PAPAMO AND THE MEDICOS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4180, 1 August 1892, Page 2

PAPAMO AND THE MEDICOS.

I WHAT THE PRESS SAYS. TYPOGKa-PBIOAU TEBTIMONY. THE EDITORS FOR ONOE AGREE, (New ZealoM Times, May 14,1802.) The British Medical Journal is very angry with Lord Oiiblow. Tho particular cause of tho Journal's wrath is tlwt our lute Governor has absolutely dared to testify to the value of remedies whose composition is not detailed in tho British Phimnacopoiiu. Tho wrath is ojpresned aa follows:—"Wo boo with resrer, Lord Oiiblow shamelessly puffing quack eeoret remedies by an advertised letter—as scandalous an abuse of political position and as discreditable a tolly as has been for a long time brought under notice." Poor Lord Onslow I The dyspeptic diatribe above quoted owes its existence, no doubt, to tho fact that Lord Oiiblow, having found virtue in some of tho Maori herbal remoJiss prepared by Mother Aubert, actually had the courage to say so in print. Why the British Medical Journal should doom such testimony a hh»h offence, and, judging by tho strength of the language it übbs, an almost criminal misdemeanour, 1 totally fail to see, save that tho average medical mind is fanatically opposed to any medical innovation which does not proceed from recognised red-taped sources. 'Twas ever thus with the medicos, Almost every new advance made in medical science has been bitterly attacked as "quackery" when it appeared, every new thinker denounced as a mudman or worse, and every formula not hallmarked hy the " Lancot" and " British Medical Journal" as a dangerous innovation. Personally, whilo not having tho pleasure of a personal acquaintance with either Mother Anbert or Mr Kempthorno, 1 can sympathise with them and Lord Onslow in seein? tho Maori Remidiet denounced as " quaok remedies." Only one of those same "quack remedies "do I know, and that •' Karana" to wit, which as a •' real good thing " for a man with a liver, I would cordially recommend to tho editor of the B.MJ, He appears to need it sadly, for the common and domestic and "recognised" pndophyllin has evidently been of no service to him, otheriviso ho would nevor have penned so spiteful a paragraph. As howovor, tho ".Maori Remedies"— •' quack and Be'cret" though they be—are reported to be selling like tho proverbial " hot cakes," neither Mother Aubert nor Mr Kempthome is likely to worry about the wrath of tho ' British Medical Journal." As for Lord Onslow he is at H.nne, and can fight his own battle.—" Scrutator," in the ' New Zealand Mail. 1 Weekly Herald, Aran, 30,1892. A southern paper says:—" What with Marupa, Karana, Paramo, Natanata and culd weather, typhoid lever has been driven from the city of Wellington, and the place is now as healthy as any town in New Zealand. No small share of the credit is due to the Rev Mother Mary Joseph Aubert for the production of her unrivalled remedies,' 1 And as far as we aro personally concorned we mußt say that, when any one of our staff is affected, no matter from what cause, oven from alcoholic poisoning, we pour into him a bottle of Marupa, when restoration to a normal condition takes place atonce. Reefton Goardian, April 14,1892. We would ask our readers to save their attention to the change in the advertisement of Mother Mary Joseph Aubert's Medicines, which will bo found on our fourth page to-day. These Medicines are fast gaining in public esteem, and the excellent testimonials received, including one from Bishop Grimes, as to' their curative properties, and which are published, should be an ample guarantee of their efficacy. The public should carefully pcruso the advertisement. These sterling remedies are.sold by by Mr T. G. Mason, Masterton