STRONG ENGLISH WORDS.

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XVII, Issue XIX, 7 November 1896, Page 27

STRONG ENGLISH WORDS.

W hen a person says * I suffered excruciating pain,’ he expresses a fact in the strongest words afforded by the English language. The word * excruciating ’ comes from crux, a cross, and signifies an intensity of agony comparable only to that endured by one who undergoes the barbarous punishment of crucifixion. There are some diseases which, for a time, cause pain of this acute and formidable nature. To find a relief for it, when possible, is at once the impulse of humanity and the studious desire of science. Two brief examples may indicate what success is attending the effort to both comfort and cure cases of this kind. * Nearly all my life,’ writesan intelligent woman, * I have borne the burden of what appeared to be incurable illness. I always felt heavy, weary, and tired. My appetite was poor, and after eating I bad a cruel pain at my chest and between the shoulders. Frequently the pain was so intense that I was impelled to loose my clothing and walk about the room. My nerves were disordered and impressible, and I was, consequently, easily disquieted and upset. My sleep was habitually bad, and I seemed none the better for spending a night in bed. Eating but little my strength waned of necessity, and 1 came to be very weak. For a long time I got about feebly and with difficulty. * In August, 1887, I had an attack of rheumatic gout, which gave me the most harrowing experience of my life. The complaint took its usual course and refused to yield to the ordinary treatment. Through the partial failure of the liver and kidneys dropsy set in and my legs and feet became puffed and swollen. I suffered excruciating pain and was confined to my bed for thirteen weeks. Remedies of every description were tried but to little purpose. * My brother, visiting me one day, said he had been cured of an attack of dropsy by a medicine called Mother Seigel’s Syrup. I got a bottle from Mr Hewett, the chemist, in Seven Sisters’ Road, and after taking it felt a trifle easier. I continued taking it, and soon the pain and swelling abated. I could eat without pain or inconvenience, and by a few weeks’ further use of the Syrup I was not only free from any local ailment, but felt better than I ever did in my life before. Since then I have enjoyed continuous good health, taking a dose of Mother Seigel’s Syrup occasionally for some transient indisposition. You are at liberty to publish my letter. (Signed) (Mrs) Elizabeth Rogers, 42, Plevna Road, South Tottenham, London, September 13th, 1895.’ *ln January, 1892 ' writes another, • I had an attack of influenza, and was confined to my bed for eighteen weeks thereafter. Subsequently I was verv weak, and could get up no strength. What little food I forced down (having no appetite) gave me excruciating pain, so that I was afraid to eat. I came to be exceedingly weak and had frequent attacks of dizziness. I was worn almost to a skeleton, and none thought I would recover. •In June, 1892, Mr Smith, a friend of ours, recommended me to try Mother Seigel’s Syrup, which 1 at once procured of Mr George Coombs, the chemist in Hucknall. After taking it for only one week I felt greatly benefited. I could eat better, and food agreed with me. Continuing with the Syrup I grew stronger and stronger, and soon felt even better than before I was attacked by the influenza. Yon are free to print this statement if you wish to do so. (Signed) (Mrs) Ruth Halliday, 44, Highstreet, Hucknall, Torkard, Nottingham, March 19th, 1895.’ Intense pain may or may not indicate urgent danger to life, but it is hard to bear, and very exhausting just the same In cases of rheumatic gout (Mrs Rogers) the pain is caused by a poisonous acid in the tissues, originally produced by the decomposition of food in the stomach—indigestion or dyspepsia. The same poison acting on the liver and kidneys creates the other symptoms mentioned. In the case of Mrs Halliday the ailment was dyspepsia, which in the first place invited influenza, and then remained to torment her. It is best and easiest to prevent pain by using Mothei Seigel’s Syrup immediately when the slightest illness appears.