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Southern Cross, Volume 9, Issue 2, 13 April 1901, Page 6

| "Vitadatio HOW IT WAS DISCOVERED. It is frequently a matter of wonder upon the part of the public how particular remedies classified generally under the title of Patent Medicines have been discovered. It is well known that this has been more often effected by chance than by the more patient analysation of the properties of herbs. And let not the reader of this article sneer at the use of the word “ Chance.” It would be extremely difficult to say hoyv far this same “ chance ” has been instrumental in the discovery of much that goes on in the scientific world, despite the dictum of the Philosopher that what is discovered by chance is seldom of any value. Chance, we are told, led to the discovery of the Rontgen Rays in Photography, and it certainly led to the no less important discovery of Vitadatio. Under what circumstances this actually look place in the first instance is and will ever remain a mystery, but the events which led up to its wonderful properties becoming known and being presented to the public are too fresh in the memories of the proprietors to be speedily forgotten. A certain gentleman in Launceston, Tasmania, found himself one day under an obligation to a gentleman of that town, and offered to place him in possession of a secret which he bad long held. This secret, he declared, had enabled him for many years to cure his friends and acquaintances of long-standing diseases, and had kept him also in the best of health up to what was a ripe old age Eventually the secret of a peculiar blend of certain herbs was revealed, and the medicine put to a severe practical test, which test, it may be stated, resulted in the most extraordinary success. Erom being the secret fad of this amiable old enthusiast Vitadatio gradually spread to becoming the popular remedy of a large number of people in Tasmania, until, at length, the demand becoming so great, business negotiations had to be entered upon for an enormous supply to satisfy the wants of its ever increasing number of friends. From Tasmania it spread to New Zealand, where it quickly became in such great demand that a central depot for its distribution had to be established. Its his.ory in Australia is almost too new to need recapitulation here. From a modest start about three years ago it quickly caught the public taste, disease after disease w e conquered by its peculiar properties, and it was evident from but six months’ working that Vitadatio had come to stay. The public are doubtless well accustomed to hearing of cures being performed by some patent medicine after the medical faculty has despaired of success. But these cures appear chiefly in the advertisement columns of the daily newspapers, and it will but seldom bear the investigation which a little publicity and enquiry makes. Vitadatio, however, has this advantage in its financial and commercial arrangements, that almost everyone connected with it, from its energetic Australasian Distributor at its head, down through all the departments to the lowest office, all are able to testify what this wonderful medicine has done for them. Mr Palmer, who is the Sole Distributor for Australasia, will show incontestible proof that he has been cured by Yitadatio, and by nolhing else, from that scourge know as Hydatids, and this after his case had been given up by all the medical men whom he consulted, and after undergoing a painful operation, which was quite ineffectual. Yet after a course of this medicine not only was he completely cured, but he was accepted by a leading Life Insurance Company as a first-class life at their ordinary rates. A similar story can be told by others now employed by Mr Palmer at his many branch establishments for the distribution of mis medicine, so that it is quite easy for the public to satisfy themselves that all the cures claimed can be substantiated. One peculiarity of Vitadatio is to he found in the fact that the various herbs of which it is composed grow in Tasmania only , as far as is yet known, and are indeed peculiar to that healthy little island. It is perhaps in this fact that the reason may be found why Vitadatio has not been discovered before in this very old planet ot ours, where, it is stated, there is nothing new under the sun Tasmania is about as old as Sydney, that is about 100 years since our settlers have occupied it, so that it is not surprising that this remedy has only within the past few years been discovered. An advantage to our co onial population in purchasing this medicine lies in the fact that the manufacture and distribution of Vitadatio employs many hundreds of people in all parts of the colonies, and that the money spent by the public does not have to be sent to other places, but stays here. This, of course, is but a minor point in comparison with the far more important fact that no matter what your disease may be Vitadatio has proved itself to be worth a trial. This is the main fact which justifies the confidence all people feel who have once given it a trial, and far outweighs any other argument which may be used in its behalf. For further particulars, S- A. Palmer, Warehouse, Waterloo Quat, Wellington. Correspondence Invited. Write for j Testimonials. j Mackerras and Hazlett, AGENTS FOB DISTRICT.