PARAMO AND THE MEDICOS.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4185, 6 August 1892, Page 4

PARAMO AND THE MEDICOS.

WHAT THE BAYS. : TYPOGRAPfIIOAL TESTIMONY. THE EDITORS F(M ONOE AGBEE. f New Mond Times, May H, im.) The' British Medical Journal ia very angry with Lord Onslow. The particular cauao of the Journal's wrath is that our late Governor has absolutely dared to testify to the value of remedies whose composition is not detailed in the British Pharmacopoeia. Tho wrath is expressed as follows:—"Wo see with regret Lord Onslow shamelosaly puffing quack secret remedies by an advertised letter —as scandalous an abuse of political position and as discreditable a folly as has been for a long time brought under notice." Poor Lord Onslow 1 The dyapeptio diatribe 'abovo quoted owes its existence, no doubt, to the fact that Lord Onslow, having found virtue in some of the . Maori herbal remodies prepared by Mothor Aubert, actually had thoooqrage to say so in print. Why' tho British Medical Journal should deem such testimony a high offence, and, judging by the strength of the language it uses, an almost criminal misdemeanour, 1 totally fail to see, save that the 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 medi--1 cal science lias been bittorly attackod »s "quackery" when it appeared, overy new thinker denounced as a madman or . worse, and overy formula not hallmarked by the " Lancet" and "British Medical Journal" as a dangerous innovation. Personally, while not having tho pleasure of a personal acquaintance with ■ either Mothor Aubert or Mr Kempthomo, I oan sympathiso with thorn and Lord Onalow in seeing the Maori Remidies denounced as "quack remodies." Only one of those Bamn " quack reme- ■ dies" do I know, and that -'Karana" to wit, which as a " real good thing " for a man with a livor, I would cordially recommond to the editor of the B.M.J, He appears to need it sadly, for the common and domestic and "recognised" podophyllin has evidently been of no service to him, otherwise he would never have ponned so spiteful a paragraph. As howover, the " Maori Remedies " •' quack and secret " though they be—aro reported to be selling'like the proverbial "hot cakes," neither Mother Aubert nor Mr Kcmpthorno is likely to worry about tho wrath of the' British Medical Journal." As for Lord Onalow he is at Home, and can fight his. own battle.—" Scrutator," in the ' New Zealand Mail,'

Weekly Herald, Apbii 30,1892, A southern paper sys:-" What with Matupa, Karaua, faramo, Natanata and cold 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 oredit is due to the Eev Mother Mary Joseph Aubert for the production of hor unrivalled remedies." And as far aB we aro personally concerned wa must say that, when any one of our .staff is affected, no matter from what cause, even from alcoholic poisoning, we pour into him a bottle of Marupa, when restoration to a normal condition takes place atones. Rebfton Goardun, Aran, 14,1892. We would ask our readers to £jivo their attention to the change in the advertisement of Mother Mary Joseph Aubert's Medicines, which will be found on.onr fourth page to-day, Theae Medicines are fast gaining in public oßteem, and tho Hcellont testimonials received, ineluding one from Bishop Grimes, as to their curative properties, and which are published, should be an ample guarantee of their ollioaoy, The public should carefully peruse the ad>ertisement. These sterling remedies are.sold by i by Mr T. G. Mason, Masterton