Strong English Words.

Manawatu Herald, 1 December 1896, Page 3

Strong English Words.

When a person says " I suffered excruciating pain," he expresses a fact in the strongest words afforded by the English language. The word" excruciating " comes from crux, a cross, and signifies an intensity of agony comparable only to that endured by one who undergoes the barbarous punishment of crucifiction. There are Borne diseases which, for a time, cause pain of this acute and formidable nature. To find a relief for it, when possible, is at once the impulse of humanity and the studious desire of science. Two brief examples may

indicate what success is attending the effort to both comfort and core cases of this kind. "Near y all my life," writes an intelligent woman, " I have born the burden of what appeared to be inonrable illness. I always felt heavy, weary, and tired. My appe ite was poor, and after eating I had a cruel pain at my chest and between the shoulder*. Frequently the pain was so intense that I was imp lied to loose my c'othing and walk about the room. My nerves were disordered and impressible, and I was, consequently, easily disquieted and up3et. My slepp was habi ually bad, and I seemed none the b. tter for spending a night in bed. Eating but little. my strength waned of necessity, and I came to be very weak. For a long time I got about feebly and with difficulty. "In August, 1877, I had an attack of rheumatic gout, which gave me the most harrowing experience of my life. The complaint took its usual course and refused to yield to the ordinary treatment. Through the partial failure of the liver and kidneys dropsy set in and my legs and feet became puffed and swollen. I suffered excruciating pain and was confined to my bed for thirteen weeks. Remedies of every description were tried but to little purpose. " My brother, visiting me one day, said he had been cured of an attack of dropsy by a medicine called Mother Siegel's Syrup. I got a bottle from MrHewett, the chemist, in Seven Sisters' Road, and after taking it felt a trifle easier. I continued taking it, and soon the pain and swelling abated. I could eat without pain or inconvenience, and by a few weeks' further use of the Syrup I was not only free from any local ailment, but felt better than I ever did in my life before. Since then I have enjoyed continuous good health, taking a dose of Mother Siegci's Syrup occasionally for some transient indisposition. You are at liberty to publish my letter. (Signed) (Mrs) Elizabeth Bogera, 42, Plenza Road, South Tottenham, London, September 18th, 1895." " In January, 1892," writes another, " I had an attack of influenza, and was confined to my bed for eighteen weeks thereafter. Subsequently I was very weak, and could get up no strength. What little food I forced down (having no appetite) gave me excruciating pain, eo that I was afraid to eat. I came to be exceedingly weak and bad frequent attacks of dizziness. I was worn almost to a skeleton, and none thought I would recover. " In June, 1892, Mr Smith, a friend of ours, recommended me to try Mother Seigel's Syiup, which I at once procured of Mr George Coombs, the chemist in Hucknall. After faking it for only one week I felt greatly benefit d. A could eat better, and food agreed wi-h me. Continuing with the Syrup I grew stronger aud stronger, and soon felt even better than before I was attacked by the influenza. You are free to punt this statement if you wish to do so. (Signed) (Mrs) Ruth Halliday, 44. High-street, Huoknall, Torkard, Nottingham. March 19th, 1895." Intense pain may or may not indie te urgent danger to life, but it is hard to bear, and very exhausting just the same. In cases of rheumatic gout (Mrs Rogers) the pain is caused by a poisonous acid in the stomach — indigestion or dyspepsia. The same poison acting on the liver and kidneys creates the other symptoms mentioned. In the case of Mis Halliday the ailment was dyspepsia, which in the first place invited influenza, aud then remained to torment her.

It is best and easiest to prevent pain by using Mother Siege i's Syrup immediately when the slightest illness appears.