The Case of Captain Dunbar

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 20, 15 August 1891, Page 4

The Case of Captain Dunbar

Captain Frederick Dun bar, late of the Imperial army, has now reached his 87th .year and has Jived a life of great rieissi-. 'tudeai: iEa 1839 Captain Dunbar was invalided -home after a long residence in (he tropics, the Medical Board declaring thaib his life would be forfeited with an* other month's residence in that , malarial «liniate-{ so far gone was his strength that ;th& medical men advised the sale nf tis captftia's commission for the benefit • of ljiis/sons — which,- as Captain Dunbar ;'puts,iti Ke very foolishly agreed to, thus losing \'the. chance of -provaatioix which took place so greatly during the Crimean W«r^' t^aptain Danbar has lived in Austratia^forjakuy years, and has seenVome of th^iaost stirring, times known in these '«dlonies. He has witnessed the birth &ad growth .of the marvelioas city of idelbqurne,' ; and would, have been onoi of Au:st£ftlia's wealthiest residents, but for the unfortunate misoa triage of remittances from Europe at the time of the first GcrerQmeat land salt* r in Melbourne the; money being sent out for the express purp7>seiof purchasing land ; which is at thepi-fiiseatfiinonjent probably worth two thp.U£and^pouuds;per foot ! i Some years baek Captain Dunbar contracted r hermai^ftused.by over exerlion in manual -empJojjment; a weet afterwards hydocele set fn» .. He underwent several operations ah qf which ended in no permaneot benefit, complaint finally ended in chroai6' v diabetea with its usual symptoms: excessive secretion of water, nch^ ing hmb:s, headaches, loss of apjjetit«, weakness, &c. He read of fche wonderful efteets of using Clements Tonic and commenced its use, and with, most satisfactory results ;tho secretion of water decreasing almost eiamlfaneously with theuVeof this medicine, the appetite returned, and so gni titled was tlip captain thafc/he wrote to the proprietors! of lh« Cloments Tonic a- follows: ' Hosewood, j Ipßflrich.;. (Q), S«pt. 7th, 1890. Dear! Bur»— Having taken se.eral bottle? of Clements Tonie, I am happy to icform you tht.it has rpsuhed in a great benefit ! to my' health. 1 can now get a good i night's rest and -.great relief fJoia she { diaßWCes whicu formerly troubled me so much that I had to rise from bed every ten * minutes of the night through, the amount of water varying from eight to ten pints per . night. It is note reduced to oiie'pitt, iny is -good, and I have no doubt th et, with God's blessing, a few iuore bottles of Clements Tonic will free irie , from this great plague and my thanks will be due to you.' Tlj><* lettor being the pure truth, you areafe 1U berty to publish it if you thi nit fit. — Believe me, yo «r fmthfa'lly, Fekpkhick Dd«bae. Captain Dun ar will answer any» enquiries if a stamped envelope is sent with letter of enquiry, but, the most that enquirers can expect is thufc Captnin Dunbar will say that the abore account is true, to expect more would be unrea« sonable.