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The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Wellington Provincial District]

Gallichan, Edwin

Gallichan, Edwin, Manufacturing Chemist, Ashurst. Mr. Gallichan is the proprietor of well-known and extensively used remedies for various dangerous and annoying disorders of the system. The proprietor claims that all his medicines may be relied on by the purchasing public as being genuine. Black and white advertisement for Edwin Gallichan' Bee Ointment Among the patent lines is Bee Ointment, which may be used on the weakest baby or strongest man for croup, bronchitis, colds, sprains, bruises, chapped hands, piles, and numerous other prevalent disorders. Besides being used for human beings, a special manufacture of Bee Ointment is used for horse and cattle dressing. Farmers will find the ointment useful for cows' sore teats, and cuts, girthgalls, broken knees, heat lumps, greasy heels, sore shoulders, and harness chafes on horses, are all speedily cured by a few applications of this ointment. Another of Mr. Gallichan's patent lines is the “A.C. Corn Cure,” which has had most wonderful success in very stubborn caess [sic] of hard or soft corns, warts, or bunions. Besides these lines there are the equally useful A.C. Vegetable Pills, which are acknowledged to be first-rate for dyspepsia, sick headache, and liver complaints, and suitable for male or female in all climates. It is claimed that as a blood-purifier their use will invigorate the whole system, giving renewed health and strength, freshness of complexion, and clearness of vision. Mr. Gallichan is most enterprising in introducing his excellent wares to the public, and, being an ardent cyclist, it is a common matter for him to ride from eighty to 100 miles per day in the course of business. His testimonials are numerous, and would convince the most sceptical, as they are from all classes of the community, and fully bear out what Mr. Gallichan claims for his remedies. The present writer can certify to the efficacy of Bee Ointment as a wonderful healer and remover of stiffness in the joints. Mr. Gallichan was born in London, in 1866, sailing for New Zealand at the age of nine years with his parents. After completing his education in Dunedin he was engaged on the southern goldfields for many years. Having a taste for botany and the study of medicine, Mr. Gallichan turned his attention to producing his wonderful lines, and has been most successful. The factory (a very complete one), has been established at Ashurst since 1888, and employs four travellers.