RHEUMATISM HELD THE FORT

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 11, 16 July 1897, Page 30

RHEUMATISM HELD THE FORT

A FIFTEEN YEARS" SIEGE. DR. WILLIAMS' PINK PILLS TO THE RESCUE AND THE ENEMY ROUTED. Mk. E. Bak^ey, of 11) Waverley roa<l. Woollahra, said to a reporter who was sent to interview him : " I am a pianoforte tuner by profession, and am well-known throughout the Colony, the latter fact should add weight to mv statements. ° J fi. i" N.N .T t t0 <Ical wit } lthe sub J ect of your visit. I have on and off for the last fifteen years, been a martyr to rheumatism and. indeed have quite recently recovered from a very severe attack. My discovery is that Dr Williams' Pink Pills fo/ Pale People are L unfaiHn' remedy lor this torturing disease, and to emphasise my case I must tell you that each of my ailments-for I had more than one a K. y T 1 I 6""I 6 "" lator - w ere so formidable as to bi said to be incurable by the hospitals and doctors by whom I was treated. Towards the end of April last year I had a very bad attack of rheumatism and this was accompanied by a swelling ivi v the groin, but without pain. A chemist gave me some liniment to rub on the affected part, but this brought temporary relief only. After this I went to work agam for two or three days, but was soon compelled to doctor"" gUU t0 continue any lon - er - * then consulted a •■ Was his treatment successful /" •• No he told me mine was an exception il case, and he could give me but little assistance ; that I was suffering from a complex trouble— hip joint disease with locomoior ataxia. An eminent ooulist told me that it was a case of optic atrophy." " What did you do then, Mr. Barsley ?" " I went to three different hospitals in all, and came out no better than I went in A friend I met in one hospital asked me S ,, hh * d flVenf IVen Dr> Williams' Pink Pills a trial ; I said I had not! My friend at once advised me to do so, adding that he knew of awe wonderful cures they had effected in cases o! locomotor ataxia. '• Did you follow his advice !" • I am rejoiced to say I did."' '• With what result /" "Well, by the time I had taken three boxes I felt better, and tor this reason determined to go on| with them. The benefita derived from continuing the treatment are very evident. I can now