Orders and Arrows.

Manawatu Herald, 19 March 1896, Page 3

Orders and Arrows.

tVhen the captain, of & ship orders sdiHfl hahd» aloft to fdrl the main royal the tneh jump to obey; as a matter of course; A Bailor CarJ filimb vp 1 on a yard without having a shilling ashore or a p«ntiy lti j his pocket. In fact, Jack seldom signs articles until he has used up both cash and credit. But when a doctor — who is a sort of captaip whCn one is laid up in the dry dock of eifckneß9— orders a patieflt to go abroad for the benefit of his health, it is quite another thing. A trip and sojourn^ away from htrtiie is ad eiptiisiie prescription, and most of us can't afford it. If the aoctor says it is a choice between that and the graveyard we shall have to settle on the graveyard ; it is handy by, and easy to get Id: Bttt are we really so hard pushed ? THat is ( its often as the doctors say we are ? Let's tUrn the ftftlUr ever in our minds for a minute; Here is a case that is pat to the ptttpo&e, tt eonßerns Mr. Arthur Whiddon Melhuish, of 3, ftegent'S Terratfe* folslOe Boad, Exeter; and for the details we Bre lttj debtefl to a letter writen by him, dated Mar.ijh 7th, 1899; He mentions that, in obefliettße tf) tile ttrdets di his doctors; he Went to Cannes, in the sOtttH of France, iti. November, 1&0. arid spent the winter there 1 ; He ftisd spent the following winter at the same place. He felt the better (or the change } we will lell.yOb why presently, but be obtained no rUtlktil bene§t, Whleh alst) we wi.l explain later ofl; It appbars that this geHtlettiiiti had been weak and ailing nearly all his life] Hot exactly ill, not wholly well— a confiittoh that constantly calls for caution. In March, 1890, he had a severe attack of inflammation of the lungs, Now I want the reader to honour me with his best attention, as 1 must tay a few words what ought properly to take many. Shoot an arrow into the air— as straight up as you can. You can't tell Where it Will fall, tt may fall on a neighbour's head, on your own, or on a child's* or on the pavement. Everybody's blood contains more or less poisonous elements. These are arrows, but unlike your wooden arrow they always strike on the weakest spot, or spots, in the body. If they hit the muscles and joints we call it liver com-, plaint or billiousnees ; if they hit the kidneys we call it Bright's disease ; if they hit the nerves we call it nervous prostration, epilepsy, or any of fifty other names ; if they hit the bronchial tubes we call it bronchitis, &c. ; \fthey hit the air cells we call it inflammation of the lungs, or by-and-by, consumption. And inasmuch as these poisoned arrows pass through the delicate meshes of the lung 3 a thousand times every day it would be odd if jthey didn't hit them — wouldn't it ? Now, wait a bit ; It follows that all the the various so-called diseases above named are not diseases at all in ami of themselves, but merely Bymptons of the only disease — namely, that diseases which produces the poison ! Good. We will get on to the end of the story. After the attack of lung inflammation Mr Mellui h suffered from loss of appetite, pain in the chest, Bides, and stomach, and dangerous constipation. He could eat only liquid food and had to take to his bed. For weeks he was so feeble that he could not rise in bed. He consulted one physician after another, obtaining no more than temporary relief from medicine. Then he was ordered abroad as we have related. His letter concludes in these words : " W bilst at Cannes I consulted a doctor who said my ailment was weak digestion, and that I need not trouble about my lungs. But I never gained my real ground until November, 1891, when I began to take Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. This helped me in one week, and by continuing with it I got stronger and stronger, and am now in fair good health. This, after my relatives thought I should never recover. (Sgned) Arthur Whiddon Melluish." To sum up : This gentleman's real ailment was indigestion and dyspepsia, /rom which the blood poison comes that causes nearly all disorders and j)ains. The air of Southern France helped him temporarily, because it is milder than ours ; it did not remove the poison. By care and the use of Mother Seigel's Syrup he would have done better at home, as the result shows. So we see that it isn't the climate that kills or saves ; it is the condition of the digestion. If therefore your doctor orders you abroad for your health, tell him you will first try Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup. _____ _»»