THE MATTEI REMEDIES.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXXXI, Issue 10269, 10 February 1894, Page 6

THE MATTEI REMEDIES.

At the Oddfellows’ Hall, Lichfield Street, last evening, Dr Kennedy gave a lecture on “ The Advantages of the Mattei Treatment in Cancer and General Diseases.” There were about one hundred persona present, and the chair was occupied by the Rev Dr Elmslie. The lecturer first treated of cancer in tho blood, and advocated internal treatment by the Mattei remedies rather than operative. He condemned the use of the knife, and maintained that where cancer was once removed by its aid, a series of operations were always entailed, and in the end no cure was effected. He challenged the medical profession to prove that a single case of cancer or tumour had ever been cured by operations. Be quoted cases in which surgeons had failed to do any good, \ both in Oamaru and Dunedin, and in 1 which cures had been afterwards effected j by the use of the Mattei medicines, i He complained of the prejudice .'to which every now departure in medicine was subjected, and pointed out that! the authorities at Middlesex Hospital I had absolutely declined to give the treat- j meat a trial. la speaking of the oontro- , versy that had taken place in_ England upon the cure of cancer, he pointed out that so high au authority as Sir James ■ Paget had said that he was not aware of j a single instance of recovery from cancer, J and that he did not believe that any j operation psrformed for relief could pro- j long life. He also quoted a number, of. J medical authorities to show that the use of the knife only accelerated the growth of the disease. The records of Brompton Hospital did not show a single cure, bub were merely a record of cutting and carving, and the inscription might well be painted over the door, “Abandon hope all: ye that enter here.” He . referred to the' alarming increase of cancer in the colonies, la Victoria in 1861, the deaths from this j disease were 19 per 109,000 and in -1891, 60 per 100,000. In Nov/ Zealand, in [ 1881, the death rate from the same j cause was 24 per 100,000' and j in 1891 it had incraasad to*. 48 per 100,000, and this was, after all, I the boasted progress in the science of medicine. He maintained that the introduction of anaesthetics had greatly increased the use of the knife on account of the absence of pain attending operations. One-third of the cases of cancer were hereditary, while quite another third were due to undue pressure on various parts of tho body. Tight lacing was a fruitful source of the disease, and should not be allowed. Instead of operations, he advocated treating the parts affected externally with ointments and soothing lotions. The use of the Mattei remedies, alleviated the sufferings and lengthened: the life of all patients, whether they had been previously operated upon or not. There were no leas than thirty-two remedies which were available for all classes cf disease, and wore for both inward and outward application. Their effectiveness in skin diseases had been proved at the Leper Hospital at Bangalore in India, where several of the patients bad been cured by the agency of these medicines. One great advantage he claimed for tho remedies was that they were perfectly harmless, and no one would be killed if he drank from' the wrong bottle, as might be the case with allopathic remedies. He was making a tour rouud the world, and was anxious to take every opportunity to contradict the false reports circulated two years ago that the whole system had broken down. He claimed that the remedies were simply a further step in advance in homoeopathy, and the world had a good deal to thank Count Mattei for, and he

prophesied that the. discoverer of the system would rise into -fame, and would yet be the highest benefactor the world had known; He concluded by expressing his willingness to help all who might need his assistance, and he would also be glad to givejtastruotion to those who might wish to use the medicines.

A collection having been taken up, a vote of thanks to the Chairman closed the proceedings.