NEEDLESS ALARM.

New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXIV, Issue 10347, 23 January 1897, Page 3

NEEDLESS ALARM.

Whether the suffering which people undergo rom disease is more physical than mental is a point not easy to decide. It depends largely on the nature of the disease, and the makeup of the individual. Experience seem to show, however, that iu 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 the digestive organs, it has power to set updisorders in otherswhieh always alarm the sufferer, and often perplex his medical advisers. These symptoms ot sequences may relate to the head", the heart, the sight, the hearing, the lungs, or to other organs or functions. Take an illustration or two :— "In the spring of 1591,' says Mr. Edward Tatham, "I fell into a low, , weak state 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 I had fulness and pain at the chest—the latter seemed to be puffed or swollen. What made me most anxious was my breathing, which came to be so difficult and short that at times I could only catch my breath by an effort. I was led to fancy that something must ail my lungs, especially as so great a quantity of mucus gathered in my throat and mouth. It was imwlly worse at night, and I get very little sleep on account of it; sometimes none at all, in a morning I would bi quite worn out. "As time went ou I became very weak and was much put to it to get about. I took all kinds of medicines, and got no propel relief from anything. In February, 1893, Mr. William Beardsley, grocer, Cotmanhay, told me how he had been cured of a like trouble by Mother Sergei's Curative Synin. Acting on his advice I got a bottle of thia medicine from Mr. Platl's Drug Stores, Awsworth Road, and after taking it felt quite another man. My bnatlmuj was easier, and my food agreed witli me. I continued using the Syrup, and got stronger and better every day. When I had taken four bottles I was as well as ever, being free from all pain or discomfort. My wife, who has suffered for yoars from liver complaint, has taken the Syrup with the same eood results as in my own case. ¥ou are at liberty to make any use you like oi this statement. (Signed) Edward Tatham, Tatham's Lane, Cotmanliay Road, Ilkeston, Derbyshire, March 21st. 1895." "In October, 1888," writes another, "I began to feel weak, heavy, and tired. My appetite was poor, and after eating I had distress at the stomach, together with shortness of breath, and a good deal of pain across the chest. Sometimes I would be taken with sudden dizziness, as though I must fall to the ground. Cold, clammy sweats used to break out all over me, and I trembled from head to foot. Finally, I got so weak I could scarcely walk to my work. Indeed, I 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 years. "In 'August, 1890, Mr. Thompson, the grocer in Church-street, urged me to try Mother Seigel's 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 iu the house for use in time of need. You are fre» to publish this statement. (Signed) William Mallender, 71) Robinson's Buildings, New hill, Wath, near Sheffield, October lltb. 1895."

Cases 'of supposed disease of the heart, of the nervous system, of the kidneys, etc., / constantly prove to be not organic affections of those parts at all, but 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: ara discovered ,to be so • • they are * mistakenly ■ treated; T and, serious, . often fatal, results i follow. . Until pronounced and? undeniable \ symptoms -of; organic mischief ; show; them- ? selves . (which -is not ■ the case once " in -a' hundred times) you may take it for granted : that your. ailment is some form of , dyspepsia, easily ;/ curable by Mother ' Seigel's 4 Syrup, ias demonstrated by the two instances cited wove, . . 1. ;■; ;