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New Zealand Graphic, Volume XLVI, Issue 7, 16 August 1911, Page 16

CRIPPLED AND TORTURED.

Rheumatism made this Woman as Helpless as a Baby. • Carried about from Room to Room by her Husband. ♦ As a public Duty she tells how she was cured by Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Dixon, of 136, Pilgrim st., Footscray, Melbourne, think it thoi* duty to make public the facts concerning Mrs. Dixon’s remarkable cure from Rheumatism by Dr. Williams’ rink Pills. Mrs. Dixon was suddenly overcome with Rheumatism, and for months was crippled and as helpless as a baby. Her husbau 1 had to carry her from one room to another when she was able to get out of bed, and neighbours had to do her hair. Mrs. Dixon •graphically told a reporter of her illness and cure. She said: — “I had influenza and after that Rheumatism set in, and quite suddenly, too," said Mrs. Dixon, “I went to bed all right and in the morning I woke up quite unable to move. The Rheumatism was down all one side. For a fortnight then I had to stay in bed. I had to get in help to do the housework and look after the children. I was quite helpless and the agony wM dreadful. Later it set in, in both hands, feet and arms. When the first acute attack eased a trifle I was Just able to totter round the house holding on to the furniture or helped with a stick. My mother would call and fairly cry to see me so crippled, and I would cry myself, I was in sndi agony. My husband would carry me from bedroom to sitting-room. I had no sleep (night or flay. I lay between blankets, of course, but I dare not move. I would just lie like a log and pray for the daylight. I was always feverish and very thirsty. The shin, especially about the joints, was red and shiny, and tight looking and burning to the touch. I used to lie at night with pillows under my knees. I could not straight on them, and sometimes pillows at the feet to take off the pressure of the bed clothes. I had the Joints rubbed with every liniment you could hear of, turps, eucalyptus, etc., and had on all sorts of poultices and hot vinegar with bran, all to no good. I fell away to a perfect skeleton. I simply could not eat; I was always in such torture. 1 could not stand anyone coming near me, for fear they would happen to touch me; I would scream out, ‘Don’t come near mo You could dent the swollen places, an 1 quite an impression would be left. 1 ?'ui! I not dream of raising my arms up. Neighbours would have to come to do my hair or give me a hand. My fingers were ho stiffened and dreadfully swollen that I oull not hold a needle or even a book to real with any comfort; I could barely ci:' <n handle tlie little food 1 took. To sit d ,wll on a chair was quite an effort: it was si »\vly done, and when I got up I would have to use my hands as best I could to he p raise me, and then someone would ’ine and lift, rnp by the arm. It was as if I were glued to the chair. My husband would pnt rugs down in the garden, so that I might lie and get some air and sunshine, ■» it I could not raise myself; I always had t-» bp lifted. For months I did not le ' -he house, for walking was beyond m - ’’ broke my heart to see people from ’•’ window walking easily. I was d d’b ■ uff; t could not stand erect. Not one d n all these months was I free from P,:nlooked forward to being perp '-" J crippled. After everything else f l read about Dr. Williams’ Pink PilL. , ” tried them. By slow degrees the pa<'• stiffness wore aWiiy. I was oVorjoypd " 1 the result gained from the third box. ' 1 dajt I began to feel a little easier. move my limbs more and more. Bi '• 1 was alite to discard suphort and 1-> 110 '' few Jobs about the house, flnd it ’’ great day when 1 was able to op ” piano again and notice the Btlfftu* swelling gone out bf rti/ fingers eighth box mw every symptom gc’ie. had begun to cat and fill 0«t, nr>w had ceased. My hnaband and I think duty to give this testimonial t • Mliers." 4 f>r. William*’ Pinlt Ffila are a, a • f botes 16/8, nt Wil deaMra, or from la* Willlama Me die lap to. bt Afiwtralaaia, WUttaftiMi.