A POPULAR HOSPITAL MATRON.

Wanganui Chronicle, Volume XLIII, Issue 15000, 28 October 1899, Page 1

A POPULAR HOSPITAL MATRON.

PRESENTATION .BY PATIENTS. * In hospital circles no couple holds a higher and more merited position than Mr and Mrs John Agnew, of Hillsborough (Onehunga). Before coming to New Zealand, they held the responsible position of matron and wardsman respectively of the Gympie Hospital, and of the Herberton Hospital, North Queensland. At both hos-

pitals they were immensely popular with the patients and management, and their parting was marked with expressions of regret, accompanied By handsome . presentations of addresses, an album, jewellery, arid other gifts from the patients ahd staff. Some time after leaving Queensland, and settling here, Mrs Agnew became •*, victim to sciatica, and was rendered an invalid for several years. "First," said the lady, speaking to our reporter, "I felt it in my back and Hfegs. The Stinging, burning pains caused me terrible agony, and I could never rest. Then the disease affected my arms so that I was well nigh helpless. My right arm became paralysed in one night, and my left leg, from the hip joint to the knee, became immovable. At times j I would feel acute pains in the paralysed J portions just as if a red-hot iron was being rubbed backwards and forwards over me. I grew thin and weak, and my pale drawn faoe bore testimony to the agony I experienced. I managed to get about slowly, but could not attend to house duties, and every now and again I would throw myself on the couch, so' thoroughly worn out did I feel. Night after night my husband sat. up rubbing me with liniments, but all to no purpose. He also bought two electric ; belts! or 'me — one cost £5 5s and, the. other£2 15s"\but theyridid^me^no p'erfnarieht good. Theii'l'u'se'd Dr Williams' pink ' "pills. When I began the second box I* found they were benefiting me; I became stronger, and the fierceness of the sciatic pains was deadened/ I continued • with them, and to my joy the paralysis left my. arm, and I felt the blood trickling in my veins again. My thigh likewise became well, and graduaJUy all pain left me. Today I am a strong, robust woman, free from every trace of; sciatica* The cold was intense last winter, but it made no difference to me. I have become quite plump, my face is rosy and' healthful looking,- and the beneficial change in my appearance is most marked, I have thoroughly proved - the medicinal virtues of Dr Williams' pink pills, and would not be without them ; if I again become matron of a hospital, I shall certainly recommendl them to my patients,* for they saved my life." The medicinal virtues of Dr Williams' pink pills (alluded to by Mrs Agnew) are such that they act directly on the blood and nerves, thus curing rheumatism, neuralgia, effects of influenza, paralysis, St. Vitus' dance, bronchitis, consumption, anaiemia, premature decay, irregularities; etc. Sold by chemists and storekeepers, and by the Dr Wil-j liams' Medicilne Co., Wellington, N.Z., three shillings per bos, six boxes* -for sixteen and sixpence (post free). . The opinions of physteians, nurses, and ministers about this remedy will bo sent upon application.

FRIGI-OKE PEBBI