LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

Dominion, Volume 8, Issue 2351, 6 January 1915, Page 3

LETTERS TO THE EDITOR

"CENTRAL OTACO FOR CONSUMPTION." Sir,—ln view of the finding of tho Commission appointed inquire into tho value, or otherwise, of the socalled Friedrnann "euro" for'consumption, tho writer is minded to call to tho attention of your roadcrs j -amongßt whom, unhappily, must be found many afflicted with what ha 6 come to be known as tho "white plague"—that thero is an institution within our midst (little known, apparently, and as little advertised) whero —as tho writer can testify from personal experience—.this dreadful disease can be, andi6, radically cured, provided the patient i» taken in hand in the early stages of the disease. Tho Commission above referred to has decided that the claim made on behalf of tho Friedrnann treatment has not boon substantiated by tho results, and many who actually made the trip to Kurope to undergo the supposed "cure" have returned, wiser ' and sadder, for the experience. The institution I have referred to, by the name of "The Bon Accord Sanatorium," is situated in an ideal position in Control Otago—itself an ideal climate for sufferers from any disease of the chest. The sanatorium is some 300 feet above the neighbouring village of Waipiata—at a place known as "Tho Fortifications"—and commands a splendid view of the surrounding plain below. The air there is keen and bracing, and. very dry, and is entirely free from the dust which is'a feature of the plain below; and in' winter it ia clear of fogs. "When the/writer entered, as a. patient he 'was at a vory low ebb—even the doctor in charge, and'the nurse, regarding the case as an all but hopeless one; yet, in lass than three months he was not only cured of all active disease, but was able to resume his professional duties—having in three months put on about 171b.■in weight 1.. Others could relate similar results in their case. . '" . . ....

The treatment is a sane and' "natural" one—sunshine, fresh air, and good food (arid plenty of it!) being primary considerations. , To this is added expert treatment of the individual patientr-nbt as "one of a batch"—combined with the devoted and sympathetic care of tho nurse' in charge; . ...■ The virtues of the Central Otago climate are not sufficiently "mown, _in connection with the cure of consumption in particular, and chest troubles in general, and it is for this reason that the writer is soliciting the aid of your valuable and widely-circulated paper that *any may thus hear of a chance'for recovery in their case similar to that'of "ONE WHO HAS CURED." .