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DOCTOR’S DELAY

GIRL’S UNENVIABLE EXPERIENCE How a. medical man unavoidably delayed his visit in response to an urgent call, and a 21-year-old girl was caused needless suffering until relief came from an unexpected quarter, forms a topic of conversation amongst neighbours that is still being related with the usual exaggeration as the story grows in circulation. The girl, who hud not been feeling well for some time, took a turn for the worse, and appeared to be in danger of choking. An urgent message was phoned to a well-known medical man. who however was not at home at the time. On liis return lie immediately set. out to visit the patient, but by some means, no doubt due to the indistinct phone message, went to the wrong address, and thus lost much valuable time. The girl grew worse and relatives were at their wits end how to relieve her. Suddenly someone though of One Nought One, that invaluable remedy for nasal, throat, chest and lung complaints find a dose was hurriedly given the fijuffercr. The effect was almost instantaneous, the choking and the gasping ceased, and the girl was soon asleep, breathing peacefully. The doctor arrived soon afterwards find explained the cause of iiis delay, hut his services then were not necessary. One Nough One with its strong antiseptic qualities, bad broken the phlegm, for the case was merely influenza aggravated by a heavy cold on the, chest. .As n matter of fact, such types of illness are frequent nowadays, and the wise patient or householder always keeps a bottle of B ram-well's One Nought One on the shelf or in the medicine chest, for any such emergency. Influenza, vanishes almost like magic before One Nought One, and the temperature drops very quickly. With such a guarantee of good health for half a crown, coupled with thq fact that this popular elixir is four timesas strong as the usual compound of this nature, is it any wonder the sales of One Nought One are increasing each week? For coughs, colds, nasal, chest and lung affections, this wonderful remedy lias no superior. It is on sale at all leading grocers and stores, and also at the new Pharmacy, corner of Gladstone Road and Derby Street. The- case of the 21-year-old girl should be a lesson to all, for even in such a Severe ease, relief was afforded almost instantaneously, and the patient was soon in a peaceful sleep.*

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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 7

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DOCTOR’S DELAY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 7

DOCTOR’S DELAY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 19980, 4 July 1939, Page 7

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