•' ' "j. ■ ;i.-- r ;Vi■}'■{/. THE W ( ORST SIX WEEKS OF HIS 'Y'.'v : =' .* : '-7 ■ .* ; V ; V ; •'•"•• ■ v 'STEWARD ON■ 'WI&fMERA'ATTACHED BY RHEUMATISM. J7 / 1 n\D TO HOBBLE ABOUT'.ON T r CRUTCHES -AGONY TO MOVE—SIX' 1 WEEKS' HELPLESS IN BED-CUBED BY DE WILLI VMS' PINE PILLS ' i ~ f ■;.;X/Mr.. William. A; Pratt, 'an'. Auckland in,an, . who is a .steward oil the.' steamer/ Wimmerai ;-'. : was crippled hand anci 'foot, with Rheumatism, ''Unablß ! ,'.t6t rabve ;in bed for six "Weeks. . When . ; /'ho' did /get i up' ihe; could only hobblo about :. on "crutches. {He found nothing to dp him', any good ? -until hoitried Dr. Williams' Pink.Fills ■■■'."Which,: cuiM •Pratt I ,had?,to';■learn ; ' the lcsson'which ovcry rheumatic sufferer must learn'sooner or later,; viz.j that.. Rheumatism ! ; / can't ■be rubbed away with liniments and lotions. /It's. in' tho bipod..urip acid- in . the ■ y. ' blood ■' which must ,bo ( '. driven^ v pUt. 'Whyif;'the;; /. ■'. acid .is gone .there's 'nothing'.to/-. Pause; i-heii-* . ' maticj pain. drivp / : it' out. i - That's j-tha)- simple.;;way-: they.j'jcuro. ! ... Rheumatism. . ;/r y.;';v; :;/£.'.tiV v. : j ' '" . ''-'Twelve' months' ago I p(?t the'worst^six 1 ' .weeks S of' my J life,'' / said. Mr! Pratt, who' is I /•: well; ltnpwni'iii ■ Auckland," and whose , parents '. live at .Newcistlp. "I. had Rheumatism and . ;it r gayo/mo'fits iwhile it lasted. 'Iho dull.- ' . aching '-pain' ! attacked /me/ in the; arms. and; UV I turned .in; bed I got/.a. sharp /twinge; / . I/or . some time I could riot ■. i' walk ar.d had .to hobble round on crutches. I '"v coiild Chattily 'dress myself and was pretty well helpless.'.>'Ev"en;- brushing f my .' hair gave mo agony' in/.-the "arms.. !• When sit'! n S ' down I could not b?af 'ray . feet to touch, the. ground,' : V but -had. them propped on a chair. . •'. For six. weeks-I'.was. laid up ;in bed, helpless. • I; could just, manage to feed.-myself. -I.ylid /not .try •to';; moVe 'in bed, 'if''l'(lid! p'gfat 1 such, '/sharp twinges of:pain that I was'glad to keep .Btill. -'All": the. time I. was in bed'l had the '. . dull -aching— no' matter/in ; what position I ". lay it;, was. the . samp.' I went clean off my ';, food.i I /coild ;i}Ot/ sleep much for ' the pain. . It was : a; dullv'weary . titne . and., I-don't. ever ; want to .go' through it again. ! : I'' had tlie - doctor attehding iiie but he did .me no good at all. Then I tried Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I had /read'of/cases of Rheumatism,they had :;cured.'and thought, they' would, euro me. By the time .'that; I 'had used three . boxes the •pain wonderfully,":so';l..kept on" '. and,- sis" bokes/.drove..'the Rheumatism clean , out/.of vhie.'r'That Vis twelve months ago, and I have not/had th'o least lolnrn since, though I've beeir;wet \-thrpugh .'several times.'' (: -;'Ypu : can't.rub out must be' cured thriqugh tha bipod.' Dr. WJUiam,|>'. Pink ■ Pills are a.' blood-making medicine,' that's . why they curd- Rheumatism..,! That's 'why they cure sideaches, backaches, kidney/ troubles, lumbago, Sciatica;' 'neuralgia, nervousness; 'general weakness, and anadmia. - All these'; ailments come from ' had blood— '/and Dii. 'Williams'. Pink Pills actually mako new. blood., But you must insist on getting - .the same»kind; as cured llr.;.Pratt.. ~i Spld 'by; ■retailers anil the Dr. Williams'-Medicino Co., Wellington, at 3s. a'box, or six boxes for 16s. .Sd.; .-post free. Write. for hints on diet. 8037
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Dominion, Volume 1, Issue 152, 21 March 1908, Page 15
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