Nature’s Alarm Bell.

Manawatu Herald, 7 June 1902, Page 3

Nature’s Alarm Bell.

What Doctors Tell Ua About a Common New Zealand Disaster. Wonder* never cease. The mere a man learns the more convinced he becomes that he is fearfully and wonderfully made. Thus the highest authorities in medical ■oienoa hove jus l Drought to light a fn sh pud highly interesting provision of nature, .jram their latest researches it appears comma* neuralgia-—the complaint from which so many New Zea’anders suff r •vary winter—is’ really a clever physical alarm bell, rung by na uro to tell a person that bis vital energies are at a low ebb. The story of the discovery is interesting. The physicians, to whom the credit h due happened to notice that sufferers from neuralgia were generally people with paU cheek*, doll eyes, and languid figures. As those are symptoms that generally arise from aa»mia, they were led to eusp'ot Some connection between the painful neuralgia and disorders of the blood. The connection was soon apparent. Neuralgia wbkhwid doctors thought was simply a diseasa of ssms particular nerve, was proved to be rea’ly a btoodlessness and a general run-down constitution* This constitoteoaal weaknasa may taka>tho form of dyspepsia in this man, of rheumatism in that man, of rheumatism in that man, of Ut. Titos’ dance in one, of paralysis in another, of consumption in auother—bat the chief cause in each case in bloodless Boss. If you allow your strength to a.ip away, year ens rgies to decay, your blood to grow weak or impur ■, or your nerves to become unstrung or disordered, you have no power to r siat the diseases that constantly surround you. It is then that neuralgia with all its excraic&ting print?, comes to warn you of the danger iu which you stand. It is an automatic alarm bell that warns yon of the approaching peril. Those who understand the warning can easily save thetsse ves—those who undera'and it not, and neglect it, will ail and ail until they slip away in a dec ine This discovery is not only interesting but practical. Probably its greatest value is tbftt BUggssts at iast a saro and scientific eats for neuralgia. If the neuralgia pains nre due to bloodlessness and a general low •lata of health, the only proper cure, of course, is to enrich the b ood and build up the constitution. For this purpose there is no remedy to compare with Dr Williams’ snk pill* for pale people. They striki right at the root of disease. They purify &nd enrich the blood, nourish the tissues, strengthen the muscles, stimulate the energies, soothe and tone fho nerves. They make sallow cheeks roy, pale bps red, dull eyes to sparkle, drooping figures to become erect and sturdy. iheir effect upon neuralgia is o ear y demonstrated by Ihc recovery of Mrs Mary Anderson, of Main St., Temuka, Canterbury. "About

'hr-e years ago,” she says, " I was attacked bj neuralgia in the face and head, and by neuralgia of the heart—the latter, an especially dangerous complaint. The j attacks were peri ;dica ! , acd the shooting, ■; nagging pains seamed to dart from tie I honrt right up into the head. My life was ■ made miserable. I suffered from nervous , weeklies* and general derangement, and , grew so ill that that I feared to stay a one ; in case a bad attack would come on. I was ; under a doctor’s treatment for some time, i and, finally, on his recommendation, want | away for a change. But the resuH was not satisfactory. About eight months ag® I h ord that Dr Williams’ pink pills wore a ( good nerve tonic, so I began taking them. | One boxful benefited me; throe boxes j cured me. From the first they seemed to I build up my blood and strengthen the ; nerves, and they continued to exert this . good influence until I was once more strong ; and robust, and free from every twinge of neuralgia.” The°o pills are obtainable I from chemists and storekeeper?, and the Dr Williams’ medicine oo„ Wellington, I three shi lings psr box, six boxes sixteen i and six, post free. They have been . especially benefio al to Mrs Anderson’s ; family, as it appears her daughter had also obtained great benefit from their us?. Mrs | Anderson is fifty years of age and came to New Zealand! twenty-four years ago from Hertfordshire, England She lived in Dunedin for eleven years, and since then has lived in Temuka. If these scientist ar« correct, neuralgia must bo regarded nr longer as a fiendish device for bringing aganies and tortures j upon the human race. It is a stern but j kind method of warning people in time to j escape from a far worse fa'e.