ANOTHER DUNEDIN DYSPEPTIC FINDS A REMEDY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4869, 29 June 1901, Page 4

ANOTHER DUNEDIN DYSPEPTIC FINDS A REMEDY.

The Case of &:s. L. SCOTT. {By a Local Reporter.) Mrs. Louisa Scott, of §8 St. Davidstreet, Dunedin, although in the midst of preparation for the approaching festivities of Christmas and i\ew iear when our reporter called, aa.d she was always prepared to devote an hour or two in discussing the detifus of her exceptional experieuce. W '"1 hear that you underwent a great change some niontns ago?" remarked ttie reporter. "So I ilid," replied Mrs. Scotfc. " Until this last year or so I was a big, Svout' •woman, and hardly ever knew what it was to \eel t-iied, although I nseu to work very hard. In faci, 1 worked too hard, for which I suiiiered Revere y.«r When I had got about hait way through jny meals a- sudden sense of fu n'ss came on, as though 1 would choko if I ate another mouthful. 'Ihen my .stomach swelled out with wind, the tenderness also being so great that I cou.d not bear auy e.othos ou. My appetite was very capricious, as I was t^uito ravenous some days, whilst on others I could not eat at ail. A cull pain sottlfifl in my chest, whilst afc ail time. 1 experienced great agony. between my shou.ders. W"oi>q thaa all, I £,oc- so debilitated that I had .to give up my boiiMJwork. After the m^st feeble efforts to do anything a sinking feeling citmo over me and I was prostrated for the rest of the day. The most hideous thoughts preyed, upon my mind when I laid ciown with the intention of going to siccp, my thoughts wandering over faarfu) imaginations so- persistently th:. t I could not even get a short doze. I beiamfc a perfect victim to insomnia, and have gone for weeks without sleep. Thi* had Mich a stupifyiug effect upon ttty brain that I gnzed upon everything and pvcrybody around me with that sLvHtij;!) b^wilrcrcd expression which is soen ltt persons who are partly dementeJ. I rou'd nrt CQl'ect my .thoughts for & moment, and as I lay in a sort of doau weakness I conld hear everything ' fcaiu and done, yet I could not sneak. My tongue^ whirh was covered with a whi*e coaling, seemed to be paralysed, for it of ! en happened when I wanted to say ? ( moihing t*Jmfc I could not make a distinct utterance." " Were you aVrmed at your condition, Mrs." Scott ?" " I c?n assure yon that I was always worri'ing ami fretting, as I was afraid I vi-fi-. sinking away. My nerves were quite shattered. I started and quivered from head to foot afc the least thing, Is" a neighbour came round to the back door ana I happened to be near it, as so:m as I heard the sound of a voice I srve;r>icd aloud in terror. Really, my life was i:ofc worth living, as I was always twitching nervously as though I haA Sfc/ Vil us 1 dance, and my head acijficl 6b Mnnie^ciiuiV that I kliowg-rtt it Hon'd split. Across the Joins the most -?it b : « pains existed, an 3 the continunce cf these maladies brought me down .0 a miserable shadow, besides being very vcl aw in appearance. The simple act cf bending down made me feel giddy On rising my head, when a. mist a-^so crtno before my eyes. \he sight of which was-in a-very imperfect, state. By the time all these symptoms were fully devo'o">od my stomach was in such a weak con"l i: on that I could not retain even invalid foods, the smell of which turned me rurmVt ifc. My digestive apparatus was rnmn'cte'y out of order, so that it was impossible for anything to nourish tne£ 'I expect you tried very hard to get re'lfif?-" "Of "course I did. My doctor said I h-d •"tl'abpfces vprv far advanced aaid tr-a'ed mi accordingy. Sometimes I Usocl !'o Miink his pl>ysic was doing me a litt'fi good, and shortly after I was jiu-fc a- bad ss ever. The relief was only t-rnpHrary, so at last I gave him up and s ; ar l f*l taking Cement" Tonic as a lf«fifc cxnerlmcnt. The result was this : My nerres wtre made sound, swellings tmd -trmTh pains censeel, insomuia was ctiTcd- clitres f ir>n reslorpd, aches and to -m^nh"; banished — all by the nRO of C'- Ton in, which made me healthy at\\ ham-v. To pimi'ar sufferers I em-ph--»t'ca*ly rp^ommpnd C 7 cments Tonic, and yon ran »--!>Msh my testimony any way you dpo-n "advisable." STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, I«m«i "^f.'TT, of No. <(S St. David-street, IJmmM *, i- ih«« r<»i i<- ol N<"w Zealand do solemnly a- <1 ■■-r^v i'.fr\nrf that I have carefully read the ann » x^l ,). npr-rnf conslstine of two hollos, and cn«^r»>iv«?|v nin»b<!r^d from one to two, and that It c-xtiains anrf is > 'run and faithful account of mv ill"««« '"d rw. by Clpmen!* Tonic, and also Condi <« m" fill) pr>r>n!«-:inn to publish In any way mv fvn'-'in which I give voluntarily, without rrcMne » f »v i»i» v n)<:ot; s>n-1 I make this solemn rf.'c'i'" ••»'"•• c> M ?ft'pn< tni i*ly hfili^vine the s»mo to be tnn**anil')»~ »5 r «ie of tht provisions of an Act of the G nr'al A«'i"''lv of v*w Zealand, intituled " The Josticefof Peace Act 1882." . I^eelarprf'^'DiinMln.'ihiß third day of January, one tlip'isand nine hundred and-ons, before me, PREDK. MALLARD. T.P.

