THE CELEBRATED FOR CONSUMPTION AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES.

Otago Witness, Issue 2308, 26 May 1898, Page 20

THE CELEBRATED FOR CONSUMPTION AND OTHER CHEST DISEASES.

'-. " ■ " ■ (Bronx i7ie Weekly Press, May 19, 1897.) ON this t>age -will be found the portrait of JVIr W. P. Townend, the inventor of this remarkable medicine. Until quito* recently it "was not known, even in well-informed medical circles, that the quintessence of cinnamon possesses special antiseptic properties for the successful treatment of consumption and kindred diseases^ of the .air passages. Tt has, however, been left to modern science to demonstrate the possibility of effecting a cure in these distressing maladies. Recent experiments with the quintessence of cinnamon have conclusively demonstrated that the much- dreaded enemies of mankind, the bacilli of consumption, -which are the active cause of this disease, are, under the benign influence of the quintessence, rendered absolutely powerless. The fact has been proved ever and over again, leaving no longer any doubt on tho subject. The remarkable way in which the bacilli diminish in numbers, and even disappear entirely from the sputum, soon after the commencement of the treatment indicates an almost immediate improvement in the condition of the patient, ilelief, and ultimately cure, are effected in two ways — first, in the very early stages of consumption, by the direct action of the quintessence on the bacilli, thereby arresting their further 'development; and second, in advanced cases, by allowing the . organisms incapable of growth to pass along the bronchi, and in that way preventing the infection spreading to other lobules', and thus limiting the disease to a small area, where it can be dealt with by the vital processes of the body. The expectoration and the cough are the first to improve under the new method of treatment, then the temperature becomes normal, and finally the weight increases. All these beneficial changes in the system are as a rule accompanied by a gradual diminution in the number of the bacilli in the sputum. Oil of cinnamon was first used for the destruction of bacilli of pulmonary consumption in the year 1892, and its great value was afterwards fully proved by the medical faculty of Erance. It is very agreeable to the patient, is extremely soothing to the air passages, and stimulates the appetite. The longer it is' used the more marked are the benefits. A considerable time ago Mr W. P. Townend, of Christchurch, on learning of the great value of it in consumption, commenced experiments with the view to ascertain its efficacy in the treatment of common .coughs and colds. After many failures arising from technical difficulties, he succeeded recently in compounding a remedy with the quintessence of cinnamon as a base which fulfils ali expectations. Already it has been clearly demonstrated that this new remedy is not only highly efficacious in the treatment of the more formidable disease of consumption, but that in all cases of coughs and colds, whatever may be their cause, it cures with astonishing rapidity. It ajcts against these lesser maladies as quinine acts against intermittent fever. Tt is equally efficacious in fsl*cmdlitl§, E&r«»?cliisal Astlaataa, IPEitiHißssoisia, s*le*aa*i§y, Cfi'oaip, Wlioopfsa^ Cough, JHfoarsesiaess, and all inflammatory states of the respiratory organs. Expectoration and cough disappear like magic, and there can be no doubt that thousands of cures will be effected during the coming winter by this latest application of modern medical science. It is an acknowledged fact that since the local introduction -of the cinnamon cure many' persons have been cured of distressing coughs and chronic expectoration. The powerfully remedial properties of the oil are inducing medical men of eminence in every country in the world to make it the basis •of their treatment, and . there is every reason to believe that the dreaded maladies which it combats will gradually disappear. The chief conditions — such as the purity of the preparation itself and the way in which it is best administered — • may be secured, first, by the use of Mr Townend's preparation, ancVsecondly, by following the rules and indications laid down by the inventor, who has made a very close and arduous study of the properties of his remedy in its relation to the diseases of the respiratory organs. '