CONSUMPTION OF PHTHISIS,

Otago Witness, Issue 2320, 18 August 1898, Page 46

CONSUMPTION OF PHTHISIS,

Is a constitutional wasting' disease in which the Imigd are gradually destroyed by morbid deposits of tubercle and consequent ulceration. To the bacilli of these deposit? Townend's Cinnamon Curb is highly antagonistic, and in the early stages of the di&easo is sufficiently po'verful to overcome and destroy the prerms on which the progress of the disease depends Apart iiom this tho valuable soothing properties of tho cure are such as to speedily allay the racking 1 cough and so promote the patient's recovery. It is a certain cure in ordinary colds, recent cough, loss of voice, bronchitis, bronchial asthma, whooping cough, and croup, while its soothing and germicidal properties render it of the greatest value in influenza, pleurisy, pneumonia, and catarrh. Sold everywhere. Price, 2s 6d.— Aclvt.

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