The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-06-08
A COACHMAN'S STORY.

rheumatism" said leading ply
stefan not long since, may attack any
body, but is especially the disease o
age and poverty. The immediate cause
Is an irritant poison in the blood, whIc.
becoming lodged in those parts of tn,
system where the circulation has tn,
least force, sets up a more or less vic
lent Inflammation. This poison is al
ways associated with impaired digesl
ion on the part OF the stomach and liveI
and the amount of it in the system l.
increased by the inactivity of the ex
cretlve organs, particularly the skin
bowels and kidneys"
Assuming the correctness of this view
the following conclusion is clearly ae
ductible from it, nancy, that to relev,
or cure a case OF RHEUMATISM We SnoulI
seek, HrSt, TO prevent me Ioimatlun ..
the poison by correcting the impair e.
digestion, and, second, To stimulate III,
skln, bowels and kidneys, that theS
may throw 1t OF, or, III other word
we must try to purIy the blood. Oul
ward applications, although they may
and do, molliiy pain at certain imam
ed spots, cannot, III the naLuIe OF tn4ugs
eradicate the cause Oh the disease.
The following case Illustrates tn,
truth OF this Theory, and snouId be az
tentIvely studied by all VINO are a.
n.cLed with govt and Reconnaissance
two ailments beng, under i.ue.eD.
names, practically the same thing.
Sixteen years ago / had an attacl
OF rheumatic gout which anected AL ny
joints, giving me intense pain. Nj.
hands, feet and shoulders were putfe,
up and swollen, and Tor many weeks
suffered martyr dom. After this / wa.
from time to time subject to rheuma
tiSm, which moved about my system
sometimes appearing in one part AT
then in another. For five years | SUI.
fered like this.
In the au.umn Of 1855, whilst in the
employ of doctor at BaysWater, a.
coachman, my eyes became affected.
and | was almost blind, not being able
to see either the numbers or names ol
the streets | drove along. My eyes
were like piece of liver, and the doc
tor | was with sent me first to an eye
specialist, and afterwards gave me a
note and | went to st. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington, where was attended as an
outdoor patient for nine months.
Il was so bad | had to give up my
The doctors at the hos
pital made thorough examination o
my eyes and said they were sound. and
that my affection was caused by the
rheumatic govt. They gave me medi
cines and drops for the eyes; also
placed blisters behind the ears and on
the temples, but l was little better for
Some days l was better and then
worse, and feared l should lose my
sight altogether In July, 1856. my
brother came to London on visit, and
urged me TO try Mother Seigel's Syrup.
rs he thought it would drive the rheu
matism out or my system. | got bot
tie of this medicine from Whiteley's, in
Westbourne Grove, and after taking
two bottles | was wonderfully better.
My Sight returned, and felt better OF
myself. When / had taken sir bOtfieS
rdS as ircII as rrer, and haN Re since been
well. You can publish this letter and
re er anyone to me. tS!gned) Joseph
Parker, 81 Bloomfield Street. West
bourne Square, Bayswater, July LIST,
1896"
Mr.. Parker is respectable man and
worthy of implicit confidence. He is
now in the employ of Mr.. Whitley. the
famous purveyor OF whom he bought
Mother Seigels Syrup in the time of hi.
necessity. The cure is certainly re-
and demonstrates the truth
Of the proposition. now admitted by the
highest medical authorities. that rheu-
matism is disease OF the blood. caus-
ed, at the root OF II, by chronic dyspep-
sla and indigestion. Mother Seigel's
Syrup being the most successful medi-
cine In the world for ali ailments OF the
d gestion, consequently prevents the
further formation OF the rheumatic
poison. expels II from the places where
II has produced inflammation In the
body. and hence curfS rhsnmdtism he
reader will note that II Is now fen uenrs
since Mr.. Parker's recovery during
which period he has had no re'apse.
Therefore the cure was real and radical.