THE BACILLUS AND THE LION

New Zealand Mail, Issue 1507, 17 January 1901, Page 58

THE BACILLUS AND THE LION

£ 'l am no more afraid of a boiled oacillus 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 ot 900,000 babies born annually in England and Wales, probably not mere than one i-n twenty lives out his natural life; and the writer thinks that- estimate is toehigh. _ All the rest die—bar tb.e few accidentally killed—from preventable diseases, such as measles, scarlet fever, smallpox, influenza, consumption, etc., a long and dreary list; all the maladies on ?o 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 urink the disease in the milk.

It really does lock as though it would be a good idea to boil tne bacillus—as earlj' in his career os possible. if -necessary, wo might cook the 'ions later on: they are comparatively harmless, anyway. "To sum the matter up/’ says another inan-with-eyes-in-his-head, "1 have noticed that among the preventible diseases the greater number are due to mistakes in eating and drinking.” Which- brings us to the little stc-yv that John I£, Orthwein tells. ‘About three and a half years age,” he goes on to relate, “I was in the South Brisbane Fire Brigade service. At that .time I contracted dyspepsia—a sharp and positive form of it, with tne 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 wtempts 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 karldy worth the price of it. “My comrades in the brigade knew the bad form I was in, and one after .an-

other, they tcld 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. 1 can eat whatever comes my way, and catch no more colds. And this I ewe 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 s shall he pleased to see anybody who wishes furthr details cf my case." —John K. Orthwein, Oct. 7th, 1890. The accuracy of the above statement is vouched for in writing by Mr It. Vu aiming, 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 Scigel’s Syrup.