A Popular Hospital Matron.

Manawatu Herald, 4 November 1899, Page 3

A Popular Hospital Matron.

PRESENTATION Bt PATIENTS. In hospital cirules no coup'.e hold a higher and mote merited position than Mr and Mrs John Agnew, Of Hi. nbdrough •(Onehunga), BefoVe Cdming to New Zealand, they he d the responsible posmon of matron and ward>man respectively of the Gympie Hospital, and of the Herbevton Hospital, Nonh Queensland. At both hodpitalß they were immensely popular with the patien ta, and management and their partings Were marked with expressions of regret accoinpan ed by h a ndsome presentations of addrea se s, an album, jewellery, and other gifts from the patients and staff. Some time after leaving Queensland, and settling h< re, Mrs Agnew became a victim to sciatica, and was rendered an inva'id for severa' years. " First," said th- lady speaking to our reportev, " I felt it in my back and legs. The stinging, j burning pains caused me, terrib'e agony, and I could n«ver rest. Then the disease, affected my arms bo that I was we!l nigh heip!eßß. My right arm became paralysed in one niftht, and my left cg v from tlie hip joint to the knee, became immovable. At times I would feel acute pains in the paralysed portions just as if a red-hor iron was being rubb d backwards and forwards over me. I grew thin and weak, and my pale drawn face bore testimony to the agony I experienced. I managed to get about slow y, but could not attend to hov e duties, and every now and again 1 would ihrow myself on the couch, so thoroughly worn out did I fee. Night after night my husband sat up rubbing me with liniments, but a>l to no purpose. He also bought two electric be ta for me one cost £5 4s. and the other £2 15*.— but they did me no permanent good. Than I used Dr Williams' pink pills When I began the second .box I found they were b nefiting me ; I became stronger, and the fierceness of thp sciatica pain* was deadened ominued with them, and <o my joy the para ysis left my arm, and I felt the blo-d trickling m the veins again. My thigh likewise became well, and gradual'y all pain left me. To day, I am a strong, robust woman, free from every trac* o f sciatica. The cold was intense act winter but it mad* no difference to me. I havp become quite plump, my face is rosy and hea thful ooking, and the beneficial cha ge in my appearance is most marked. I have -thor Mighly proved the medicinal virtues of DriWi Hams' pink pi 's, and would not be without thorn ; if I again beco-ne mitron of a hosoi al, I hal 1 cortainly reeorcrn-nd them to my pntifnt.-, f<.r they savnl my life." The medicinal virtues of D Williams' pink pill* (al ded to toy Mrs Agnew) ar? such that thy act directly on ih" b"o d and nerve* <hu« curing rhf'Uinatism, neuralgia, eff cts of inflUHnz<>, paralysis, bronchitis, consumption, aneemia, premature decay, St Vi-uV diro", irregulari ies, etc. Sold by chemists and s orekeepers, and by the Dr Wil iams' Medicine Co,, Wellington, N.Z., three shi lines p.er box, six boxes for ixtefn and sixpence (post fre^). The opinions of phy-icians, nurses and ministers about this remedy will be sent upon application.