“CURE” FOR CONSUMPTION

Taranaki Daily News, 8 May 1930, Page 13

“CURE” FOR CONSUMPTION

WANGANUI FARMER’S CLAIM DEPARTMENT DOCTOR SCEPTICAL. EXPERIMENTS WITH OINTMENT. By Telegraph.—Press Association. Wanganui, Last Night. A claim that he has discovered a cure for consumption and other ailments affecting the lungs is made by Mr. Robert Ireland, a retired farmer, of Wanganui. His theory is that a remedy to be effective must be applied in the most direct manner possible. His treatment consists of the application of an ointment which is smeared on brown paper and tied over the chest. In four or five hours the body absorbs this. Mr. V. Boyd, Wanganui, who has been applying the ointment for some time, states it is too early to say definitely that it is a cure. "1 have been using it, and I am much better as a result,” Mr. Boyd says. “My doctor is pleased with the way I am shaping, and told me to keep on with it.”

Mr. Ireland communicated with Dr. Watt, Deputy-Chief of the Health Department, and advised him of the ingredients. Dr. Watt was sceptical about the ointment affecting cures, and expressed the opinion that it would be harmful to the skin.

Mr. Ireland believes Dr. Watt is wrong in this, and pointed to the fact that Mr. Boyd had been using it for some time and his skin had not been affected in any way.