THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

Manawatu Herald, Volume XXXVI, Issue 1213, 26 February 1914, Page 4

THE SECRET OF LONG LIFE.

A FAMOUS DOCTOR’S EXPERIMENTS WITH PARAFFIN OIL.

Life for March coni aius a special article of exceptional interest describing the wonderful operations performed b> Sir Arbuthnot W. Lane—a famous London surgeon —in short circuiting the Intestines as a cure for extreme constipation and diseases due to it.

OPERATING FOR MELANCHOLIA

A woman came to Guy’s Hospital in a deplorable slate of health, apparently dying. She was thin, could take no food, and was covered with open sores. She was, moreover, not a cheerful invalid, but was terribly depressed. Several doctors had failed to diagnose her case, but Dr. Dane decided that the trouble lay in her intestines. He operated, and found that part ot her colon (sometimes known as the ox-bow) was in a bad way, so he cut it clean away aud joined up the ends. Within twenty-four hours the patient ceased to be melancholic. In a short while the natural processes began again, and she improved rapidly. Meanwhile, her sores which had not been treated at all, healed up, her spirits rose, and by and by she departed, happy and well. Her case, and others of the same order which followed, became famous. Then Dr. Dane set out to find something that would take the poisonous waste products out of the intestines without interfering with the natural functions of the body. Most people can realise what such a discovery would mean to countless thousands who suffer from constipation. The article in Life tells how Dr. Lane made a great, yet simple, ’.Lcovery —namely, that purified paraffin oil, specially refined for internal use, would do what no other oil in the realm of Nature would do —that is, would act as a perfect internal lubricant, and remove waste products without acting as a purgative and weakening the natural digestive fluids.

After Dr. Lane’s successful experiments physicians immediately began to prescribe purified paraffin (specially prepared for internal use) for intestinal trouble. It is

now a common thing to treat people of all ages, from infants of a few mouths to old men and women, with purified paraffin, A leading American magazine has interviewed Sir Arbuthnot Lane on the subject. He states that he has personally taken up the regular use of purified paraffin, and he, with hundreds of his friends to whom he recommended it, have been taking a dessert spoonful nightly with beneficial results. It is claimed that "Red Cross Paraffin”--the correct title of the purest paraffin oil sold here — stands alone as the ideal internal lubricant. Olive oil, for instance, is an excellent lubricant. But if only a small dose be given it is absorbed long before it reaches the lower bowel; and if a large dose be given the liver is overworked in trying to digest it. Purified paraffin oil is a pure mineral oil, and contains nothing that the body can assimilate, and so makes a perfectly harmless and effective internal lubricant.

It is not, of couise, synonymous with kerosene. It is the nonvolatile product of petroleum—just the opposite to kerosene —and is non-inflammable. It is almost tasteless and odorless, and easy to take. It is neither a drug, a poison, nor a food —nothing but a specially purified lubricant. Dr Lane is quoted as saying: “There is no doubt that if the use of paraffin oil were a daily habit the health of the human race would be wonderfully improved. It excites no muscle nor stimulates any nerve. It simply lubricates a defective drainage system until it becomes effective. Children may take it as safely as adults. Most children should take it. Women in particular should take paraffin oil.”

Life for March is well worth buying for this article alone — though there are many other good things in this fine sixpenny Australasian magazine.