PROSTRATED WITH WEAKNESS.

Tuapeka Times, Volume XXXV, Issue 4924, 11 January 1902, Page 4

PROSTRATED WITH WEAKNESS.

Clements Tonic Restores Strength. . 1 The Caie of Mrs. J. HAND,

(By a Special Reporter,)

No. 13 Leith-street, Dunedin, is the house wherein Mrs. Jane Hand resides. I To our reporter Mrs. Hand stated that I she had been a great sufferer from bronchitis, a complaint which materially affected her well-being in after lite. The statements given below are transcribed as they were uttered : " My case was considered- a very bad one by my" doctor," said Mrs. Hand, - 4C bo much so, indeed, that grave fears " were entertained that my disease would develop into chronic complaint. I was everlastingly throwing up large quantities of, a thin watery fluid, and I was ' quite exhausted by a continual cough and "the excessive expectoration of - phlegm. All my strength entirely molted away, my bones being left with nothing but a ye.'low-coioured skin to cover them. On retiring to bed I usually slept for two or three hours, but never longer, for my sleep was then broken by short but violent fits of coughing, the exertion of which worked me into an uncomfortable state of perspiration. A pause then ensued, lasting, perhaps, for an hdur, and then the cough suddenly commenced again, often accompanied by the rejection! of considerab c quantities of phlegm. My throat lelt as if it were completely blocked up, and it was only with the greatest tlifficulty that I managed to bieaihc. During these attacks there was a feeling of compression of my» chesi which was so severe that I had to lay hold of any steady object near at hand so that it might assist me in drawing in my bFeath. My lips were b ue and my pulse so weak that it could Earn ybe not ced beating. The distress was to extreme that I often thought I was going to die from, suffocation." <( 1 can quite understand you being i*r at y d.biiilate^, after such suffering," remarked the renJ. ter. " Yes. I was prostrated with weakness. The nicest of dainties could not tempt me to eat, as a rule?, though I partook of a Httie invalid's food occasionally, which always brought on frightful pains in my stomach. Just above the hip was another place where much tenderness was located, whilst the dreadful twitchings between my shouidcrs were so painful that I could not iie on my back. The daylight was tory strong for my eyes, as it made them a'most sightless with an awful -burning ache. In the warm summer moulhs my sufferings were at their v. orst. I then felt more tired and lan- ' griil than ever. JKvery morning my mouth \yps in a bad state, with a tongue covered with a bitter-tasting fur. I got so oxeiU.b'e aud nervous that I started trombling at anything and everything, afterwords remaining in a state of- fear • For a long time. Thus I continued to wa>te away for about twelve months, and as the doctor's medicines were quite inadequate to rhpek the progress _ of my disease, I became* afflicted with a f c ;.'ig of depression and sorrow, which mule everything in life lcok dark and am fort less. I did not care what happened, even feeling indifferent as to whether I got better or not. Indeed. I did nob expect to regain my health as my -comp'aints seemed invincible against all physics. I could neither ca 1 -, s'ecp. nor work, and my head was in a whirl' with constant aches." "No wonder you were so dejected. But about yuur recovery. How did that transpire?" "Ah!. That is the bright, side of my - story. ' A number of friends recommended me to try medicine after mcdi- ' cine, each . of which made me I sick at the stomach, till at last I came across an advertisement in the paper speaking of the virtues of Clements Tonic. As a last resource I bought a bottle of Clements Tonic, and I soon ( •had convincing proof that I was going to bo saved from death. My old ■■ tronb'«s were quickly removed, everything I could wish for being restored through the medium of Clements Tonio. In two or three weeks there was not an ache or pain left. I slept well and my appetite was good. My strength and energy returned, and : .my complaints all yielded to Clements-Tonic — a" medicine which I have friequently recommended to other sufferers. The public should hear about the merits of Clements Tonic, so you may publish in any way my statements."

by imprensions that have no objective cause. The impressions occur in the brain, and are usually due to an in: jured condition of one or other of the condition of one or other of the senses. Some people have preternatural ly acute senses. One man may see blue flames in a fire where other persons see only red and yellow, and men have Fometimes possessed hearing so acute as to perceive 'on a summer's evening a myriad motions undreamt of by others.' The North American Indians as a race, are gifted with remarkable powers of hearing. Blind people hare been known who could feel color, although there appeared to be no difference in the fabrics bandied. Parallel acutenesi of sense impressions is seen in the everyday occurrence of hunting for truffles, fungi growing two feet below the surface, by the "aid of pig or dog, and again in the camel scenting water miles off in the desert. . In his lecture Sir Lauder mentioned a curious West African custom, called ' throwing the face.' By a certain process one native ' threw ' his face at another. The consequence was that tbe second native saw the face of the other wherever he went, till, finally worn out, he committed suicide or died exhausted from hypnotic influence. As to premonitions arising from dreams, Sir Lauder is inclined to place I them in the same category as the phenomenon of a man waking in the morning at a certain hour decided over night, no matter how much earlier it may be than his usual hour for rising, in order to catch an early train. Other premonitions are attributable to atmospheric conditions. We all know how a corn aches on the ap proach of rain, how a brewing nor'wester oppresses one, and how thunderstorms affect sensitive people. It is quite conceivable, too, that by some wireless telegraph system one man's biain may be able to communicate impressions to another's. No mere material theory can satisfactorily esplain, the proved instances in which people have witnessed or ' felt ' accidents affecting friends thousands of I miles away.