Evening bulletin. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1895-1912, 1895-06-01
Seven Pounds in One Week


Not every man who is thin would
thank you for fattening him. He
doesn't want to be fat and for every
good reasons. Unnecessary fat is a
load to carry about; it interferes
with a mans power to work, short
ems his wind, and dulls his wits.
Yet, on the other hand, a certain
amount of flesh is needed for health
and comfort. For example; A
man five feet high should weigh
about 120lbs.; and man five feet
six inches, 145lbs.; a man six feet,
17S lbs. 1t is a regular ascending
scale. The insurance companies
allow a variation of 7 percent above
or below it, and beyond those limits
charge an extra premium. One
shouldn't be much over or under
his proper weight if he wants to be
sound and hearty-and we all do
want that.
Now we will tell you how Mr..
Thomas Crosby, being under weight,
gained seven pounds in a week. He
had lost 1! stone, which is too
much off for man who was never
heshier than he naturally ought to
be.
1t was this way. He was right
enough up to May, 1891. At that
time he began to feel i'll and out of
sorts. He had a nasty taste in his
mouth-like rotten eggs, he says
and thick, Shiny stuff came on
his gums and teeth. His appetite
failed, and what he did eat was, as
you might say under compulsion;
and right afterwards he would have
great pain in his stomach and
chest. Plainly, something was amiss
with him in that region. He was
often dizzy, and cold chills ran
over him as though he were threat
ened with fever. OF course we
should expect man who is handled
in this way to lose strength. Mr..
Crosby lost strength. In fact, he
he got so weak and nervous that he
shook all over, and his hands trem-
bled as if a current of electricity
were running through him.
To use his own word: 81 rapidly
lost flesh, was u stone lighter, and
could hardly walk about. Once
my parents thought l was dying,
and sent in haste for the doctor. l
saw two doctors in Epworth and
one at Haxey, but they were not
able to help me. Our vicar, Rev.
Mr.. Overton, recommended me to
the Lincoln Infirmary, where at
tended for eight weeks as an out
door patient, without benefit.
"Soon afterwards Mr.. Sharp, a
chemist, at Epworth, spoke to me
of the virtues of a medicine known
as Mother Siegel's Curative Syrup.
Being interested in what he said, |
left off trying other things and be-
gan taking this Syrup. In a few
days ! felt better, and presently l
gained seven pounds in a week.
At that rate | soon got back to my
work, and have had the best OF
health ever since. | tell these facts
to everybody, and am perfectly
willing they should be published.
Yours truly (Signed), Tom CROSBY,
Ferry Road, Epworth, viG Don
caster, December 23rd, 1892"
After reading Mr.. Crosby's story
we scarcely need to ask why he lost
flesh. The minute he stopped eat
ing and digesting his usual allow
ance of food he began to fall away.
Trees, they say, grow as much from
the air by means of their leaves, as
they do from the soil. But men
don't. They've got to be built up
through their stomachs. Indiges-
ton and dyspepsia (Mr. Crosby's
complaint) stops this process and
poisons those who have it, besides.
That accounts for all the painful
and dangerous symptoms our friend
speaks of. The doctors do what
they can, but, unluckily, they don't
possess the medicine that goes to
the bottom Of this disease and cures
it. The remedy is Mother Seigels
Curative Syrup, and nothing else,
so far as we know. 1t restores
digestion, and digestion covers the
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