NEEDLESS ALARM.

Auckland Star, Volume XXVII, Issue 19, 23 January 1897, Page 3

NEEDLESS ALARM.

Wbletheß the suffering which people undergo from disease is more physical bhan mental is a point not easy to deoide. It depends largely on the nature of the disease, nnd the make-up of the iudividnal. Experience seems to show, however, that in one prevailing disease—indigestion or dyspepsia, the two kinds of suffering are very evenly divided, and both very great, the mental distress being chiefly due to the illusions and deceptions which attend it, For example, though dyspepsia is solely an affection of fche digestive organs, it has power to seb up disorders in others which always alarm bbc sufferer, and often perplex bis medical advisers. These symp toms or sequences may relate to fche head, the heart, tbe eight, bhe hearing, the lungs, or to other organs or functions. Take an illnutration or two. "In bhe spring of 1891,"says Mr Edward Tatham, " I fell into a low, weak Btate of health. I had a foul taste in the mouth, and was constantly spitting up a thick phlegm. My appetite was poor, and after eating 1 had fulness and pain at tbo choab —the latter eeemsd bo be puffed or swollen.

What made ma most anxious .was toy breathing, which came to be co difficult and short that at times I could only catch my breath by an effort. 1 was led lo fancy that something most ail my lungs, especially as so great. a. quantity of mucus gathered fn my throat and mouth. It was usually worse at night, and I got very little sleep on account of it; sometimes none ab all. In & morning I would be quite worn out. " Ab time went on I became very weak, and was much pat to it to get about. I took all kinds of medicines and got no proper relief from anything. In February, 1893, Mr William Beardeley, grocer, Cotmanhay, told tne how he had been cored of a like trouble by Mother Siegel'e Curative Syrup. Acting on bis advice I got a bottle. Of this medicine from Mr Platt'a Drug Stores, Awe worth Road, and after taking it felb quite another man. My breathing was easier, and toy food agreed with tne. . continued Using the Syrup, and got stronger and better every day. When I had taken four bobtlea I waa as Well as ever, being free from alt pain or discomfort. My wife, who has suffered for years from liver complaint, haa taken the Syrup with tho same good results as fn sty own ease. _.on are at liberty to make any use yon like of thia statement. (Signed) Edward Tatham, Tatham'e Lane, Cottnanhay Read, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, March 21st, 1895." "In October, 1888," writes another, "I began to feel weak, heavy, and tired,. My appetite waa poor, and after eatingl had distress at the stomach, together with shortness of breath, and a good deal of pain across the chest. Sometimes I would he taken with sudden dizziness, as though I must fall to the ground. Cold, clammy sweats used to break out all over me and £ trembled from bend to foot. Finally, I gob bo weak I could scarcely walk to my work. Indeed 1 had occasionally to leave my work; I have been away as long as a month at a time. In this way I suffered for about two year.. "*- ---•** In August, 1890, Mr Thompson, the grocer in Church Street, urged ,me to try Mother Siegel'e Syrup. After taking only one bottle I felt better. My food agreed with me and I was stronger. Continuing with this medicine, gradually all pain left me, and I completely recovered my health. Since then I have kept the Syrup in the house for use in time of need. Yon are free to publish this .tatoment. (Signed) William Mallonder, 71, Robinson'-* Buildings, Kewhill, Wath, near Sheffield, October Hth, 1895." Cases of supposed disease of tbe heart, of the nervous system, of tbe kidneys, &0., constantly prove to be, not organic affec* tion_ of those parte at all, bat merely local or functional disturbances caused by the toxic or poisonous principles thrown Into the blood by the decomposition or fermentation of food In the stomach; otherwise, by dyspepsia or indigestion. But until they are discovered to be so they are mietakenly treated ; and serious, often fatal, results follow. Until pronounced and undeniable symptoms of organic mischief show themselves (which is not the case once in a hundred times) you may take it for granted that the ailment is some form ! of dyspepsia, easily cured by Mother Sitsgel's Syrup, as demonstrated fa the bwo instances cited above.