The Slave’s Revenge.

Manawatu Herald, 5 July 1904, Page 3

The Slave’s Revenge.

“ The stomach,” says Souvestre, “is a slave which is obliged accept everything imposed upoa it; but finally avenges its wrongs with the slyness and cruelty of a slave.” The eminent French author has happily expressed an important physical fact. When one comes to reflect upon it, there is unique and pitiable about the position of the stomach in the human body. Upon no other organ except the lungs can you impose anything from the outside world. And it is your interest as well as your desire to draw into your lungs pure fresh air only. And air in some form is the only thing the lungs ever receive. On the other hand, the stomach is a general receptacle, entirely at the mercy of its owner what shall be put into it, when, where, and how much. A man can throw into it anything that can be swallowed—every variety of food, any sort of drink, any amount of both, up to the bag’s elastic capacity; and, if he wants to, he can put a layer of marbles on top, and finish off with prussic acid. The point is, as M. Souvestre says, that this most important of all our organs is our slave. It cannot resist, it cannot call the police, it has no recourse to the law ; it just takes what comes, and abides its time. But how to take care of the health, how to prevent the outbreak of ailments, is a problem much more complex than it seems to be. I herefore, when the enslaved and outraged stomach turns and lashes its owner, with the cat-o’-nine tails called dyspepsia, it must not be assumed, offhand, that the owner intended to drive his servant to deS^Mr t 'w." H. Nugent, of 6, Rokcby Street, Victoria Parade, Melbourne, described in writing on December 29th, 1903, how his stomach punished him and what he did to cure his ills. He said : “ Ten years ago I was in as bad a condition ot health as it is possible for a human being to sink into. I had indigestion, liver complaint, and ad vanced kidney disease. In fact, rny poor body was. nothing but a bundle of ills and aches, and I could hardly drag jsnyself about. For a long time I was attended by a doctor ; but his treatment seemed to increase my illness He changed my medicine so frequently that at last I concluded he was experimenting upon me. Abandoning his treatment, I began to read the medical advertisements in the news papers in hope of discovering something that would benefit me. An interesting account of a cure effected by Mothei Seigel’s Syrup particularly attracted my attention, and I determined to try that remedy first. I confess I had nut. much hope of benefitting by it; for one of the ill effects of my ailments was to make me very despondent. “ However, I was very pleasantly surprised by the effect wrought upon me by Mother Seigel’s Syrup. When I had taken only a few doses the indigestion was considerably relieved. The constipation, which for a long time had troubled me so badly that I had been compelled to use frequent injections, gradually relaxed, and the working of my system soon became natural and regular, The kidney and liver troubles declined and my strength began to return. - Every dose of the Syrup that I took seemed to infuse life into my veins and impart vigour to my limbs. , _ , With returning health I became quite light-hearted and cheerful. Three bottles were sufficient to cure me of all fOmplamtSf Mother Seigel’s Syrup is

now my unfailing resource whenever I tear an attack of any sort of illness ; for I have found that a few dOsfis banish pain and check bad symptoms too quickly to allow them to develop into anything serious. I would not like to be without a bottle of Mother Seigel's Syrup in the house." It is better never to be sick, but when we do fall ill it is a grand fact that a cure is at hand in the frrm of Mother Seigel’s Syrup, which soothes the stomach and transforms it once more into a willing and faithful servant —not a rebellious slave.