The Opinion and the Facts.

Manawatu Herald, 6 July 1897, Page 3

The Opinion and the Facts.

♦ First let as have what the doctor said, then the facts upon which he based his opinion, and finally we may aßlc whether the facts justified that opinion. The doctor's opinion was this, " The man is suffering from chronic injlamviation of the brain." The faots as set forth subsequently by the patient himself under oath, and also verified by careful investigation, are these : — In August, 1889, the first symptoms of disease appeared. He had a bad taste in the mouth, and a thick, slimy phlegm covered the tongue and teeth, so that he was often obliged to wipe it oat with a handkerchief. He bad no appetite, and after eating the simplest thing he felt great oppression, and pains at the Bide and chest. Later on he was seized with dizziness and dreadful pain in the .head, the back of the head being swollen, add so hot that it seemed on fire. This pain in the head grew worse, until the patient fancied his head must burst ; and, as it was, he nearly went out of his mind with the agony of it. He got little or no sleep I night or day, and as he Could take practically no nourishment— that is, nothing at all equal to the needs of the body— he gradually fell away until there was scarcely anything left of him bat skin and bone. After a time a hacking cough fixed upon him, and he constantly spat up much matter. At this point his malady had j some of the indications of consumption. For a considerable time Mr Manning (the patient's name) was oonfined to his bed, and for nearly a year was unable to leave the house. As a rule he would rise from his bed about noon, and lie on the couch the most part of the day. To show his weakness we need merely say that he I could only cross the room by taking hold of the furniture. The physician who attended him for one year said that Mr Manning had chronic inflammation of the brain, and recommended the application of poultices and fomentations to the head. " After having been under the doctor's treatment for a year," says Mr Manning, "I was no better, and he said he could do nothing more for me. I then had another doctor, who said my case was hopeless, and nothing could be done for me. Our Beotor's daughter got me several bottles of medicine for consumption from London, but it did no good, and I lingered on in the same state year after year. I was in such pain that I often wished it might- be God's will to taks me. Several times it was reported that 1 leas actually dying. "In November, .1892, Mrs Franklin, wife of the corn merchant, gave me a bottle of medicine which she hoped might do me good. It was called Seigel's Syrup. I had no faith in it, but I began taking it. In a week I felt a little better. My head was easier, I had some relish for food, and what I ate agreed with me. So I kept on with it, and gained a little strength every day. From that time I never looked behind me, and soon gained two stone in weight. lam now quite strong, and am baok to my work. I can eat any kind of food, and am free from all pain. But for this medicine, Seigel's Syrup, I believe I should today be in my grave; and so great is my desire that others may know of the remedy that saved my life, I give full permission to the proprietors to publish my case if they think best to do so." The above statement is condensed from the more extended legal one in order to save space. The other, however, will soon be published in full in another form. This is signed by Mr Henry Delph Manning, of 3, High Street, Hilgay, near Downham, Norfolk, and has appended confirmatory statements from witnesses of high standing. Now, we ask, was the doctor right in thinking the case to have been one of cerebral inflammation ? No, clearly not, as that nearly always arises from a severe injury to the brain, and is usually fatal in a short time. The head trouble in this case was congestion of the brain,- resulting from acute indigestion and dyspepsia, Mr Manning's true and only disease. When Mother Seigel'a Curative Syrup cured that the brain and other disordered organa recovered health and tone.