SMALLPON PREVENTION AND CURE.

Auckland Star, Volume XLIV, Issue 184, 4 August 1913, Page 2

SMALLPON PREVENTION AND CURE.

(To the Editor.) Sir,-One of the most precious treasures I have had during the past 3* years is a small pamphlet which 1 brought from England iv 18.9. It is entitled, "How to Cure and Prevent Smallpox," by Charles Rose, author o "Smallpox Curable." etc., and was sold at a penny. 1 have never seen a copy in thU, country; but at the present juncture, when Australia is being moved to extraordinary alarm by the presence of this disease in two or three of the States. I feci impelled to bring the knowledge of the remedy before th<* public of this Commonwealth, with a view to allaying that fear which is apt at these times to take bold of people's minds and predispose them to a sickness which they des-irc- to avoid. Were 1 not certain of the efficacy of the- remedy, -as - set forth in the pamphlet referred to. 1 should not even think of« communicating it to the public through the powerful medium of the Press; but 1 can speak from per sohal experience, having seen something of the marvellous henefita wrought by the remedy in the part of Kent where I resided during v -ivcre epidemic about the year ISTT. In Iho-e clays there were only "two or thr Suitors in the district, and no fever hospitals; so that when smallpox attacked ;he houses—some of them little better than hovels—of the poor, the victims had to remain in their homes and be waited on by the members of the family who were not stricken. The Poor Law Officer, or Inspector, whose duly it was to distribute the weekly dole and look after the pauper class, was the only person in authority who bestowed attention on the poor creatures in their need. My father and he were greatly concerned over the condition of these folk, and between them an immense amount of good was done by bringing to the aid of the afflicted a .remedy which had proved of great good in thousands of cases before. That remedy was so effective that not one case proved fata! where it was used as directed: and, further, the use, two or three times a week, of the same remedy by the "contacts" was so effectual as a preventive that not one case occurred of such "contacts" being attacked by smallpox. 1 may state that the epidemic retcrred to was of a severe nature; yet in the cases treated with the remedy the patients recovered without showing any signs of the disease in the way of '"pitting."

A.s rpgarcled myself, it was my lot to pa.-'S throujrli the most infected part of the town twice daily, without in the lcact suffering, and I attribute this. under Providence, to (he fact that t (;is did also ouch member uf my family) look a winejrlaasful of the mixture othor day rlurini; thp ppidemii , .

In the confident belief that the simple , rac-clicrnc named in the acfompanying 1 jirpseription will he hcncficial to tiiiwe wlio arc nt tacked, and roiicier othors immune to the disease, who follow the 'directions. I trust you will permit *pace in your columns to m<ll<o> this maftcr known. In conclusion. I wotilrl state that 1 shall he pleased to g-ii-o any furtlipr information in my power iii support of the fnrecroimr statements.— 1 am, eti'.. M. C. BRIDfIER, J.P. State Savings Bank, Flinders Street, Melbourne. SMALLPOX. Rose's Trpntmciu ror Prevention or Cure. — -i"- p'lro cream of tartnr, T2cr.= rhuhtirh! 1 pin! colti ivnter. Mix wrtl hftfnre takin;. ProvldPtl hrirrrls nrc rpjni!nr and free, thp For /'rpvention.- Adults, one -winejlassfii) to niilf a pint twicp or tliric- mot more than Ihrii-pii -weetely rj, lr !n~ r-pi<leniic: .-hilflrpn MiTordios to fijrci. ilctfifrrspoiKirHl to n twicr m- t.hricp week's. Live niotl.prate.iy. foods and strontr drink. For dire (early or ooM stajre).--4ok to 3oz cream of tartar stirred into i pint nearly hoilinc milk. Strain ofr cim-ds through tnnsIJn. Drink whfy only On bed\ as hot js poraMi|i>, iA lin-lc snu-jr mny be nrided.l This i- to promote perspiration. Repe.it in five or six hnnrg if fever iijiahafod. An aperient is dpsir.ihle pither just before or *jip 'whe-y is sriven. Fever Stage—The doses (as for prevenHotii must be. given, till fever abates, pvpry three or'four bonrs. then every six hours. Th« cream of tartar only shotiM be nse-1 far alDernntp doses for every time, as condition of bo-wels Te/jnh-es). Tokened for from personal experience in England by M. C. BRUKS-ER, J.P., State Bank, 520, EUaderi Street, ilel-