GOLD AND BLOOD.

Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 17

GOLD AND BLOOD.

Many yej>r3 ago I knew a m*n who expended s great part of a krge fortune iv buying gold, In coin ar-d in bars. This he melted, and with. human blood and other unique ingredient* laboured secretly to prepare a mixture lhab should arrest all disease, renew vitality, »nd prolong life indefinitely. I need hardly say ihafc he failed. Nob only did be fail, but one day an explosion took place iv his laborabory which destroyed bhe fruits of his toil and left him senpelees and badly wounded amid bhe wreck. The rest of ixis days were passed in &a asylum.

Yet he was neb the firsb man who tried that lame experiment — nob by thousands. To fiud the elixir of life was one of the main purposes of the science of alohemy, the barbaric ancestor of bhe modern science of chemistry. But all bhab is now discredited. No doctor or student of healing even pretends to possess or bo seek an essence of lite.

What is undertaken, however, and successfully, is to ascertain the truth aboub Nature's function?, aud bo help her perform them when they are impeded by disease.

Illustrations of what can be done on this line are plentiful. Here is one: "Twelve years ago," says Mrs Blizs. M&bchara, of Arnutage House, Sutton-on-Hull, " I bad an attack of rheumatic fever. At the same bime I had a bad baste in the mouth, poor appetite, and pain and weight ab bhe chest after eating. I frequently spat up a quantity of greasy, fatty matter. Later I was afflicted with rheumatism in my hands and feeb. Then I fell into a state of debiliby, which conbiuued year afbsr year. I spent a great deal of money in docboring, all bo no purpose. Finally I was induced bo bry your medicine. In a short time my food agreed with me, the slcknesß ceased, I grew;stronger, and the rheumatism by degrees abated. Ncvt by taking your remedy occasionally I keep ia good health. (Signed) Mrs Eliza Matcham, June 2, 1893."

•• For some bime previous ba 1887,". writes another, " I was troubled witb & digestive disorder. In bhe autumn of that year (1887) I gob a severe cold, which broughb on rheumatism and lumbago. I had great pain in bhe back and also in bhe joints. I consulted a doctor, who gave me medicines and advised me bo go bo Buxbon. I did so, bub am bound bo say obtained little benefit from ib.

" In January, 1888, I had another attack of rheumatic fever, whioh brought me down into a very low and feeble condition. For days and days bogebher I was unable to cab or sleep. Ib was only by hardship and pain bhab I gob aboub ab all. Whilst on a visit to Little Downham, Cambridgeshire, some friends bold me of the medicine furniihecf by you. I used ib, and aoon foand relief and gained strength. Cheered up and encouraged by this, I continued baking ib, and now, by an occasional dos«, I keep wholly free from rheumatism and other troubles. (Signed) Philip Hopkin, 20 Maude sbreet, Grimsby, November 14, 1893." The eccenbric man alluded bo in bhe first part of this article failed bo cure any disease with his odd brew. It was costly, too, as I said. Blood is cheap enough, bub bars of gold come high. He was a fanatic and a fool.

Bub here we have two instance* in which rheumatism, s common and dangerous ailment, waa cured by Mother Seigel's Curative Syrup, a remedy made not from blood and gold, bub from the healing herbs of the fields and forests. And why was ib cured thus io speedily and with suoh seemiug easeP Because rheumatism is not a disease of itself, bnt a symptom of indigestion and dyspepsia. It is this universal plague thab bhe. syrup scatters and drives away, ibs children following after. Thus we keep our blood in our veins and our cold— if we have any -«-in our socket* % - : - - -