DISEASE AND REMEDY.

Auckland Chronicle and New Zealand Colonist, Volume 2, Issue 52, 1 August 1844, Page 2

DISEASE AND REMEDY.

Peiha))3 at no period since the forma- 1 tion of this Colony has distress been more! severely felt than it is at present, complaints meet us from, every quarter, commercial pursuits are at a standstill, specu lation has ceased, and a general depression appears to pervade all trades alike* People who look no farther than the present moment, who take no trouble to investigate the causes which produce the prosperous or adverse condition of a country, are naturally very gloomy and almost in despair at the state of things, but we would bid thefti cheer up, and patiently bear existing evils, looking forward, to better days, which at no distant date are in store tor us yet. The disease is already eradicated, and the constitution is now suffering from the effects of the powerful 1 medicine which was indispensably required to subdue its inveteracy. The Physic is undoubtedly nauseous, but it is no use making wry faces; it already begins to operate favourably, and its' salutary influence will soon be generally felt; meanwhile gentle restoratives are wisely appli* ed, large doses of Land have produced a decidedly good effect, and the Doctors all agree that if administered much earlier the disasterous consequences would if not entirely averted, have been much palliated, and the disease would have assumed a milder character altogether. The cordial balm of Emigration is strongly recoms mended, of this there are two sorts, with and without a tincture of <rold, the former has decidedly the preference and is without doubt a Capital remedy. Copper when freely circulated will have a very beneficial tendency ; F/axh also esteemed as an excellent bandage for the wounded parts, and Mangaiese will tend to throw a new light on the subject; Distillation drops' have been highly recommended as a very efficacious cordial, but doubts existing as to the proper time for administering them, and lire head Physician being abroad whom it is necessary first to consult, they will therefore probably not be applied for twelve months to come ; in the mean time the patient is strongly recommended to abstain from foreign imports, and diet himself exclusively upon produce grown in the country which is considered more congenial to his present condition; he] should also t w ke plenty of exercise, parti-, cularly in agricultural pursuits, and without waiting the arrival of the Neiv Bank, he is recommended to invest in " the best Bank ever known which is a Bank of earth ; it never refuses to discount honest

labor, and the best share is the plonghshare on which dividends are always liberal."

As the Inhabitants of Epsom are daily increasing we think it would be highly beneficial to the residents of that district if a branch Post Office were establish-* ed among them. Perhaps if Mr. W. Potter, of the Eden Gardens Inn, were fo run a horse twice or thrjee a week, between Auckland and Epsom, for the purpose of carrying a mail and to make application to the Executive Council, they would remit a portion if not the whole of the money paid for a license, at the tame time it would be a great advantage to the public generally.