WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume VIII, Issue 2331, 26 June 1886, Page 3

WORTHY OF CONSIDERATION.

wsT' : The foMiiiig unsolicited editorial frojn the iVc'ii' MiiUhJ Lndnilnal Gaulle ml Paslml urn! Aficultilnil j\m, of '/2 ml April, ISSii, dealing, us it does, with " n subject of vital iinnoitance,. is duservlny of i'csi/t'ctfult-onauloi'iitiuii: ■A feiv months ago we tjnotocl an article ' ' which had appeared in the HocliM' ljiMiiclc, : !uniouhcii!g the complete viet'Jfy. of Warner's 'Sato Cure oyer that terrible malady known us Blight's Disease. This article had been printed jwpetx circulating over the - and .mi ■ iiiiKst castes into wero , appended stating: that its source was above suspicion. Wo were HUi jH'iduci to , find the i'reSs,generally did not: seem to consider llie matter oi' suilicieiit'importanco to call fur editorial comments. It • ■•.seemed strange.to us that papers supposed ' to have the interests of colonists- and especially the sick ones—at heart, .should silently receive, the news that a terrible disease had upparoiitly met its deatti blow and been conquered. Wo thought their • silence necessarily cast very "rave doubts .: upon the truthfulness of the statements. We, therefore,. proceeded with caution; but at the ri.sk .iOf being the innocent means of advertising a patent medicine of y doubtful eltieacy, wo called attention 1 J the " safe cure" in our leading •• "iimns,. summing up as follows: ■ (J|lC ot tIVO tilings must be 01 ' , ' ie }' :i ondeilul cu r c ofii.i'cadful disease has been dispnvoicdj or three men infloentmlly known \ in Eochester iiavo conspired with an ■ important newspaper of that city to /' swindle the credulous in a most dastardly i way. Our readers, will :agree with us that it is a matter ot no small importance to . suffering humanity which of these two he tlie fact, But how is it. to be decided ? Will the medical profession discuss the ' matter, analyse 'the cure, and test its ellioacy ? or will tlie doctors pass it by with tlio remark that' it might be useful in certain peculiar eases'?' " We know not. whether the doctors are doing their duty to the public by analysing and testing this new and pretentious cure; but we do know that the public are testing it for themselves. As we niontioned last month,.a gentleman living at. the Hutthasbcenreclaimed to health by .its use. We bcliovo he had been given up by the doctors.' 'A solicitor in Auckland is, we believe, at our instigation, 'seeking its renovating assistance, and we know of others who are about to give the medicine a trial. This is all very well in its way, and no doubt time will see the wonderful properties of Warner's Safe cure fully established. But Jyn tlio meantime Bright's disease is kill■n|ng the people, and the dying patients are afraid to try the remedy unless ordered by that awe-inspiring functionary, the medical matt. Looking upon the doctors as ordinary men of business, who hate successful opponents just as other business men do, it is not surprising that they do not receive with open arms tlie nostrums of all who force .so-called specifics upon tin; public. But we as an advanced nation expect something more from our hiedical men We like to think of them as a land of .warriors drawn up to frustrate the nivauw ot disease, and to weaken the common ei.ewy at'every available point and by every conceit able means. What a sorry spectacle an army would present if each offer and soldier were to look with jealousy upon ■ the attempts of all others to crush the opposing forces! Let a titan who may be deemed the. perfection of insignificance invent aii appliance or method to aid in th# destruction of his fellow man in war, and liis attempt will he gratefully acknow-. ledged by the War Office, as an encourage*Unt, whether it lie promising of good or it; anil if liis imcwii.ni should prove, "upon examination, to be of real value, his name will be made for evor, while those who use liis wen- • pons will be untiring in the sounding of his praise. But the inventor .of a new kind of ammunition to used in the war agaiiisfrdisease lias no tribunal by which' the efficacy of hia discovery mav be tried and judged, in most eases, whether good or bad, it is met, by those who > ought to be capable, of testing and judging, with a lew doubting and slighting remarks. There are, however, some who will give an honest opinion, .even against their own interests. We met. with remarkable case of this only tlie other dav. Mr It. Ayeis, the well-known medical herbalist oi I Inn city, said, in answer to our iiM|tiines, that .lie considered "Warner's two Cure" to be the most effective l'i i;;i tly Uonii'.lui- tlie social disease which it is intended to cure. Mr Ayers lias speeiliei. 11 liL-mui, so iiin opinion .vas against ins pocket directly, though doubtless bis honesty will he rewarded by tlie additional confidence with which his opinion upon all other matters . will bo received.