The Hawaiian gazette., 1900-05-25
A COACHMAN'S STORY.

Rheumatism" said leading ply
stefan not long since, may attack any
body, but is especially the disease Oh
age and poverty. The immediate cause
is an irritant poison in the blood, when
becoming lodged in those parts OF the
system where the circulation has the
least force, sets up more or less No-
lent Inflammation. ms poison 10 al
ways associated with impaired digest
ion on lne part or the stomach anu iINSr
and the amount Oh 1t III une systeHi 10
increased by the inactivity OF me eX-
cretiVe organs, particularly Lne shin
boweiS anu kidneys.
Assuming lne correctness of this view
the following ConciuslOn 10 CREAMY ue-
ductible from it, namely, that to re.1eve
or cure a case or rheumatism we Snoulu
seek, first, to prevent the formation or
Tie pu4sUn W corr euIins lne lnIraneu
digestion, and, second, to stimulate the
skin, bowels and kidneys, that they
may throw 1t oil, o., III oLnei WoIu u,
we must try to purify the blood. OuL-
ward applications, although they may,
and do, mollify pain at certain ln1iam-
ed spots, cannot, in the nature of things
eraulcate the cause OF the disease.
Inc following case illustrates the
truth of this theory, and should be at
tenuively studied by ali VINO ale al
fllcted with govt and rheumatism-th
two ailments being, under different
names, practically the same thing.
'SlAleen years ago 4 had an attack
of rheumatic govt which anected All my
joints, giving me intense PAIN. My
hands foot oni Shnn1Hprc cd
up and swollen, and for many weeks
suffered martyrdom. After this / was
from time to time subject to rheuma-
tism, which moved about my system,
sometimes appearing in one part aud
then in another. For five years / suf-
fered like this.
In the autumn of 1855, whilst in the
employ of a doctor at Bayswater, a.s
coachman, my eyes became affected,
and 1 was almost blind, not being able
to see either the numbers or names vi
the streets l drove along. My eyes
were like piece OF liver, and the uoc-
tor | was with sent me first to an eye
specialist, and afterwards gave me
note and | went to st. Mary's Hospital,
Paddington, where / was attended as an
outdoor patient for nine months.
Il was SO bad l had to give up my
employment 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
anything.
Some days / was better and then
worse, and | feared | should lose my
sight altogether. In July. 1885. my
brother came to London on visit, and
urged me to try Mother Seigel's Syrup,
as he thought it would drive the rheu-
matism out of my system. / got bot
tie of this medicine from Whiteley's, In
Westbourne Grove, and after taking
two bottles l was wonderfully better.
My sight returned, and | felt better of
myself. When / had taken sir bottles
irds as ireH as erer, and have since been
we'll. You can publish this letter and
re-er anyone to me. (Signed) Joseph
Parker, 81 Bloomfield Street, West
bourne Square, Bayswater, July list,
1896"
Mr.. Parker is a respectable man and
worthy of implicit confidence. He is
now in the employ of Mr.. Whiteley, the
famous purveyor Of whom he bought
Mother Seigel's Syrup in the time of his
necessity. The cure is certainly re-
markable, 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 1t, by chronic dyspep-
sia and indigestion. Mother Seigel's
Syrup being the most successful medi-
cine in the world for all ailments OF the
digestion, consequently prevents the
further formation of the rheumatic
poison, expels 1t from the places where
Ii has produced inflammation In the
body, and hence cures rheumatism The
reader will note that 1t Is now ten Dedrs
since Mr.. Parker's recovery, during
which period he has had no relapse.
Therefore the cure was real and radical.