TWO OF A TRADE.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CI, Issue 11888, 11 May 1899, Page 3

TWO OF A TRADE.

That two of a trade' seldom agree is a common saying Its weakness, however, resides'in the fact that it is a cavilling, ■sneering saying.. The idea sought to be conveyed is that the disagreement is the outcome of reciprocal jealousy. While that is likely, it is not a necessary, or even ]a philosophical, inference. Two of a trade may easily see reasons for an honest difference of opinion to which the outsider is blind. Again, two of a trade may agree and both be wrong—on a point, of course, connected with their own industry. Some years ago there was a high debate over the question whether a painting, exhibited in Paris, Was an original Velasquez or a copy. Half the artists and connoisseurs in Europe got hot under the collar about it. It was one or the other—so they said. Later on the fact came out. It was neither an original nor a copy ; it was a replica. The experts were mistaken. And. so runs speculative judgment in everything. Here is the case of two. doctors; both, doubtless, competent men. If they were wrong, or if only one was wrong—but let us have the story first: It comes from a reputable source, and is well corrobrated. , "In March, 1891," says the relater, "I had a severe attack of influenza, which prostrated me for two months. After this I could not get up my. strength. My appetite was poor, and what little I did eat gave me much pain at the chest and around the heart. Sharp, cutting pains in the region of the heart seized me every now and again, sometimes, so bad I feared I was going to die At night I got little sleep on account of wind which rose into my throat until I fairly gasped for breath. During the painful attacks of my complaint perspiration would stand in beads upon my face. "I soon lost strength to that extent 1 could not stand. Indeed, I was weak as a child I was often so dizzy I had to catch hold of something to keep me from fallrng. Several times these attacks have come upon mt at concerts, obliging my friends to conduct me home. As time passed on I grew more and more feeble; and abandoned all hope of ever being well and strong again. " I had two doctors attending me who prescribed medicines; which, however, eased me only for a time and then I was as bad as

eV " r Qne doctor said I had pleurisy; the other said I had heart disease. _ " For two and one-half years 1 lingered along nearly as much dead as alive, all my relatives and friends thinking I would not recover. In November, 1893, a book was left at my house in which I read of a case like mine' having been cured by Mother SeiKel's Syrup. My e procured me a bottle from, the Provincial Drug Stores in Westgate Street, and the first bottle gave me so much relief that I continued with flie medicine I could then eat well, and the food agreed -with me ; the pain around the heart soon ceasing. " In a short time my strength returned, and I got back to my work well and vigorous. Since then I have been in the best of health. You are at liberty to publish this statement and refer to me." (Signed) William Henry Jeryis, 48, Rendlesham Road, All Saints, Ipswich, November 13, 1897. One of Mr Jervis's doctors pronounced his complaint to be pleurisy; the other said it was heart disease. .Were tfa&y both right or both wrong? Or was one rigKt and the other wrong? In the latter case—-which one? Judging from the symptoms as set forth bv Mr Jervis, the probability is that both were right—as far a,s they went. The sac or bag which surrounds the heart (called the pericardium), and the sac in which the lungs rest (called the pleura, are parts of the lymphatic system; which is the especial abiding place and stamping cu-ound of the kind of poison, produced by the diseased digestive system, and the cause of rheumatism, gout, pleurisy, and disease. Now, after (if not before) his attack of influenza, Mr Jervis suffered from acute dyspepsia with torpid liver, which engendered the poison that set up a mild form of both pleurisy and heart disorder. When the real and. underlying ailment of all—the dyspepsia—was cured by Mother- Seigel's Syrup, these ' supplementary or consequential troubles vanished, as might be expected. So we'i'ee that—strange as it may seem—two of a trr.de'can.differ,and both''.be right.

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