The Case of Captain Dunbar

Feilding Star, Volume XIII, Issue 26, 29 August 1891, Page 4

The Case of Captain Dunbar

Cantain Frederick iDunbarylate of the Imperial army, has now reached his 87th _,year and has lived a life of great vicissi-'-tudes. 'In 1839 Captain Dunbar was inhome after a Jong residence in •the tropics* -the Medical Board declaring that Asylife would be^forfeited with an* j oiher month's residence in that malarial I cumaie; so-^far gone- was his strength that i;be medicjil men advised the sale of j hi* captain's -commission for the benefit -of 4us sons — -which, as Captain Dunbar puts it; lie very foolishly agreed to, thus losing the chance of ■ promotion which took place so greatly during -the Crimean War. Captain Dunbar has lived in Australia for -many ye.*-rs, and has seen some of the most stirring times known in these y colonies. He has witnessed the birtii and 'growth of the •■•arvelious city of Melbourne, and would have been one of >Au**tra;ia's wealthiest re .--id cuts, but for the unfortunate niise.u riage cf re-' iniltaDces from Europe al the time of tlie fir*t Government. hind salt* in Melbourne tlie hipney bi-ing sent out for the express purpose of purchasing Imi ; which is at '■ ; tli«* prt-sen' moment probably worth two thousand /pouiids per foot ! ! Some years baek^Captain Dunbar contracted a her- ' ma. caused by oyer exertion in ■ emplpyofent ; a-Wefk afterwards hydocele set iji.' ' -He underwent several opei'ations • aii of which ended in no permanent bene- ': fit, aiid" the complaint finally ended in '* <chr*.hic diabetes with its usual symp- • torn.- : excessive secretion of water, aching limb-*, headaches, loss of appetite, weakness, &c He read of the wonderful effects of using Clements Tonic and • commenced its use. and with most satisfactory results; tho >eeretion of water • decreasing almost simultaneously with • the useof this medicine, the appetite re- ' turned, and so gratified was the captain that he wrote to the proprietors ofthe 'Clements Tonic as follows : " Rosewood, Ipswich. (Q,l, Sept 7th, 1890. Dear u .Sn\ — JJrtving taken several bottles of f-Clements Tonic, I am happy to inform , y>-u that it has resulted in a great benefit to niy' health. 3 K ean n- w get a -good .--/ n ght's r»'st and great relief fiom the d'abeteM which 'formerly troubled me so - much that I had to rise from bed every ten minutes of tlie night through, the - amount of water varying from eight to 1 ten pints per nighi. It is -now reduced i tv one pint, my appetitp is good, and 1 have no doubt that, with God's blessing, c few more bottles' of Clements Tonic will free me from this great plague and my "thanks will be due to you. This let-* "' ter being the pure trnth, you are at li*» - berty to publish it if you think fit. — Abelieve me. your faithfully, Frederick Dunbar Captain Dun ar will answer any enquiries if a stamped envelope is sr-nt with letter of enquiry, but the most that enquirers can expect is tnat Captain Dunbar will say that the above account •is true, to expect more would be unrea* sonable.