PUBLIC OPINION.

Waikato Times, Volume 105, Issue 17606, 10 January 1929, Page 9

PUBLIC OPINION.

As expressed by correspondents, whose letters are welcome, but for whose views we have no responsibility, Correspondents are requested to write In inis NATIONAL HEALTH. (To the Editor.) Sir, —Your leading artlole upon the above subject in Monday’s issue Is of much public interest and covers a good deal of ground. In this connection it is becoming evident, from what Is taking place in America and other countries, that we may have another invasion of influenza with all its distressing consequences. May I ask you to reprint the following newspaper extract, and can only add that, since it appeared, many have testified to the great value of the creosote pipe as a protection from influenza and all lung troubles.- —I am, etc., E. G. SHEPHERD.

In view of the regular occurrence every winter of influenza and other throat and lung'troubles, It is evident

that the general public are not aware of the wonderful properties of creosote as a preventive and, cure for all difficulties of this kind. It was first brought to my notice by the late Mr Pcgler, senr., of Raglan, who claimed that creosote had cured him of consumption after his case had been given up by a leading Auckland doctor as hopeless. I paid little attention at the time to this alleged cure, but some years later I read among English news: “Remarkable cures of consumption are being effected in England by physicians through the use of the fumes of creosote.” This convinced me that Mr Pegler was correct in his statements about creosote, and since that time, now over 12 years, I have never had a serious attack of throat or lung troubles, for the occasional use of the creosote pipe has been a complete protection against anything of the kind. The creosote Is used in a very simple manner. A short piece of bamboo, a small bit of wadding, and a little creosote is the whole outfit. The wadding, damped with creosote, is inserted at one end of the pipe, and the other end is tapered off to form a mouthpiece. The fumes from the creosote, whioh Is of a volatile nature, are drawn through the mouth' until the lungs are well fllled, and are held there as long as possible, then are expelled through the nostrils, thus, making the complete circuit. If this is

repeated for, say, tea times, it will be 1 sufficient for some hours, and a few applications will convince the most sceptical of its good effects. During the past 12 years I have distributed hundreds of little outflts among friends and others suffering from bronohial troubles, and have never known a failure, and, in some cases, I have known chronlo bronchitis to be completely cured, but one private individual con do little to popularise anything, so I respectfully ask you to make this information public.

HAMILTON BATHS. (To the Editor.) Sir,—May I, crave some of your valuable space to remark upon, firstly, those councillors who had the temerity and foresight to dare to introduce such awful reforms as mixed bathing; and, secondly, such vastly improved hours of admittance? To those councillors I convey my congratulations and the D. 5.0., for to' work such miraculous reforms in a council of such antiquated and fossilised "kill-joys” as we possess is certainly no m6an feat. As a contemporary wi'ote in your excellent paper a few _ni£hts ago, mixed bathing at the lake, why not the baths? The hours of entry are also, in my opinion, the best we have yet had "dished up” to us. At least, until this evening, I thought so. For instance, after work I decided to have a game of tennis, followed by a nice refreshing and cooling dip in order to simmer down a little. So upon looking up the Times of a week or so ago, I discovered that after much heavy, thoughtful and hurtful thinking on the part of our dear old councillors, we were bequeathed on Tuesday evenings mixed bathing between the hours of 7 and 8 p.m. Please notel So, according to my mapped-out campaign, I duly toddled along to the “wash-house,” arriving about 7.35. p.m., and enjoying thoughts of the 25 minutes’ cooling dip I am about to indulge in. But I am informed, in a sweet voice, that I have only 10 minutes at my disposal in which to ease off steam. Ten minutes in which to‘ undress, bathe and redress! Naturally I would not go to the trouble for such a massive period of time. - We have a bath at home, anyway, hours unlimited! But why advertise the hours as 7 p.m. to 8 p.m. when actually, it seems to me, the baths shut anything-from a-quarter to haif-an-hour before' time? If 7 to 7.45 is an hour, well, it’s the most shrlvelled-up one I ever heard of, un-' less, perhaps, daylight saving goes backwards and not as we would naturally think. If the hours are as advertised, then stick t,o them. What is the caretaker paid for? Surely he can wait for 10 minutes after 8, instead of rushing bathers out about half-an-hour before time sfo that he may leave on the tick, which rightly belongs to the swimmers.—l am, etc,, NOT YET COOL. Hamilton. Jan. a.