Nature's Reason for Pain.

Manawatu Herald, 13 March 1900, Page 3

Nature's Reason for Pain.

When one of Dr Abernetby's patients remarked that it gave him great pain to lift his hand to his head, the eminent physician responded tha\ in each ca«e, he was a fool for doing it. The observation was both brntal and unprofessional. Ihe very: fact that the act was painful indicated a condition calling for medical treatment; and to pr vide that, if he -. could, was the doetor's-dmy. *_ Stilt one might gft on in comparative comfort withoat lit Ing his hand to his head, it that were the only source of pain about him. Bat when a bodi'y operation which is absolutely indispemabk to life, becomes constant y painful, the situation is vastly mora serious. And that was^vhat happened to Mrs Emma E'wen, as related in her letter herewith priuted for our information. ••■ln the spring of 1889," she say 9, "I began to feel weak and ail ng. From bf ing a Btrong healthy wom^n, I gradually lost all my atreng h and en<*r,y. My appetite was poor, and all food gave me pain." Be good enough for a moment to fix your mind ' on that statement. Nature has so arranged that all necessary acts or movements of the body shall be painless, if not distinctly pleasuraVe. Were it otherwise, we should avoid them to the extent of our power, aod so produce i>, calculable xnieohief. And, above all. the act and consequences of eating were meant to be, and in health, are, one of the highest of our physical enjoyments. This lady r- having suffered from her food, then, signifies a Btate of things unnatural and dangerous. "1 had fullness %nd pain at the chest," she continues, " between the shoulders and down my back. I had also a deal of pain at my side, and my heart palpitated so much that I got but Hit'e sleep or rest on account of it. My breathing was short and difficult. I was unab'e to do my 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 are sad and chilling words to fall on the ears of those of us who love them. They make us look despairingly around for the help which is slow to come, and too frequently never comes at all. Is there, then, no " "- medioine which has power t • save ? •• I grew to be so weak." adds the writer, " that I was from time to time eon-, fined to my bed, and at other times had to lie down on the couoh. I lost flesh vapidly and was like a mere skeleton— my clothes hanging upon me. For three years I suffered in this way, no medicine that I took doing me any good. > «iln February, 1898, the Rev. Mr Knight of Bishop Auckland, recommend d me to take Mother Bipgel's Curative Syrup. Acting oh his advice I procured a bott c from the Co-operative tores at B'mhop Auckland, and after taking it I began to improve. My appetite returmd, and food agreed with me, and I felt easier than I had done for years. The pain at my heart was lesa severe, and I gained strength " Seeing this, 1 continued to use ibis remedy, and gradually I recovered my J " health, gaining three- atone weight. Since that time I have kept in good h' a th. My j husband has aso ben> ft ed by th« ua<» of Mother Seigei's Syrnp when suffering from indigestion. You are at lib*ity to publish this atatemen' as you 'ike. (3{gn*4) (Mrs) Emma* Blwen.* Primrose Hill, Newfie d, WUHngton, near Durham, Ootber 30th, 1896 " If Mrs Elwenwere the otfy women in the district wherein she lives who had suffered in this manner, the fact should excite the interest of the intel igent reader but there are multitudes of others all over the land all over the world. Her ai m»nt dfl&bpt heart disease, it was not any form T^caWnption, it was not rheumatism, It was dyspepsia— the disuse that counterfeits most others and has many of their most painful s f vmptons. It is id c to ... that dyspepsia might be prevented, for we are not yet wis • and careful enough to prevent it. Some day we mighr be. At nreseot, however, it is inspiring to know Kit Moth«r St lid's Syrup cures it *vm in it/worH t«g«' flti'l. H U !><>«« to oar*