The Bacillus and the Lion.

Auckland Star, Volume XXXII, Issue 13, 16 January 1901, Page 3

The Bacillus and the Lion.

"I am no more afraid of a boiled bacillus than I am of a well-cooked lion," says Dr. Alexander Hill, Master of Downing College, and Vice-chan-cellor of Cambridge. Now, the authorities affirm that out of 900,000 babies born annually in England and Wales, probably not inoie than one in twenty lives out his natural life; and the writer thinks that estimate is too high.

All the rest die—bar the few accidentally killed —from preventable diseases, such as measles, scarlet fever, small-pox, influenza, consumption, etc., a long- and dreary list; all the maladies on it having a family likeness, and all arisingl from, and propagated by, germs. It is likely that onethird of the cows have tuberculosis, and, of course; people drink the disease in flic milk.

It really does look as though it •would be a good idea to boil the bacillus —as early in his career as possible. If necessary, we might cook the lions later on; they are comparatively harmless, anyway. "To sum the matter up," says another man-with-eyes-in-his-head, "I have noticed that among the preventable diseases the greater number are due to mistakes in eating and drinking."

Which brings us to the little story tliat John Iv. Orthwein tells. "About three and a-half years ago,"-he goes on to relate, "I was in the South Brisbane Fire Brigade service. At that time I contracted dyspepsia—a sharp and positive form of it, with the. pains and penalties T had often read of but never realised before.

"It lasted four months, and might have stuck to me as many years bub for one thing-. My appetite disappeared altogether, I got constant colds, and my attempts to eat we r j miserable spectacles for my frienc's to witness, and worse still as experiences for me. .1 used to belch up a sour, acrid fluid, and life was hardly worth the price of it. "My comrades in the brigade knew the bad form I was in, and, one after another, they told me to try Mother Seigel's Syrup. They were nearly all in the habit of using it for anything1 that ailed them, and were sure it would set me to rights.

"Anything- to get out of this, I said, and g-ot the Syrup without delay. The: first bottle did splendid work, and when I had finished the third ,my digestive arrangements were sound as t% gold sovereign, and have been ever since. I can eat whatever comes ray way, and catch no more colds. And this I owe to Mother Seigel's Syrup. No wonder it is popular all over Australia.

"I am no longer in the, brigade, butlivo at Hubert-street, Woolloongabba, South Brisbane, Queensland, where I shall'be pleased to see. anybody who wishes further details of my case/— John K. Orthwein, Oct. 7th, 1899.

The accuracy of the above statement is vouched for in writing by Mr R. dimming, Assistant Superintendent South Brisbane Fire Brigade.

We may kill the bacillus by boiling it, and we may cook a lion if we can catch him; but the only certain way to get rid of indigestion, and the black flock of ailments which arise from it, is by the use of. Mother Seigel's Syrup.