LITTLE ARTHUR SURMAN,

New Zealand Graphic, Volume XXXIX, Issue 1, 6 July 1907, Page 23

LITTLE ARTHUR SURMAN,

OF BROKEN HILL, Brought Back Almost from Verso of the Grave by DR. WILLIAMS’ PINK PILLS. Wasting away before his parent** eyes; a pitiful case with a joyful ending. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills brought little Arthur Surman. of Broken Hill, back almost from the verge of the grave. After he bad inflammation of the lungs, a wasting weakness set in, and no one thought he would recover. “Now he’s ns lively as a cricket." to use his mother’s words, and Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills worked the miracle. The story of the cure was related by Mrs Surman, who lives in Bismut h-st. She said: — "When we were living at Port Augusta, Arthur took in flam mat ion of the lungs, and the doctor never thought that he would pull through.” said Mrs F. Surman, Bls-muth-st.. Broken Hill. “The poor little fellow was only three. For days he was clean off his head with the fever. After a hard tight, the doctor said the worst was over — but it was weeks before the child was able to be out of bed. The cough stuck to him, and he was always bringing up a mouthful of nasty sticky phlegm, all streaked with blood. Every time he coughed it nearly tore his inside out. it wore him down tiTl he was weaker than a baby in arms. We tried to build him up — but for six long years he kept wasting away. By the time he was nine, tie was just a pun; - little skeleton. Everyone told me I would never rear him. The weakness after the fever was worse than the disease itself. For weeks lie lay there too helpless to move. The child wanted for nothing — but he wasted away before our very eyes. No matter what we gave him, it made him sick on the stomach. His head ached by the hour, and every week he got a bilious attack. He wouldn’R take to his food at all. lie used to bold his little sides by the hour. And every cough seemed to shake the very life out of him. It wasn’t only one day that he had this to go through - but every day it was the same, and ah day long. “Mouths went by, and there was no change for the better,” added Mrs Surman. “His ebugh got worse, and he grew thinner and thinner. If 1 took hitn for a short walk, bis legs gave way, and I had to carry him home. For six years he kept fading away. At last, he was just a bag of skhi and bone. Down in my heart I had given up all hope, and so had my husband. He said to me one night, ‘Well, mother, we can’t have our boy with us much longer. It will be his birthday to-morrow, and wo might as well give the poor little chap a party. It will be the last treat he’ll ever

"That very week, when I was sweeping up the yard one day, 1 came across j little book telling about Dr. Williams* Pink Pills. They cured a little girl over in New Zealand, so I sent to Mr Dryeti, the grocer, in Wolfrain-st. for some of these pills. 1 cut them in two, and gave him half a pill after each meal. At first. I thought they weren’t going tn do any good, and 1 was near leaving them off. But Arthur began to take to his food again, and so I kept on. After the third box. he was stronger on liis legs, and bis cough wasn't half so bad. From that on, he gained every day. lie said his chest didn't hurt so much, and lie brought up very little phlegm. By the time he had taken six boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, he hadn’t a sign of a cough. He was so well that 1 was able to send him to school. That’s over eighteen months ago, but he lias never been a day sick all that time. Today lie is as strong ami healthy a lad as you'd meet in a day’s march — and it’s only Dr. Williams' Pink Pills we have to thank for that. They saved his life."

Now IH-. Williams' Pink Pills build up the strength in Just one way — they actually "make" new blood. That is all they do. but they do it well. But you must insist cu getting the genuine Dr. Williams Piuk Pills. If your local retailer cannot give you exactly what you ask for, order them by mail from the Dr. Williams’ Medicine Co., Wellington 3/ a box, six boxes 16/6, post free. If yoa are in any doubt about your illness, write to the same address for hints as to diet, etc.