams' Pink Pills rooted out the cause of neuralgia by building up her blood and bracing her nerves. "I don't think anyone ever had neuralgia worse than I had," Mrs Anderson went on. " The pain used to start in my heart, and I never knew when it might carry me off. Then it spread to my face and head, running along my nerves. like fire. I could feel that the nerves themselves were burnt. The flesh around them was so sore and tender that I could not touch it. The least movement sent fresh paroxysms of pain shooting through my head. The pain, m fact, wore me right out. Every day I grew thinner, weaker and more nervous. I could neither eat nor sleep. My /whole health broke down. My whole life was miserable.

"Of course, I had the, best doctors in the district. They said my blood^was to blame, and they did their best to build it up. When one doctor found that he could not do this with medicine he ordered ma away for a change of ah% But even that did me no good. In fact, my martyrdom grew worse and worse, until I began to take Dr Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People. The very first box gave me a little appetite, but didn't seem to ease my pain in the least. It was only after taking several boxes that the neuralgia began to ease up a little. Of course, I knew jt was unreasonable to expect Dr Williams' Pink Pills to cure me in a week or two. In the end, they cured me quicker than I expected. They soon made my blood pure and rich, and then my nerves grew strong and steady. I got a splendid colour, and I have enjoyed the best of health and happiness ever since. Even in winter I never have a twinge of neuralgia now."

Mrs AntlereonVcase is only one of hundreds. Among your own neighbours you wilkfind cases just as wonderful in which Dt Williams' Pink Pills have struck at the root of other blood diseases like anaemia, indigestion, rheumatism, sciatica, backache,- kidney disease, liver complaint, headaches, and the special secret sufferings of growing girls and women when the regularity of their blood-supply is derang cd. Remember Dr Williams' Pink Pills do not act on the bowels. They do one thing only, but they do it well — they actually make new blood. If you are not sure whether your special trouble is caused by bad blood or not, write for free medical advice to the Dt Williams' Medicine Co., Wellington. From the same address you can order the genuine N.Z. Dr Williams' Pink Pills by mail — 3s a box ; six boxes 16s 6d, post free. Always in boxes — n»ver in bottles. 91

run, and even that became a toil in hilly country or against adverse winds. To-day, with an up-to-date two-speed gear, she thinks nothing of eighty miles a day, aid has juat covered between 500 and 600 miles through Kent and Sussex in ten days, finishing up with a sixty-mile run from Hastings to London against a strong nortnwest wind in six hours.

Jacqnelin, the crack French sprinter, was recently suspended au<i fined for "fixingup " a race, but in the matter of the fine he remained obdurate, and became subject to disqualification. Speaking of the matter, the English journal, "Cycling," remarks: — " Jacquelin, the old French crack, -was never thought to be a model of intelligence, and this he has shown once again, by keeping up his futile rebellion against the cycling authorities. Now he has decided one or Wo provincial tracks to join him, and will shortly be riding at unauthorised meetings of no importance whatever. Just enough to secure a complete' suspension :!" Mr C. J. Glidden, a well-known American motorist, who last . year .drove a 24 horse-power car across the Arctic Circle, will shortly start upon another great tour, in which ho will cover 25,000 miles. He intends carrying out the following itinerary: — France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Hiingary, Palestine, Algeria. Tunis, Turkey, China, Japan, India, Ceylon, East Indies,' Egypt, Australia, Hawaii and America. He will be driving the same car as carried him so successfully through bis la^fc venture, the- only alteration Mr Glidden intends making being • in regard to tyres. These will be Dunlop motor tyres, which he considers most suitable to negotiate the trying roads and tracts that will be encountered..

In regard to the side-slip hogey, it has always Seen my impression (writes C. H. Larette) that it is the front wheel ■which really causes the trouble. In the days of early pneumatics I in very bad weather used to wind a piece of whipcord round the front tyre, and though the driving wheel would wag about like a fish's tale I never came down. Under certain conditions there is no remedy for side-slip, 'but want of confidence assists it very much. . I shall never forget the antidote suggested by a humorist — a pint of "good old stingo." There is far mor© in this than would appear at the first glance. Ido not agree with the statement that side-slip was unknown in the days of the solid tyres. I beax about 1 me several mar>ks which prove the reverse. ' The possibility of there being a dearth of petrol in the near future is exercising the minds of the motor authorities in England and on the Continent. The consumption of petrol throughout the world is now something enormous, but nothing to what it will be in, say, five years' time. Few motorists are aware that only tw*o per cent of the world's output of petroleum is> suitable for distillation of motor spirit. The control of petrol is practically in the hands of a huge trust, who could, should they so desire, place the automobile trade of the world in a most awkward position, -unless the different countries follow the example of Germany, and cultivate roots with a view of distilling alcoholj which, to all intents andl purposes, is as good for motor driving as petrol. Motor alcohol can be produced »nd sold in Germany at fourteen penoe a gallon, as against fifteen pence for; petrol, and from experiments conducted the alcohol has given just as good results as petroleum spirit. Furthermore, the fact that a large and .payable industry can be developed in this direction makes the matter one well worthy of consideration.

i To the benefits which motoring has conferred on humanity, Dr Blanchet has added another. In a thesis presented to the University of Lyons, he showed from his own experience and from, that of a number of other doctors the valuable influence it exercises in the treatment of lung troubles. He himself was a sufferer, and had to give up work. For seven or eight months he underwent the open-air treatment, with the result that he was able to resume work, though be was still weak, below normal weight, and had very little appetite. • He bought a motor-car for professional purposes, and, having long distances to drive, ne was in the open air for many hours daily. The result was that at the end of a year, despite the fact of returning to work, he regained his appetite, gained six kilos in weight, his cough disappeared, and his chest capacity was considerably increased. Since then his health has been wholly restored. From this experience, and the observations of colleagues, he concludes that motoring is a most valuable factor in the treatment of lung troubles, and that it will gradually cure the cough of tuberculosis and chronic bronchitis, while at the same time it induces appetite .and r causes healthy sleep. The .patient should, however, tM> thoroughly protected from cold, and; as far as possible, from dust", and the treatment should not be employed where there is fever, nor in very nervous, excitable cases.