The Hawaiian gazette., 1896-03-03
A PECULIAR CASE.
Physicians Puzzled by the Expert
enee of Mrs. Bowen.
The Episcopal Hospital Said She Had
Consumption.
From the Record, Philadelphia, Pa

tf rom tire hecord, PfuG0ffphid, Pa-l
From no place in the world come stranger
:, ries than from a city hospital. Some
rs'nsutic. some horrible. many wonderful
-. sven miraculous.
Last July the Episcopal hospital admitted
% woman wh sc pale and emsciatsd face and
rae Ing cough proclaimed her the victim Of
thar dread disease consumpti n. She gave
Ter name as Mrs. Ssllie 9. Bowen, wife of
- N. g. Bowen, residence, 1879 Aei9hau St.
Tie case was diagnosed and she was told
Sludly, but plainly, that she was in sd-
vssced stage of consumption. The eYsmin-
lug physician even showed her the sunSen
place In her breast where the cavity in her
lang WAS supposed to exist. She went home
10 uer family broken. disheartened woman
with death staring her in the face.
That was the beginning of the story, the
End vas told by Mrs. Bowen, who no longer
expects TO die. to reporter who visited her
home.
i have been an ailing woman for many
wears" she began, my trouble being in the
throat and chest accompanied by a weak
less thRt cause numerous faintlng spells. In
July, 1893, | fell from a hammock striking
NV hip and lnIGring my side. From this
time on my trouble rapidly developed until
the last of October, when ii became So
serious that | was nearly crazy with pain
I +4N - tSEElOlc tuat IL OdlIlcS QSSCrlptlOO
Our family physician was called 10 and for
the time being, sllayed the pain bat the
relief was only temporary. Why was so
bad that the physician sat by my bedside
and gave medicine every fifteen minutes
lie hrst symptoms of consumption came in
the form of terrible sEeats, both night and
DAY. From April until September l Was
constantly cold and kept wrapped up IN
blankets through the hottest weather A
fHrrfhla a0nuh took If ma
breast was sore TO the slightest touch, and
my limbs we're like cold clay. The hardest
rubbing with the coarsest towel would not
create the slightest flush, and the least
eIertion would So exhaust me that / could
barely gasp for water.
1T was in July" as you know, that went
- the hospital, the last haven of hope, in
stead of which received, as then believed
the terrible verdict of death. | continued
under the hospital treatment, their kindness
sno liheralty / will never forget, going TO
the country at their suggestion. but despite
all they could do for me death seemed TO
grow nearer.
IL was when the clouds were the darkest
that the first CLINT of sunshine came. Mr..
Shelmerdine, friend, VINO hives around al
lS44 Clementine ST., said to me, Mrs. Bowen
did you ever try DIR. Williams Pink Fiiis
for Pale Peopie7 had never heard of thu
medicine but IN nv condition could NOT
turn deaf ear 10 anything that offered re-
lief. Il was after considerable thought and
investigation that eonesaded to diseontinoe
all the medicine was taking, including cod
liver oil, aud depend entirely upon Pink
Pills. That required courage, yoa say, not
50 much when / believed that | had to die
soon anyway. l began to take the pills. at
first With but little encouragement. Tia
first sign of Improvement beng a warmth
and tin2iing sensation IN my limbs
Finally the cough disappeared, my eAssi
lost its soreness and began to gain hesh
until was fifteen pound heavier. All sha
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