A Debilitated Nervous System. RESTORED TO ITS NATURAL VIGOR.
• fftE CASE OF Mrs* William Hanchett. {Fr-mtht Windsor, N>S. IF., "Auttralian.") (by our special bepobteb.) "No one knows how I've suffered," ■aid Mrs. Hanchett, of Macquarie Street, Windsor, New South Wales, t» a reporter from the Windsor and Richmond Qazette, vho ncute i up ii her with a view to obtainiv^ an :- • itt of her ailment and her 1.-/ ■.'*-;,. • Frwu whit did you suffer, Mrs. HancheU!" « From BioocSZesYriess and Nervousness; also from awful nor.v-us headaches. First, my ep^'i^i .'Vr-n togb, till I didn't care if I never «r>u f«<od. Tiien the headaches came on, generally twice a day, and lasting an hour or more ajb v a $jm.e. n Whilst .they, lasted the pain can dnly be described as Agonising, My head was fairly racked with it ' The pain was of a piercing, shooting character, and flew backwards and forwards all round my head like sharp Knlv«slnMy Brain. As the days went on I wasted away. I did not seem to have sufficient blood to keep me,going**nd,,althoiigb T l_Jtiied. all sorts, of nourishing foods, they did me no good. My face became pale and waxy, ajid my lips were as white as my face. The" whole of the day I Felt LarifcWd and Tired My faousenoia duties, wluch I formerly did in ,the CQnr.s.&pf an hour jar so, now proved ftedmucivibrTgfe. v^ljy,, if I only tried to wash np Che' tea things I should have to give it up and sit down. My nights, were always restless, and it's nothing but the plain truth xrhon I tell you I didn't net ten minui**l*l««P from the time I ,v,enfe to bed till 1 got np'in the morning.' It wasu'b long btfortfiny Nervous System Broke Down under the strain that was put on it through _ I .was so nervous that I p^fitiyiely.daren't go to bed at all without a fight 'troruinE If I arbpped a knife I ■creamed outioud." Little 'things like this gave such a shock to my nerves. I was frightened MJ&fi;P&-*-}'M J &fi;P&-*-}' nights, even with someone with me. This may not seem remarkable to you, but when I tell you that before I wns ill I could go anywhere across the bAish jn'fhe hJ.icUest night' without the' least hesna:jnu you will understand what a chsrigo my « illness Wrought mM«. n "Tout- nervous system must have been very weak." - ti r , "It w»e, indeed. My nerve* weVeall uni strung. If anyone spoke to me unexpectedly I trembled like a leaf. I wouldn't •nsjge&^bftdoojr. unless I was absolutely/, obligeo. ' rdidn r fc care to see strangers at all, but felMshotJld like |o be away from everyone." „_,,.,-- " Did yon keep up y6ur spirits under all these afflictions ?' •• No . I don't believe anyone com.. I became very low spirited.. Things which formerly gavo me pleasure did not now intereH me. When inM^hJionrs "f friculi" ;-•;:;£ \ r '■ . .->i>~* '<■ '"h°«t !/> fry und liven ny up a iiii, i Hiifiul.i mcfely say yes a<id no: and, to tfil you tiir' tnith, abhinujh I appreci»ited*Th it* goodwill and kiaduess, I was o P- ■ •} Co " -. '. it tiling ' ■" » t ;•.»-■-: [iliysie. ■ ■ .lies and pilla I to«k wee adv«ru»ed to cure cgfopiftjiats such'a-j mine in (wo oc three veekj,"
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Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4764, 23 June 1900, Page 4
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537Page 4 Advertisements Column 1 Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXII, Issue 4764, 23 June 1900, Page 4
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