TWITCHING ST. VITUS' DANCE

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume LXIV, Issue 11247, 15 January 1912, Page 6

TWITCHING ST. VITUS' DANCE

THIS GIRL HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL FOR SIX MONTHS.

MUSCLES AND LIMBS ALWAYS ON THE MOVE-A PAINFUL CASE CURED BY DR WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS.

Little Olive Swainston, of Boulder City, W.A., after suffering for mouths with a most distressing attack of St. Vitus' Dance, was cured by Dr Williams' Pink Pills. She had medical attention, but did not improve, and her parents were becoming alarmed at he progress of the disease. Her cure, once a course of Dr Williams' Pink Pills was started, was to be expected. They havo cured a great many cases of this complaint, because it is a nervous disorder, and they supply the system with the rich new blood that is necessary to keep tho nerves in tone. ~ _ ~..,, Mr R. ' Swainston, of 7o Millerstreet, Boulder, a well-known mmer, made the following statement in regard to his daughter's case:— "My daughter Olive, who is eleven years old, had an attack of St. Vitus' Dance and was poorly for some months. Wo noticed her arms and legs beginning to twitch spasmodically as if tlicv were on wires. She had to leave ' school for six months. Her touguc would twist, and her eyebrows iind shoulders would jork and twist too. She got worse and worse, and at last she could not fasten her clothes or button her shoes. It was not safe to give her a teacup to hold, for ten to one it would drop. Wo gave her all sorts of soups and nourishing foods, aud tried every possible remedy, even to hot sea-salt baths, but she did not improve. She could not get a good night's sleep, her limbs would move about so, and my wife had constantly to get up and straighten the clothes and attend to her. Her speech became so jumbled one could hardly make out what she was saying, and she seemed to be unable to think clearly, as if her senses were numbed. She could not walk well or easily, it was as if she were hopping or jumping. She could not even sit still. At last my wife, having tried Dr Wil Hams' Pink Pills herself for Rheumatism, started giving her a pill at each meal, and some color showed iv her face: formerly she was quite white. The twisting began to wear off and at last ceased altogether, and she has become as well aud healthy as we could wish any child to be, and every trace of the complaint has disappeared. '' Insist on getting Dr Williams' Piuk Pills. They"are sold by most chemists aud storekeepers, or if not locally obtainable will be sent direct by the Dr Williams' Medicine Co. of Australasia, Ltd., Wellington, for 3s per box. d boxes Ids (id.