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able to rise. Such a haggard face you never saw. I had no colour whatsoever, and the black marks under my eyas and the deep lines in my forehead bespoke of the mental anxieties and physical sufferings I endured. The symptoms of indigestion were now more aggravating than ever. The skin over my body was a dirty yellow colour, and I got as nervous and fretful as a child. If the butcher or baker announced their arrival in their usual manner by calling out, I got quite a 'start, and commenced trembling all over, whilst the conversation of people who happened to call only jarred on my nerves and made me irritable." Nothing was pleasant or agreeable, and I suffered from a general feeling of discontent which must have had a prejudicial effect upon those with whom I was brought in contact. But my friends pitied me, and indeed, I was deserving of sympathy, for my life was a living torment. If I had a short doze during'the day I was made restless and uncomfortable by frightfully hideous dreams which made me loathe the idea of falling asleep.. My emaciated frame was thoroughly bent up with pain. I could not move without suffering acute, ly, and if death had hailed me> I would have welcomed it with joy." *t " What kind of attention did you receive?" ■■■'■■'

" Considering that I was so bad that I had to go to the hospital you may know that I wanted the very best attention obtainable, and I must say that 1 got it, but tlie medical men did not understand my case—at least, they could not relieve me. When I left the hospital I was fairly done up and disheartened, but I was soon under the care of another doctor, who said my internal organs were.very much diseased. After being under his treatment for a long time without any good results I discontinued his services and engaged another doctor, whose medicines turned out to be equally unsuccessful. Thus 1 went on from one medical man to an> other till I must hav« been treated by six doctors altogether, tad the whole lot of them did net do mo a penny" worth of good. I then thought my diar ease was incurable, and I was soi worked up with a feeling of melancholy that I dare not even hope." "Did you try any medicines besides the doctors' P" « «t " Yes; till I was sick and tired of trying. Ido not think there is a medicine placed upon the market which I have not given a fair chance. They were all the same—not worth the cork they were stopped up with. There is an exception to every rule, however, and Clements Tonic proves the truth of this saying. Yes; a friend told me that Clement* Tonic had cured him, and asked me to give it a trial. I bought a bottle of Clements Tonic and it did me so much good I was encouraged to keep on with it. I felt the awful stomach and chest pains getting easier and easier till they faded away, and I again looked forward to meal time with a hungry interest. By degrees my back was relieved from the agonies which had so often doubled me up. and my head became stopped and sleep was restored by Cle* raents Tonic, which ultimately cured my liver and kidney diseases, and made me sound." " Will you allow me to report you? case?" "You may publish these statei* >ts in any way."

STATUTORY DECLARATION. I, Richard Hodhet, of No. i Walker Avenue Dunedin, in the colony of New Zealand, do solemnly and sincerely declare that I have carefully read the annexed document, consisting ol three folios and consecutively numbered from onr tc three, and that it contains and is a true and faithfu account of my illness and cure by Clements Tonic. and also contains my full permission to publish in any way my statements—which I give voluntarily, without receiving any payn'ent; and I make thir solemn declaration ronsr.ientimslybe'ieving thesarnt to be true, and bv vlrwe i;l the provisions of an Act of the General AsseinWv of New Zealand, in'Uiilt.i " T he Justices of' Peace Act, 18S2 " Declared at D.madln, thir. thirty fi>«> •iav < Oecasaber, one shontahd n:>.* l , undr."i, Iwtnrp inn,

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