POISONED FROM HEAD TO FOOT.

Western Star, Issue 2218, 1 July 1898, Page 7

POISONED FROM HEAD TO FOOT.

Wo call particular attention to the subjoined statement. No incident of its kind, of equal interest and importance, basoocurr-d of late years. A declaration so startling in its general scope, and so full of corroborative detail, certainly warrants the conclusion that a new epoch in the healing art has dawned upon us. Aside from thn force of the legal forms which itassuraes/he facts as alleged, upon the results of a thorougo and careful investigation. (Copy.)

I, George Lack, or 193, Stamford Street, Waterloo Road, London, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows : “ I was always a strong, healthv man an fo April. 1876. At this time, whilst engaged at the Stamford Street Embroidery Works, cleaning out a tank which had been used for dyeing purpoes, I slipped and fed in the tank (which was covered with verdigris), cutting both my elbows. The parts became swollen, and in a week’s time the flesh was putrid, as if gangrene had sot in. My system seemed te be poisoned, an * I b’gan to lose strength rapidly, for my appetite left me and I could not boar the sight of food, what little I did eat lay on my chest like lead, I went to the Royal Free Hospital, Gray’s Inn Road, where I was under treatment for five weeks, but I got worse. After this I got an order and went in f o the Lambeth Infirmary, where I was placed in No. II Ward. At this time my condition had become serious, for 1 felt so sick and faint that I could only get up for an hour or two each day. Later largo abscesses formed on my shoulder, and gradually spread over my face and the upper nart of mv body My face w a s completely covered with the abscesses, which, on healing, left deep marks that I bear to this day. After this 1 had swelling around the joints, and large abscesses formed in the calf of my leg, and I had also running wounds, extending from (he rep of my ankle to the bottom of my feet. An offensive discharge of matter ’ame from the parts, and it Seemed as if the abscesses were drawing the life out of me. I was now In a hopeless, help--1 -ss s ate, and felt that I did not care how soon my end came. For days and days I nevsr closed mv eyes, and on one occasion 1 had hut little sleep for eighteen days and nights together. the doctor’s sleeping draughts having no effect upon me. When I did at length fall asleep I slept from Thursday to Sunday afternoon. From all the doctor’s medicines and applications T only got temporary relief. On one occasion the doctor raid that I could not live throughout the day. The nurses placed a screen round my bed, expecting that I should die during the dav. and mv brother was sent for When the doctor called at night be wa a surprised to find me alive. However 1 took a turn for the better, but for months afterwards I was ss it were on the brink of the grave. I had to be lifted in and out of bed and was fed on slops and light food. Sometimes better and sometimes worse T continued n this wro'cbe 1 stat* for over five years during which time I rennined in the hospital. In August, 1881.1 became ti ed of being in the hospital, and was carried to my house I was so weak and emaciated that I got a pair of cratches to ho pme to hobble about the house. My fath r and friends who saw me weto shocked at my feeble and emaciated appearance and idmght 1 was not long for this wo T ld. I lingered On in the same wretched state for two more years, expecting and wishing that I should soon be out of my misery. In November, 1883. after suffering over seven years, my father bought me a bottle of medicine called Mother Seigel’s Curative Syrup, and persuaded me to try it saying that it had been of great benefit to him. After I had taken half the contents of a bottle, I felt brighter ard in better spirits than I had been infer y-ars My appetite improved, and by continuing with the medicim> my legs began to heal, and I got stronger and stronger. In le?S than three months I wa* able to nut aside my crutches and walk with the aid of a stick. After I bad taken Mother Seigel’s Curative Svmp six months I was at my work, as strong as ever 1 was in my life, and have since kept in the best of health. I wish the part'culars of my case known to other sufferers, and t he Proprietors have mv consent to make what neo they like of this statement. And I make this solemn declaration, conscientiously believing die ssme to be true. By virtue of the provisions of th. Statutory Declaration Act, 1835 (Will. IY. c. 62). (Signed) “George Lack." Declared at Nol6, Godliman Street, Doctor s Commons in the City of London, this 13th day of April 1893, before me George H Brooks a Coramis'oner for Oaths Here we have a case of profound and persuasive blood poisoning. Verdigris (chertncoilylbe bibasic acetate of copper) is, when introduced into the circulation a slow poison for which no positive antidote is known. There is no doubt that the physicians of the hospital did all that could bo done with the knowledge and resources at their command. Unhappilly their treatment at best was only mildly palliative ; the poison continued its deadly work, until it satu r ated the poor fellow’s entire system and perverted all its functions. What but an ultimately fatal rasult could have bceh reasonably expected ? Mr Lack’s final and perfect recovery, through the use of Seigel’s riyrup, illustrates beyond the need of comment the unprecedented power of that well-known remedy to renew the digestion, stimulate the secretory organs, and thus to purify the blood. In common with all who shall read the details of this case we most keenly regret that Seigel s Syrup whs not taken immediately after the r suits of the accident first appeared.