Nature's Reason for Pain.

Manawatu Herald, 6 March 1900, Page 3

Nature's Reason for Pain.

Wheh one of Dr Abernethy's patients remarked that it gave him great pain »o lift his hand to his head, the eminent physician responded that, in snoh .case, he was a fool for doing it- The observation was both brutal and unprofessional. ,i he very fact that the act . was painful indicated a condition calling for medical treatment; and to provide that, if he could, was the dootor's duty. Still one might get on in comparative comfort withodt lifting his hand to- his head, if that were the only source of pain about Him: But when a bodily operation which is ahsoMel^ indispensable* to life, becomes constancy painlnl. the situation is vastly more serious. And that was what happened to Mrs Emma El wen, as related in her letter herewith printed for our information. . _ "In the spring of 1889," she says, " I began to feel weak and ailing. From being a strong healthy women, I graduallylost all my strength and energy. My appetite was poor, and all food gave me Be good enough for a moment to fix your mind on that statement. Nature has so arranged that all necessary aotsor movements of the body shall be painless, if not distinctly pleasurable. Were it otherwise, we should avoid them to the extent of our power, and so produce incalculable mischief. And/above all, the act and consequences of eating were meant ,to be andto health, are, one of the h«ghest of onr physical enjoyments. This lady hivibg f suffered .from her food, then signifies a state of things unnatural and "iTSTfttlhiess and pain at the chest," she continues, " between the shoulders and ddwn my back I had also a deal of pain at my side, and my heart palpitated so much that I got but little sleep or rest on account of it. My breathing was short and difficult. I was unaWe to do nay housework, and' often wished I were dead.?',The words, "I - wish I were dead," are often on the lips of the victims of what seems to be hope'ess disease, and they arr sad and chilling words to fall on the pars of those of m who love them. They m-b> us look despairingly around for the hep which is slow to come, and too frequently never comes at all. Is there, then, no medicine which has power t < save ? "I grew to be so weak." adds thn writer, " that I was from time tn time con fined to my bed, and at other tfm°s had to lie down on the conch. I los f flesh rapidly and was like a mere skeleton— my clothes buying npbn me. For. three years I goffered in this way, no n ediaine that I took doing me any good. „-■:.. «• In February, 1892, the Rev. Mr Knight of Bishop Auckland, recommend- d me to take' Mother Si?gel's Curative Syvup. Acting on his advice I procured a botte from the Co-operative tores at Bishop Aqck'and, and after taking it I began t" improve. My . appetite return.d, and food agreed with me, and IMt easier than 1 bad done for years. The pain .a* my heart Was loss severe, and I gained- strength everyday. , , ■"■•■ ,1. •• Seeing 'this, 1 continued to use this remedy, and gradually I recovered my health, gaining three stone weight. Sine, that time Lhavo kept in good heftith. My husband has iso ben-fiied by the use of Mother Seigel's i Syrup when suffering from indigestion. You are at liberty to publish this statement as you like. JSign^d) (Mrs) Emma Elwen, Primrose Hill, Newfiekl, Willincton, near Durham, October 30tb, I 89».» ■..■■• .•:■... If Mrs Elwen were the only women in the distriot wherein she lives wha had suffered in this manner, the fact should excite the interest of. the intelligent reader but there are multitudes of others all over the land all over the world. Her aim*nt was not heart diar ase, it was not any form of consumption, it was not 'rheumatism, It was dyspepsia— the . disease- that counterfeits roost others and has many of their most painful Bymptons. It is idle to say that dyspepsia might be prevented, for we are not yet wise and careful enough to prevent it. Some day we fright be. At present, however, it is inspiring to know that Mother Seigel's Syrup cures it even in its worst stages. Still, it is better to cure it when it first appears. Watch yourself, and use the Syrup on the day your food and you do not agree.

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