The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1896-04-24
A CASE OF NERVOUS PROSTRATION
RESULTING FROM INDIGESTION.

They say that misery loves company
and they have had it so often it has passed
into proverb. Yet it isn't an all-round
truth. Some kinds of misery detest com
pany. They want to be left alone. They
hate to be elbowed and questioned and
talked to. A wounded dog will always
crawl into some retired place by itself. The
instinct of badly injured men, after battle
| is the same. Ailments that are mostly
fancy tend to SET tongues wagging. But
real, genuine and dangerous diseases don't
incite to speech. Crises which are big with
fate usually come and go in quiet.
That is why Mrs. Scuffham had no desire
for. the society of even her best friends at q
certain time she is going to tell us about.
up to April, 1881, " she writes, 81 never
knew what it was TO be ill. at that time
l began to feel that something was amiss
with me. / had no relish for my meals,
and, after eating, my chest felt heavy and
painful, and my heart would beat and
thump as though it meant to leap out of Its
place. Presently / became so swollen
round the waist that / was obliged to I'M
loose my clothing, as l could not bear any
thing 10 touch that part of my body.
Even the highest food gave me pain; a
little fish setting my heart to beating at a
great rate. My fee were cold, and cold,
clammy sweats would break out all over
me, .eaving me exhausted and worn out.
At night | got no sleep to speak of and in
the morning feit worse tired than when
went to bed. l also sutfe ed a great deal
from my feet being pulled up and sore. /
could ST cely get about the house. When
L went shopping / had to tide to the town
and back, as could only walk few yards
''As time went on 1 lost my flesh and
siren rh and and Uau hnr
OF ever recovering the precious health |
had so sadly lost / tooa med cines, and
consulted a clever doctor at Derby, who
examined ME and said my heart was weak.
he also gave me medicines, but | got only
temporary ease from them, and in short
time was as bad as before. All this time |
was so nervous. and depressed that | had
no desire for company. On the contrary,
1 seemed to want to be alone with my
misery. Even knock at the door fright
ened me, as though / expected bad news,
yet did not really. My nerves and fam
cies ian away with NY knowledge and
judgment. Thousands of women who have
suffered in this way will Unde stand what
l mean.
Year after year remained in this con-
dition, and what l went through l cannot
put in words, nor do wish to try. 1t will
answer the purpose to say that | existed
mus lO1 ClCNCh a Adll NCdlo, &c LluCu
dead as alive. spent pounds and pounds
in physic, but was not a whit the better for
any or it.
In October. 1892, book was left at our
house, and / read in it OF cases like mine
being cured by Mother Seigel's Syrup. /
got bottle from Mr. Bardel, the chemist,
in Normanton street, Derby, and when
had taken this medicine fer few days my
appetite was better and had less pain.
l. M 70 nd mn food
agreed with me and l gained strength.
After this l never looked behind me,
but steadily got stronger and stronger.
When had taken three bottles was quite
Ike new woman All the nervousness
han left me, and my heart was sound as
bell. Since then | have enjoyed good
health, and ali who know me say my re-
covery is remarkable. | am confident that
Mother Seigel's Syrup was the means, in
the hands of Providence, of saving my life
and out of gratitude, and in hope of doing
good, freely consent to the publication of
this statement. (Signed) (Mrs.) ANN
ScUFFHAM. Cooper's Lane, Laceby, Grims- |
bv, May LIST, 1885,"
This letter is endorsed by MIR. William i. |
rollerton, of the same town, who vouches |
ior the truth of what Mrs. Scuffham has |
said as he personally knew OF the circum- |
stances of her illness at the time they &C. |
,urred. No comment can add ]ot to the |
orce of this open, candid and sincere COM |
Whosoever reads it must needs |
,e moved and convinced bv it. The disease |
which filled this woman's life with pain /
md misery for nexrly twelve years was in |
DIGESTION or DYSPEPSIA, an ailment sly and |
unuing as a snake in the grassland as
dangerous. Send for the book of which
hrs. Scuffham speaks. and read the symp-
oms in order that you may know whatit
! how to deal with it. The book costs you
lothing, yet it would be worth buying as If
very LEAF were hammered gold.