ANOTHER DUNEDiN DYSPEPTIC FINDS A REMEDY.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXIV, Issue 4895, 28 September 1901, Page 4

ANOTHER DUNEDiN DYSPEPTIC FINDS A REMEDY.

The Case ot Mrs. L. SCOTT.

(By a Local Jieporter.)

Mrs. Louisa Scott, of 38 St. Davidstreet, Dunedin, although in the midst oF preparation for the approaching rtstivities of Christmas and i>!ew I'ear when our reporter caiJ'. d, &aid she was always prepared to devote an hour or two in discubsing the details of her exceptional experience.

"1 hear that you underwent a gieat change some mouths ago?" remarked the reporter. ""So I did," replied Mrs. Scott. " Until this last year or so I was a big, stout woman, and hardly ever knew wha-fc ifc was to feel tired, although I nseti to work very hard. In fact, 1 worked too hard, for whicii I suffered nevereiy.-W When I had got about hall way through my meals a sudden sense of fulness came on, as though 1 would choke if I ate another mouthful. Then my stomach swelled out with wind, the tenderness also being so great that- I could not bear any clothes on. My appetite was very capricious, as I was quite ravenous some days, whilst on others I could nt>t eat at all. A dull pain sett-led in my chest, whilst at all times I experienced great agony between my shoulders. Worso tha-n all, I got so debilitated that I had to give up my housework. After the most feeble efforts to do anything a sinking feeling came over me and I was prostrated for the rest of the day. The most- hideous 'thoughts preyed upon my mind wiieil I laid down with the intention of going to sleep, my thoughts wandering over fearful imaginations so persistently that I could nob even get a short doze. I becams a perfect victim to insomnia, and have gone for weeks without sleep. This had tuch a stupifying effect upon my brain that I gazed upon everything and everybody around me with that strange bewildered expression which is seen in persons who are partly demented. I couid not collect my thoughts for a moment, and as I lay in a sort of dead weakness I could hear everything Bai<}. and done, yet I could not speak. My tongue, which was covered with a white coatingj seemed to be paralysed, for it often happened when I wanted to Bay something that I could not make a distfnet utterance,"

"Were you alarmed at your condition, Mrs. Scott?" " I can: assure you that I was always ■worrying and fretting, as I was afraid I was sinking away. My nerves were quite shattered. I started and quivered from head to foot at the least thing, If a neighbour came round to the back door and I happened to be near it, as eoott. as I heard the sound, of a voice I screamed aloud in terror. Really, my life-was. n <>t worth living, as I was always twitching nervously as though I had St.%Vitus' dance, and my head ached so unmercifully that I thought it would split. Across the loins the most terrible; pains existed, ami the continuance of bhese maladies brought Hie down. to a miserable shadow, besides being rery yellow in appearance. The simple act of- bending down made me feel giddy on. raising my head, when a mist also came before my eyes, the sight of which was in a very imperfect state. By the time all these symptoms werei fully developed my stomach was in such a weak condition that I could not retain even invalid foods, the smell of which turned me against it. My digestive apparatus •was completely out of order, so that it was impossible for anything to nourish me." v I expect you tried very hard to get relief?"

"Of course I did. My doctor said I had diabetes very far advanced and treated me according' y. Sometimes I used to think his physic was doing me a little good, and shortly after I was just as bad as ever. The relief was only temporary, so at last I gave him tip and started taking Clements Tonic as a last experiment. The result was this : My nerves were made sound, swellings and stomach pains ceased, insomnia was cured, digestion restored, aches and torments banished — all by the use of Clements Tonic, which made me healthy ana Happy- To similar sufferers I einph^fcically recommend Clements Tonic, and you can publish my testimony any TVa^'yoti deem advisable."