JOKE ON THE DOCTORS.

Star (Christchurch), Issue 10196, 4 July 1911, Page 4

JOKE ON THE DOCTORS.

INCORRECT DIAGNOSIS AND ITS AMUSING SEQUEL. It is the custom among most medical men to let no opportunity pass of discrediting any remedy that does nob bear the Hall Mark of haying been prescribed by a doctor and dispensed by a chemist. Iu other words, proprietary medicines usually come in for unqualified censure by the medical profession. They adopt a patronising and ( lofty attitude when one of those remedies com© under their notice, or when their opinion is asked regarding the merit of any such remedy they do their best to discredit- it. An amusing j illustration of how even those eminent men fail at times in their diagnosis is given in a letter received by the pro- . prietors of a well-known remedy from j a Sydney business man. This gentleman, after being examined by two ! doctors, and prescribed ior, with in- | different results, accidentally read an , advertisement giving symptoms very ' similar to his own. He determined to I try this remedy, and was not only sur- ; prised, but gratified, at the result. j | The letter published below states the facts, and, as before mentioned, they are not only amusing, but they also illustrate that not all proprietary medicines aro frauds, and that often a. result can be secured from a_ good_ proprietary remedy at <i fraction of the j cost that the same result could be ac- ' oomplished by a doctor and chemist. ■ Tho following letter from Mr G. Brandon Renton, of U, Sir John Young's Crescent, and connected with_the well- I known Wall Paper House, 397, George | Street, Sydney, points tho moral to tho above:— . " Some time ago I began losing ■ weight in an alarming manner, so much t>o that I went to see a doctor, who examined me, and came to< the conclusion it was due to overwork and worry. I j continued to lose weight, and also to | suffer from peculiar internal pains. T | became very anxious at the continued I loss of weight, and. thinking I might § bo going into a decline, went to a bo- J cond doctor, who examined me thor- j oughly, and gave about the .came s opinion as the former one had dune, j and prescribed a tonic. One night, going j home in the train. I read one of your S advertisements giving, symptoms of 3 people who have worms. The symptoms < given strongly coincided with my own, i \ and I determined to test- the question. ' j T accordingly procured a packet of your j < Comstock's "Dead Shot" Worm Pellets, and took eight tablets, and in the : 1 morning four Dr Morse's Indian Root < Pills, and, to my intense satisfaction | and relief, passed two very large | stomach worms. I too]s them in a | glass and showed them to the doctor | who had last examined me. and who | had prescribed the tonic, and it is need- jjj less to .say he was surprised at the re- ■ | suit. Altogether 1 lost thirty pounds j | in two months, due to these worms, | and you may believe me I was thor- ■ | oughly alarmed, thinking I might have- 1 | consumption. I regained all this'lost I weight immediately I rid my system of | the worms, and am in splendid health | at- present. These are tho simple facts I which speak for themselves, and 1 shall | be only too pleased to confirm them | to any person who doubts their truth. H You have my permission to use this for g publication.'—Yours truly (Signed) G. | 13. Renton." 1 The foregoing letter demonstrates 1 how a. simple ailment can be effective- | ly dealt with at a pi ico within the g roach of the poorest people, and -should | also make those people hesitate who H are continually trying to take from 1 the poorer classes their simple remo- fi dies sold at a low cost, and make the, B entire public dependent on the doctor 1 and chemist, at prices many times B higher. Anyone doubting the accur- j| acy of the above statement can ad- g dress Mr Renton. and if a stamped ad- j £ dressed envelope is .sent- ho will answer ! j any proper inouiry. "It may be added > < Comstock's " Dead Shot " Worm I'd- 1 £ lets are generally sold by all loading i ] chemists and storos, or will be sent per ; > post on receipt of price. 2s 9d per pac- 1 ) ket. The W. H. Coins lock Co., Ltd., ; < Farish Street, Wellington, ,\.Z. Thoy : i aro prepared in tho form of a confer- J f«ion or lolly, and can en>iiy h<? given i < to children, and. will he found a cor- - > ■tain remedy for the eradication of | 1 worms iu children and adults. IS <