A CASE OP NERVOUS PROSTRATION RESULTING FROM INDIGESTION.
They say that misery loves company, and they have had it so often it has passed into proverb. Yet it isn't an all-round truth. Some kinds of misery detest company. They want to be left alone. They h ite to be elbowed and questioned aud talked to. A wound»d dog will always crawl into some retire i place by itself. The instinct of badly injured men, after a battle is the sam^. Alimcis that are mostly fancy, tend to set tODgues wagging. Bat real, genuine and dangerous diseases incite to spech. Crises which an- big with fate usually come and go in quiet. That is why Mrs Scufiham had no desire for the society of even her best friends at a oer.ain time she i 3 going to tell ns about. "Up to April, 1881," she writes, "I nevfr knew what it was to be ill. At that time I began to feel that something was amiss with me. I had no relish for my ratals aud afier fating my chest felt heavy and painful, and my heart would beat and thump as though it meant to leap out of its place. Presently I beoamo so swollen round the waist that I was obliged to unloose my clothing, as I could not bear anything to touch that part of my body. " Even the lightest food gave me pain ; a littlu fish Betting my heart to beating at a great rate. My feet were cold, and cold, clammy sweats would break out all over me, leaving me eahausted and worn oat. At night I got no sleep to speak of, and in the morning I felt worse tired than when I went to bed. I also suffered a great deal from my feet being puffed up and sore. I could scarcely get about the house. When I went shopping I had to ride to town and back as I could only walk a f»w yards.
"As lime went on I lost my fleßli and strength thdfe and more* and gave up hope of ever fei'overiflg the precious health I had so sadly lost. I tdolc rdedidincp, and consulted a clever doctor at Derby who eiamined me and said my heart was weak. He also gave me medicines, bat I got only temporary ease from them, and in a short t>me was as bad as before. All this time I w.t,r Ed nervous and depre33ed that I had no desire for compatiy. On the contrary, I seem to want to be alone With my misery. Bvon a knock at the door frightened me, as though I expected bad news, yet I did not feaily. My nerves and fancies ran away with my knowledge and judgment. Thousands of women who have suffered In this way will understand what I mean. " Yea-' i^'ter year I remained in ihli condition, aud what 1 went through I cannot put in words, nor do I wish to try. It will answer the purpose to say that I existed thus for eleven and a half years, as much dead at alive. I spent pounds on pounds in physic, but Was not a whit tho better for any of it. " In October, 1892, a book was left at ipir house, arid I read in it of cases like uihv, tSJng cv. 1 , by Scigel'- o\:u,j. I g->* h v : ■:!''" from \ti BviHj 'hf ch-mi in Normantou .street, Derby, and When" I had fcftken this medicine for a fow days, my appetite was better and I had less pain. I Kept tin taking it,, an 4 soon my food agreed with me and I gained streflgthi " After this I never looked beMfld file, btit steadily got stronger and stronger". When t had token three bottles I was quite like a new woman. All the nervousness had left me, and my heart was sound &a & bell. Since then I have enjoyed good health, and all who know me say my recovery is remarkable. lam confident that Mother Selgel's Syrlip was the means, in the hands of Providence, of saving my life j and out of gratitude, and in hope of doing good, I freely cons- nt to the publication of this statement. (Signed) (Mrs) Ann Scuffham, Cooper's iane, Laceby, Grimsby, May Ist, 1895." , This letter is endorsed by Mr William <T. dtollerton', of the stlrae town; who vouches for the truth 6f what Mrs Seuffhatil has said, as he personally knew of the airdtinl* stances of her i Iness at the time they occurred. No comment can add a jot to the force Of this open, candid and sincere com • triunicatiOd. Whosoever i reads it must needs be moved and oonvinCed by It; The disease which filled this woman's life with pain and misery fur nearly twelve years was indigestion or dyspepsia, an ailment sly and cunning as a snake in the grass— and as dangerous. Send for the book of which Mrs Scuffham speafts, and read the Bymptoms in order that you may know what it is, and how to deal with it. The book ooata you nothing, yet it would be worth btti/i/ty&a if ever;- leaf were hammered gold.
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Manawatu Herald, 12 May 1896, Page 3
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868A CASE OP NERVOUS PROSTRATION RESULTING FROM INDIGESTION. Manawatu Herald, 12 May 1896, Page 3
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