"DELICATE, FRETFUL, AND NERVOUS.
WE TRIED VARIOUS PATENT MEDICINES, BUT WITH NO GOOD RESULT., UNTIL WE GAVE HIM SCOTT'S EMULSION." One of the worst tilings you can do when your children are delicate and -do not thrive-VS is to dose them with secret nostrums containing powerful drugs. If you do not know what yoiu child is taking, a.nd are nob < reasonably certain about the results,, the only right course to pursue is to consult the family doctor. More harm than goo/J often comes to children through taking medicines . containing powerful drugs. One of the strongest thing? about Scott's Emulsion to commend it to the public is the fact that it Ifs not a secret nostrum. When, you give Scott's Emulsion to your children, you know that they are taking cod-liver oil, hypophosphites, and glycerine, in a form . approved of by the whole medical profession. Here is a case where various patent medicines were tried for a little boy who was dclieato and subject to bronchitis. • His mother writes: — "Depot, Canterbury, England, „ „ r . . "April 24, 1899. •' Dear Sir. I ?, —Out little .boy, who was born, 111 India, was always very delicate, fretful, and nervous, and subject' to bronchitis. In fact, several people told us wo should never rear him. We tried various patent mcdicmes, but with no good result, uniiil wo gave him Scott s Emulsion, which from the beginning seemed to do him. good. Do is now a fine, sturdy boy of three years, ar,d is happy and contented. Wo always keep .VkUl s Emulsion in the house, and I cannot» speak too highly of it, and what it has done lor our little son. . (Signed) Margaret Scott, m , " 21.st E.I. Lancers." Ihe Parents who see their children get well and strong by taking Scott's Emulsion ; are glad to write about it, so that others may profit by then experience. Children universally love the taste of Scott's Emulsion, and the oil in this preparation is so perfectly emulsified that it is no tax upon digestion. Scott's Emulsion promotes tho making of healthy flesh and strong bones, and quickly restores vitality and strength to the system. It may be relied upon in coughs, colds, bronchitis, and in nearly all the cases where children need mora IW™ Sty ,hcy "" SeU '" S from
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New Zealand Herald, Volume XXXVIII, Issue 11636, 25 April 1901, Page 3
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