FURTHER LOCAL EVIDENCE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XXVIII, Issue 7725, 26 March 1904, Page 7

FURTHER LOCAL EVIDENCE.

The Case of Mrs. M. ROBINSON.

(BY A WELLINGTON REPORTER.)

History is often silent concerning the past, and many of the hidden mysteries can only be unravelled by close investigation. Thus ifc becomes necessary to despatch representatives of the press to sources where information is known to be lying dormant, in order chat the public may share in the knowledge that individuals possess. This was lately done in connection with a matter which -Mrs. .Martha Robinson, of No. 59 Constable-street, Newtown, Wellington, speaks about in the following manner :— '■ Two years next September," said Mrs. Robinson, "I came out of one of the hospitils, after having been under a serious operation. Before going there my health was altogether broken down, although I must .say tint 1 was picking up a bit compared to what I had been, and ib was through using Clements Tonic that I had the strength to undergo the trying ordeal that awaited me. An operation was indispensable, however, and when it had been performed I was left in a dreadfully weak and delicate state. I was not able to get about at :ill, bciug quite prostrate from the effects of what f had previously experienced, and my prospects looked so gloomy that I spent many an anxious hour wondering whether I would ever get better again."

" Were you in a state of disorder inter nallv?" asked the scribe.

'■'l am sure I was, because I had most of the symptoms which go to show that the liver "is deranged. To give you an instance, I was always greatly troubled with flatulence after I had taken a little of the invalids'food that comprised my daily diet. It did not make any difference how light it was, it would not digest ; and, in my feeble condition, the stomach pains I had to contend with were almost more than I could stand. Again, a heavy load seemed to be lying across the chest—such a squeezed, overpowering sensation that ] could hardly get my breath —and with ifc all I was subject to very severe attacks of palpitation. When that started quite a faint feelmg would come over me, and, for the time beirg, I felt almost dazed ; but the horrible sensation would soon pass away. Yet, I dreaded its repetition because I did not know what it might lead u>. That whs not the only thing about which my mind was in a constant state of anxiety, for I cuild not get out of my head the thoughts about all sorts of dreadful things that wcie going to lianpc 1 .so you may tell how exceedingly melancholy I wa*. I daresay thit :ny nerves had something to do with that, because they were a* shaky as if they had been cut asunder, and whenever I got a surprise of any .sort I could feel them quivering right thr ugh mo." " What was your appetite like?" "As poor as it could be, and it was strange how drowsy I was all day and how live y, or rather restless, I was at nights. 1 turned from one side to the other (ill I was fairly worn out and my patience exhausted, and when I got up again next day I was lit for nothing. Every time I looked at my tongue it was covered with fur, a sickly, bitter taste I always had. and the heavy aches in my head made my misery complete. If I looked out of a window on a clear, bright day everything appeared blank and desolate to me, as though I had no share in anything that w*s joyful. Neither I had, for I was too weak and sad at heart to find cher in anything. ' Whatever shall I do next to remedy these alllictions ?' I used to say to myself. Then an idea came one day. I would try Clements Tonic again, because it was doing me so much good when I went to the hospital. - '

" Did you find it beneficial again?"

"It could not have been more so, I am proud to say, for it infused new life into me very quickly. A few weeks later you would nothave known me, as I was then quite out of pain and perfectly happy. My indigestion symptoms could make no stand against Clements Tonic, which completely remedied my nervousness, too. To put it briefly, I ■was quite a hearty woman when I ceased taking Clements Tonic ; and you can publish my story, for everybody's benefit, in any way."