THE DESPISED SNAIL.
• ALLEU 1-jD 01' RE FOR COLDS AND CONSUMPTION. 5 1 Per Press Association, j? Christchurch, April 21. Mr. W. S. Malaquin, who is well known in Christcliureh, told a News re- > porter to-day that he luid read with in- | terest a paragraph stating that in Auck- : land the friends of a sick girl had adver- [ tised for snails, believing that they would : aid her to recovery. I Mr. Malaquin says that in liis native district of Orleans snails were prescribed for his sister, who was consumptive. She was ordered to take the small ones which crawl upon the vines, pick them from their shells, and eat them alive. ' She did so, and was cured, i The prescription is not an unusual one in France, and is often most success- ' ful. I In the case of his own children here, I in New Zealand, lie has cured bad colds by means of a synip made from snails.
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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 285, 24 April 1913, Page 8
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159THE DESPISED SNAIL. Taranaki Daily News, Volume LV, Issue 285, 24 April 1913, Page 8
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