The Mattei Remedies

Southland Times, Issue 12784, 18 December 1893, Page 2

The Mattei Remedies

«jstTsiiSS^Knii;if>9,B - S3gse& Sometime ago considerable !pubHc interest was aroused;-even in',rthis£-renffitiii-pigirDoMiib - worldbyw the reported 1 discovery of a new remedy forihe hitherto incurablesdiseaseof byJUouhbtMattei;.§af iltalyjailTfcinterest in:the- queation- r '£ho*ever;i: - dil:d I .dotrti after a time; as all such things do, so far as the general publio weft ftfiCerned.' Amongst nrofes3ional the largo "iiumber of pepple i .wlib: were "either sufferers themselves bY'relaftd’tffVhoSe Who were, the question of the-posaibility of- cure, and the value of the new remedies,. have all along been keenly discussed. .The subjept has been 'revivedherewithincrcAsedintensitytlifdugh 5 the’' announcement that Dr ‘ Samuel 5 Ketiiiedy, 6f London, dhe' of thfffetfWniWs of the faculty who took up ’-Mattel’s "electrical"remedies and made them”‘-a in i their practice' iWeiii u hbbttt" to Visit ! ’;lnvercargili! --’ "iHff ' arrived’ by tfie 'Waihora ' on - Saturday morning, dnd r Wsll ’give a Tecture : off ’the subject’ ! m Hanan’s Hall this’ evening, and'* - seei w patientff ’theft ‘during the’lday." Dr Kennedy been'Tdr ’’soiffOime ur'Australia, lecturing 'and treating liailet 1 ,; affd enlightfflf ffiis hearers this evening as th the resuits of His F exfierieffcb -there' -*'aq-'welD-as'/iffl< i shff , Old 'Country. - While iff'’Melbourne' ! he> -'-'was interviewed by' a?representative of the Even’ing’Hef’aldpcfrbm -the’Yepbrfrdf' tyhiefi rthe following’'extracte’-'afd’f takfen. TfifteAHll -’explaiff!from’ hispoint of view, the' reMana for the doctor’s tour, 'andfto'ff linfited ; ex'tent; fiis ' attitude with the''*llegeaireihedy for ;- r ’ ! 111 ' ' Asked to explain his reason for visiting .internst, and, at'the same time* of, studying the history of the alarming increase bf cancer methods of dealing with cancer, and to ascertain whether there do exist anywhere any medicinal’ means that can supercede the hitherto ineffectual methods of operation which used to satisfy the mind of the orthodox profession.” ! “ But you .would not, claim to be an impartial investigator, .wbiild'.'ypii, .Doctor? "Has /hbtotfie part, youi r have, 'taken ifi. the ’controversy in 'England rather, prejudiced you in favour of Count’MitieiX roriodiw ?” .“ No doubt it hak’ 'But <ho£ sb far' as to there were Fell’s Paste and Patterson’s Paste, and the Vienna Paste, all of which in the hands of their own, yielded remarkable results, ’ But'they were so painful,' so tbdibffeij'and ‘sb"'uncertain that they speedily fell into disuse, and are now rarely, employed,''., Others .recommended vigorous poultices of asbestos, and sulphuric acid, for the purpose of burning out. the offending horrible form bf torture almost worse than the diease. Others again recommended' piercing, the tumor with electric needles. ‘in ' various parts. .1 have seen this applied, and can testify that I have known the most terrible agony, jas‘Ju from pent up burning coals, 'to' succeed each " ‘successive treatments Of,course, the knifb with all its terrors, is a tenfold milder and more ;'“ Well‘; .nbw; thing about Count Mattei and his remedies.” I will.’l came in contact with, his system in the ordinary course of my studies in ’cancer. " Count Mattei, you should know, is .a'rnfist distinguished;ltali4n 4bblemah; :who, although not a .professional.: physician, .‘had yet been a close Student of ; nature and its wonderful provisions for the cure of disease. He had studied chemistry and physiology and stock of healipgfteriiedies, ;an<i.;Kiß r yje'SBed them with, the most '■ surprising “ But it has been said that the IMlattei remedies have been analysed, and been found to be; nothing more than, distilled << perfectly truei . vßut the test’did net apply to a prctfCliciil application „ of; the remedies. It was claimed that; they , relieve pain and single instance. Barely this is the true test? : I, challenged the analyst to produce a gallon’ of ordinary distilled water that could produce the same eff-etas Count Mattei’s liquid electricities, lut tb this day he has neve® -dona it.; .. analysis is not a sufficient test. If you put a drop of the poison bf a rattle snake in a tumblerful of watcr and properly stirred it, no analysis :in the.; worjd could detect the presence of the poison. But if, you applied it you would findrthe poison at, once. ,Just so with; the’Mattei remedies. ;r. Application is the only proper test.” . .