Orders and Arrows.

Manawatu Herald, 24 March 1896, Page 3

Orders and Arrows.

I , -4 — — When the captdia of & ship brtfefg sotfod hands aloft to furl the main royal the irieii jump to obey, as a matter of course. A sailor can climb up on a yard without having a shiljing ashore or a penny in his pocket. In fact,, Jack seldom .signs.flrtloles until he Has used up both cash And credit; But when a doctor — who is a Soft of Captain when one ia laid up in the dry dock of sickness — orders a patient to go abroad for the benefit of his health, it is quite another thing. A trip and sojourn ( away from home is an expensive prescription^ and most of us can't afford it. If the doctor says it is a choice between that and the graveyard we shall have to settle on the graveyard j it is handy by, and easy to get to. But are We really so hard pushed 7, That is, as often as the doctors say we are ? Let's turn the matter over in our minds for a minute. Here ii a oase that is pat to the purpose. It conoerns Mr Arthur' Whiddon Melhuirih, of 3, Regent's Terrace, Polsloe Eoad, : Exeter ; and for the details we are in- { debted to a letter writen by him, dated March 7th, 1893. He mentions that, in obedience to the orders of his dftotors, he went to Cannes, in the south of France, in' November, 1890. and spent the winter there. He also spent .the. following winter at the same place. He felt the better for the change ; we will tell you why presently. But he obtained no radical benefit, which also we will explain later on. It appears that this gentleman had been weak and ailing nearly all his life : not exactly ill, not wholly well— a condition that constantly calls for caution. In March, 1800, he had * severe attack of inflammation of the lungs, Now I want the reader to honour me with his best attention, as I must say a few words what ought properly to take many. ShGot an arrow into the air— as straight np as you can. You dan't tell where it will fall. It 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 elerfletjts; These are arrows, but unlike your wooden arrow they always strike on the weakest spot, or b{ gt3, in the body. If they hit the musoles ftnd joints we «all It liver eoifiplaint or billiousness ; 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 ;. \i they hit the bronchial tube 9 tte Call it bronchitis, Ac. ; if they hit (he air cells w]e call it inflammation of the lungs, or by-and-by, consumption. And inasmuch as these poisoned arrows pass through the delicate meshes of the lungs a thousand times every day it would be odd if they 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 alt in and of themsetues, but merely symptons of the only disease — namely, that diseases which jwduces the poison ! Good. We will get on to the end of the story* After the aitaok of lung inflammation Mr Mellnl-h suffered from loss of appetite, pain in the chest, sides, and stomach, and dangerous constipation. He conld 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 phy* sician 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 : " Whilst at Cannes I consulted a doctor who Raid my ailment wa3 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, /mm which the blood, poison com(9 that causes nearly all disorders and pains. 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 yon abroad for your health, tell him you will first try Mother Seigel'a Curative Syrup. |