THE BACILLUS AND THE LION

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1506, 10 January 1901, Page 10

THE BACILLUS AND THE LION

am no more afraid of a boiled bacillus than I am of a well-cocked lion.' says Dr. Alexander Hill, Master of Downing College, and Vice-Chancellor of Cambridge. Now, the authorities affirm that out of 900,000 babies Dorn annually in England and Wales, probably not more than one in twenty lives out his natural life; and the writer thinks that estimate is too high. All the rest die—bar the few accidentally killed-—from preventible diseases, such as measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza, consumption, etc., a long and dreary list; all the maladies on 1 1 having a family likeness, and all arising from, and propagated by, germs. It is likely that one-third of the cows nave tuberculosis, and, of course, people arink the disease in the milk. It really does look as though it would he a good idea to boil tne bacillus—as early in his career as possible. If necessary, we might cook the 'ions later on; they are comparatively harmless, anyway. “To sum the matter up,” says another man'-with-eyes-in-his-head, “I have noticed that among the preventible diseases the greater number are due to mistakes in eating and drinking.” Which brings us to the little story that John K. Orthwein tells. “About three and a half years age,” lie goes on to relate, “I was in the South Brisbane Fire Brigade service. At that iime I contracted dyspepsia—a sharp and positive form of it, with the pains and penalties I had often read of but never realised before. “It lasted four months, and might have stuck to me as many years but for one thing. My appetite disappeared altogether, I got constant colds, and my attempts to eat were miserable spectacles for my friends to witness, and worse still as experiences for me. I used to belch up a sour, acrid fluid, and life was harldy worth the price of it. “My comrades in the brigade knew the bad form I was in, and one after another, they told me to try Mother Seigel’s Syrup. They were nearly all in the habit of using it for anything that ailed them, and were sure it would set me to rights. “Anything to get out of this, I said, and got the Syrup without delay. The first bottle did splendid work, and when I had finished the third my digestive arrangements were as sound as a gold sovereign, and have been ever since. I can eat whatever comes my way, and catch no more colds. And this I owe to Mother Seigel’s Syrup. No wonder it is popular all over Australia. “I am no longer in the brigade, but live at Hubert street, Woclloongabba, South Brisbane, Queensland, where » shall be pleased to see anybody who wishes furthr details cf my case.”—John K. Orthwein, Oct. 7th, 1899. The accuracy of the above, statement is vouched for in writing by Mr R. Gumming, Assistant Superintendent South Brisbane Fire Brigade. We may kill the bacillus by boiling it, and we may cook the lion if we can catch him; but the only certain way to get rid of indigestion, and tne black flock of ailments which arise from it, is by the use of Mother Seigel’s Syrup.