POISONED FROM HEAD TO FOOT.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 10, 20 August 1897, Page 29

POISONED FROM HEAD TO FOOT.

We call particular attention to the subj oined statement. No incident of its kind, of equal interest and importance, has occurred 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 the force which it assume", the facts, as alleged, rest upon the results oi a thorough and careful investigation, (Copy.) I, George Lack, of 123. Stamford street, Waterloo Road, London, do solemnly and sincerely declare as follows :—: — '• I was always a strong- healthy man up to April, 187 G. At this time, whil.-t engaged at the Stamford street Embroidery Works, cleaning out a tank which had been use 1 for dyeing purposes, I slipped and fell in the tank (which was covered with verdigris), cutting both my elbows. The parts soon became swollen, and in a week's time the flesh was putrid, as if gangrene had set in. My system seemed to be poisoned, and I began to lose strength rapidly, for my appetite lelt me and I could not bear the sight of food, what little I did eat lay on my chest like lead. I went to the Royal Free Hospital, (fray's Inn Road, where I was under treatment lor five weeks, but I got worse. After this I got an order and went into the Lambeth Infirmary, where I was placed in No. 1 1 Ward. At this time my condition had become serious, for I felt so sick and faint that I could scarcely move, and, after a time, I got so bad that I could only get up for an hour or two each day. Later large abscesses formed on my shoulder and gradually spread over my face and the upper part of my body. My face was completely covered with the ab-eesses, which, on healing, left deep marks, that I bear to this day. Alter thib I had swelling around the joints, and large abscesses fermed in the calf of my leg, and I had also running wounds, extending from the top of my ankle to the bottom of my feet. An oir'enshe discharge of matter came trom the parts, and it seemed as if the ab-cesses were drawing the life out of me. I was now in a hopeless, helpless state, and felt that I did not care how soon my end c ime. For days and days I never closed my eyes, and on one occasion 1 had but littlt .ship for tight run (hnj.i and nights together, the doctor's sleeping draughts having no eflcct upon me. When I did at length lall a-leep 1 slept from Thursday to Sunday afternoon. From all the doctor's medicines and applications I only got temporary relief. On one occasion the doctor said that I could not live throughout the day. The nurses placed a screen round my bed, expecting that I should die during the day, and my brother was sent for. When the doctor called that night he was surprised to find me alive. However, 1 took a turn for the better, but for months afterward- 1 wi\ as it were, on the brink of the grave. I had to be lifted in and out o! bed, and was led on slops and light food, Sometimes better, and at other time-; worse, I continued in this wretched sta*e./V)/' ori r ITVC Yi;.\Us, during wlit.'h time I remained m tin linsp.tal. In Augu-t, l.ssi , 1 became tired of being in the 1.0-pital. and \\a- carried to my house. I was -o weak and emaciated that 1 gut a pair of e'ruUhes to help me t < hobble about the hou-e. My father and friend- who saw me veu shocked at my feeble and emaciated appearance, and thought 1 v\ a- not long ior this world. 1 lingered on in the same wretched .-tate for two more years, expecting and wi-hmg that I should soon be out of my misery. In November, l^sj. njtir miDi ring cur vim i/'ttr\, my lather bought me a but tie of medicine called Motht r Seigel - dilative Syrup, and per-uadi'd me to tiy i', s,.\ing that it had been ot great benefit to him. Alter 1 had taken h.dt the content- ot a bottle, I ielt brighter and in better -pints than I had been in ior years. My appetite unprovid, and by continuing with the medicine my legs be.; an to heal, and I got stumper and stronger. In le-.s than thiee months I was able to put a-ide my crutches and walk with the aid of a stick. Afu r 1 had taken Mother Sugel s Curative Syrup six months I was back at my woik. a- strong a- e\er I was in my lite, and have since kept in the be-t ol Ik- ili.i. \ w i-h the particular- of my ease known to other suii'etir-. and th" Proprietor-) ha\e my consent to make what v-<> th'ylikc of this -tatement. And 1 make this solemn de laratiun conscientiously b.-lie\ ing the -.uue to be true. By virtue oi the pro', l-ion- ot the Statutory Declaration Act. LsJ.j (Will. IV. c. (L>) (Signal) '"George Lack." Dei land at No Hi. Godl.man -ire, t. Doctor's Commons, in the City of Lo idon, this I .Hh day or April. Ls'.i.i, before me. (^Signed) George 11. I'.n, ()!•-. a Comini— ione r for oathHere we ha\e a ea*e of profound and persuasive blood poisoning. Verdigris (i hemie.illy the bibasic acetate of copper) is, when introduced into the circulation, a -low pen-on, lur wnic.li no positive antidote is known. There is no doubt that the phy-icnans in the hospital^ did all that could be done, with the knowledge and re-oiuci- at their command. Unhappily their treatment, at best, \\a- only nnhlh palliative, the poi-on continued it- deadly work, . until it -aturaud the poor le'Jow - entile sv. ntem and perverted all its lu'iction-. What but an ultimately fatal result could have been rca-onably exp^e'ed ' .Mr. Liicksiin.il and perfect recovery, through the u-se of Seigel's Syiup, illu-Uate.- Ixjondihe need of comment the unprecedented power oi tli it well-known reme.ly to lenew the dige-tion, stimulate the secretory organ-, and thu- to pimfy the blood. In common with ail who -hill read the d"t.nl-> of thi- ca-e, we most keenly regret that Sugel's Syrup v\ a- not taken immediately after the rc-ults ot the ;.cei.lent fir.-t appeared.