The Case of Captain Dunbar

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 14, 1 August 1891, Page 4

The Case of Captain Dunbar

Cantiun Frederick Dun bar, late of the . Jfiperin! army, has now readied his 87th }ear an<l h:is |ived a life of great vicissimdes. . In 1839 Captain Dunbar was in■'.•ili'led home after a ling residence in the tropics, the Medical Board declaring liwt is life would he forfeited with an«ih'T month's residence in that malarial flima c ; so far gone was his strength '•-that tiie medical men advised the sale of Tiis captain'^ commission for the bpnpfit of hi* sons' - L which, as Captain Dunbar - -puts it. he very foolishly agreed to, thus losing the chance of promotion which - took place so greatly during the Crimean War. ' aptain Dun bar has lived in Ausfr=>lif> for many ye-irs, and has seen some ■-■■ of the most stirring tunes known in these -= colonies. He has witnessed the birth :md growth of the marvellous city of Melbourne, and wovld have been one of Aii-trnlia's wealthiest residents, but f.-r tlie unfortunate misr>n<riace of remittances from Europe at the time of the fir<t G<.'v<>rnn;ent tand sale in Melhonrne the money being sent out for the express purpose of purchasing liin.fi ; which is at the present moment prohably worth two thousand pounds per foot ! ! Some years "back Captain Dnnbar contracted a herjiia. caused by over in mnnual employ mt-nt ; n wp"k afterwards hydocele yetin.^ He nndcrwpnt sevpral operations nil otUhich endpd in no permanent benefit, and the complaint fin.-illy endtd in flinnc diabetes with its usual symptoms : excessiye secretion of water, aching limb, headsief eg, loss of appetite, -weakness. &c He read of thp wonderfu 1 rff'-ei* of using Clements Tonic and .fomnii*nced'its use. smd with most satisfactory results; fha -ecretion of water almost simultaneously with he use of this nsedir-ine. (he appetite re--turned and so crntified was the captain ih;it hp wrote to the proprietors of the Elements Tonic a- follows: 'Eosewood, Ipswich. (Q), Sept. 7th, 1890. Dear Sir.— Having taken spheral bottle? of -•Clements Tonic, I am hnppy to inform }'..u ihiit it has resulted in a ereat benefit l oruy health 1 can new set a good might's r'-sf nnd groat relief fiom the «i"al>el*- s wit irh formerly Ironbled me so anucii that T had to rise from bed every -Ten minutes of the night through, the «nioi nt of water varying from ek-ht to len pints per night. It - s now reduced to one pivt, my appetite i« good, and I li:ive ii. • doubt fhnt, vriili God's blessing, afi'Wmore bottles of Clements Tonic Mill Tre.' me from this great plnene and my thanks will he due t" you. This lette being the pure truth, you nre pt li« Ler.y to publish it if you think fit.— Ui-liere me. your fnithfullv, Fekdi rick Ddhbak CaptJiin Dun ar will answer any eiqi.'i i>s if n sfjimped mvelopc is st-nt wilh 'etter of enquiry, but the most fiat e w nqn rers fim <xf»-ct is tout Captiin . I)nnii:!r w ll >ay th;it tlm nbnvo <>.-count is ir.ie. to expect more would be uwrea:S"nal)le.