TOOK REDUCING MEDICINE

Taranaki Daily News, 20 July 1934, Page 5

TOOK REDUCING MEDICINE

CONFESSION BY A MINISTER.

STOCK REMEDIES MEASURE.

(By Wire— Parliamentary Reporter.) Wellington, Last Night.

A confession that he had once been induced to take what was purported to be a weight-reducing medicine was made in the House to-night by the Hon. C. E. Macmillan during his speech on the second reading of the Stock Remedies Bill. Mr. Macmillan said that the selling of spurious medicines was a i - ecognised fraud all over the world, and they had no doubt read of stories where whole communities had been taken down by sellers of patent medicines. In the case of human beings it did not matter so much as long as the medicine was not harmful. In fact, ir some cases human beings often cured themselves. The Hon. J. A. Young: You have had that experience? Mr. Macmillan confessed that he had often been attracted by advertisements. Mr. W. J. Polson: We all have. The Minister stated that an unfortunate animal could not cure itself and was affected only by the medicine itself.

Mr. P. Fraser: Do you know any cases of faith cures among animals? Mr. Macmillan: An animal cannot read the label on the oottle. Mr. Fraser: It is perhaps just as well.