SO WEAK COULD BARELY WALK.
Wasting Away to a Define With Anaemia,
" Shortly after my arrival in Aeliburton i ■ from Motufrka, I gradually bees mo antemic," , >a)d Miss Gladly Hall, CaBS Street, Ashbul- . ton. "My face became very pale. My lips , were vary white. My hands were a waxy ' ~ •white, and. if I held them up to the light , , I could almost see through thom. I com-p-letely lost all appetite. My stomach was . . ' <; i "9 .weak, I could not retain any food on it. tongue was very much coated with a dirty yellow substance. My heart used to t i jump. My hands and feet were always cold, even' when sitting at the fire and 'i... w r*PP»d up. My breath -was very short, at I was almost gasping for breath, and •> , - could scarcely walk across the room. I was , so wwk. I suffered a great deal from head- .. ... ■; aches, particularly in the forehead and tem- ' ) pies. My ankles used to swell up if I remained long on my feet, and my feet were [\ so-swollen I could scarcely ivalk about. 1 \ - r : '-became very nervous. I had shooting pains my body - My People thought I was »,< going inta a decline. If I let my arms hang fk* V my sidos for a little while. I did ® ot _ huT© strength enough to raise them up • * • , I was in this state for about three Y monifag, when my mother, begged me to give ~V. i "WKkSiHifl Pink Pills a. trial. In'about V f-! ■ 01 weeks I fonnd suoh an improvevi'.' '».».» T health I ooatinued their use |T *-l *[•! I h»d taken three boxes, when. I felt ■v ' irse from all symptoms of Ansemia." f t>y v
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Star (Christchurch), Issue 9917, 4 August 1910, Page 4
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284SO WEAK COULD BARELY WALK. Star (Christchurch), Issue 9917, 4 August 1910, Page 4
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