lives ; the remaining one declared that excessive and sustained muscular exertion was by no means beneficial ! unless the athletes heart was perfectly sound. Figures prepared by another physician, however, would Beem to sbow tbat this unfavorable view is un- ' warranted. Dr Morgan has investi* gated tbe history of 234 past ' University oars.' In forty years only tbirty.nine died, of whom heart disease claimed but three victims, this precentage being lower than that fur. niched by Buch a healthy occupation as seafaring. Eleven of the thirty succumbed to fevers, seven to consumption, six to accident, and tbe others in lesser numbers to special causes. Two hundred and thirty- erght of fcho surviving oarsmen reported them■elyea 1 HEABTT AND STBON-G ' and the seventeen ailing ones did not attribute any of their maladies to the exertions they underwent while training for the classic race. The average age of university oarsmen is twenty. Tbe expectation of life at that age is forty'years. The survivors may, then, look forward with some degree of certainty to living another fourteen years. Bearing this in mind, and making certain allowances which will be obvious to him, any expert insurance agent wiil, demonstrate to you tbat tbe expectation of life of each of the 294 ' Blues ' was exactly two years above the average. It is admitted tbat many would-be athletes — rowing men, cyclists, and runnerB — do die suddenly or live a comparatively short time. The cause is generally one of , two things — tbey either rush headlong into violent training, instead of gradually toning the heart and nervous system up to the required pitch, or else they take a totally unsuitable diet. Many men desirous of becoming athletes or sportsmen practically commit suicide through indulging in violent exertion before they are in condition to do it. One M.F.H. died in the arms of Dr N. B. Torke-Davies tbe well-known dietitian, from that very cause. In training down (or up) to tbat condition diet plays a most important part, for while ridding himself of superfluous adipose tissue, the aspirant must not lose but gain S strength. Fresh, wholesome meat furnishes I MUSCLES A2TD ENERGY, and therefore our would be ' Blue ' i must have a fair amount of good English beef and mutton. In fact, he cannot do better thnn adopt the following dietary table, which will be equally valuable to any other athlete who contemplates entering for an important contest : — 8 a.m. — A glass of hot water. 0 a.m. — One cup of tea or coffee, sweetened with saccharin and cream (no milk), two ounces of dry toast, six ounces of grilled steak or chop or j the sarnie quantity of 'grilled cod or turbot. No cigarettes. 1.30 p.m. — Clear soup, six ounces of beef, six ounces of mixed vegetables, a, bowl of salad, a little cbeese, and half a pint of good bitter beer. No cigarettes. 7 p.m. — Clear soup, four ounces of boiled or fried sole, four ounces of mutton or game, six ounces of mixed vegetables, one ounce of stale bread, three or four ounces of rice or tapioca pudding, with a little fruit stewed, one glass of bitter beer. No cigarettes. 9 p.m. — A cup of cocoa sweetened with saccharin nothing to eat. No cigarettes. 10 30 p.m.--to bed. ♦If aspirants for athletic honors, whether on the riveri itie cycling tracfe, or tha Tace path, adopted such a diet as this while training, and avoided all great exertion until they reached condition one would hear much less of such stupid theories as tbat the University boat race shortens the lives of the men who row in it.' Thus declared one of the three physicians who favored athleticism.