Our Regards id Mr Russell.
The Writer of tJiege Hne3 Hereby tenders to &rW. Clark Riuaell thq assurance, of bis thanka and appreciation. I have always loved sea stories, and those of Mr Busae!! stand at the head of then class. From " Th« Wreck of the Grosvenor " to " List, Ye Landsmen 1" I have read them all. Yet salt water, and the things thereand therein, are not the only things he -nbws.. about ; not by many degrtea of latitude. In his last book he makes a sailor talk thus : " I have suffered from the liver in my time, and know what it is to have felt mad. I Bay I have known moments when I could scarce restrain myself from breaking windows, kicking at the shins of all who approached tile, knocking my head against the wall, yelling with a yeil of one who drops in a fit ; and all the while my brain was as healthy as the healthiest that ever ill led a human skull, and nothing was Wanted but a musketry of calotttel pills to dislodge the fiend," _c, <feo. So much for what Mr Russell's sailor (or Mr Russell himself, says ; and ti.ere are plenty of i eople who can testify that this ia pot a bit overdrawn. One fact in particular it helps us to rrftliae namely, that the life of a tailor does not guarantee good health. Indigestion and dyspepsia — of which liver complaint is a sequence and a symptom — is as common among sailors as among landsmen. ( 'ne of the latter, however, may now tell of his experience. " All my life," he says,. " I had suffered from biliousness and sick headaches. I would have an attack about every three weeks. At euch times my appetite left me, and I could neither eat nor drink tor days together. I suffered from dreadful sickness and slrainiug, and vomited a greenish yellow fluid. My head felt as though it would burst. I had a bad taste in the mouth, sallow skin, and the whites of the eyes turned yellow. I was recommended to adopt a vegetarian diet, and did so, but the attacks were just as frequent and violent' I consulted doctors and took their medicines, but was none the better for it. In .his way I went on year aft^r year." Well, we shall agree that there could scarcely be a worse way to go on, and it all came about thus- : The overworked stomach put more work on the liver than the latter could do. Indignant and disgu ted at this the liver refused to do a stroke more than its proper share. Hence more bile aocumulated in the blood than the liver was able to nmove. This surplus bile actn ai a slow poison — and not so very ."low either. The tongue is furred ; the head aches and feels dull and heavy ; the eyes and skin are gre. nish vellbw ; there ia dizziness and nau. g e* ; cod hands and feet ; s>po<s before the eyes ; a pungtnt, biiing fluid lites into the throat ; ; high coloured kidney secretion ; prostrated nerves ; irritabiii y ; loss of ambition ; fears and forebud ng-, &c, etc. This is '• biiousness " or "liver complaint "in its simplest form. When long unchecked it produces irregular action of tb - heart, rheuraa i-m, gout, and any, or all, of a doz n other organic disorders. There is ' no more certain or pow rful impose to misbehaviour; suicide and other crimes often resul.ing. What to do ? To get rid of the poison by starting the »kin and bowels into energetic ac ion ; then to keep them going at a healthy and natural 'gait. Row to •• o this? Let our friend Mr F. Widger, 4, Portland Square, Plymouth — whom we have just quoti d — speak on that pnin'. In hit letter, dated March 3rd, 1893, he addf> : '•Two years ago, after all medicines had failed to he p me, I first heard of Mo hnr Beigel'a Curative Syrup. I piocured it from Mr R. S. Luke, Chemist, Tavistock Road, ord began to use it, and nothing pise. After having consumed one buttle I found myself vastly better, and by continning wi>h it I got rid of my old trouble altogether." We should mention that Mr Widger is a tailor and outfitter &< Plymouth, and well known and respected in that community. He permits us to use his name out of gratitude for his recovery. The potenoy of Moh^r Seigel's Cuiative Syrup over iv»-r d sease is due to its ability to cure mdi gestion and dyspepsia, which is (as we have said) the eatae of liver disease. Ever» bouse on the land, and evry ship on the sea, should have this remedy aa a necessary part of their stock and stores. Perhaps Mr Hussell may recomm -nd it in bis next book. But no " musketry of calo mcl pills. ' Oh, no.
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Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1896, Page 3
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814Our Regards id Mr Russell. Manawatu Herald, 18 February 1896, Page 3
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