CONSTIPATION AND APPENDICITIS.

Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1696, 12 March 1913, Page 9

CONSTIPATION AND APPENDICITIS.

The latter usually caused b,y the former, which; in turn, has its, origin, in intestinal iridigestion. Chronic, constipation is a disease which is about as prevalent as dyspepsia and indigestion. Neatly everyone suffers' from it occasionally, but there are millions of people ivho endure it habitually, and who are accustomed to : resort to tho use of laxatives and cathartics, daily. . ' Many people seemed to have developed a perfect mania for taking pills, and instead, of' trying to ascertain the latent cause of the diseaso, and removing it by appropriate treatment, they, are content to continue tho reckless use of laxa-. tives, aperients, drastic cathartics, and' violent purgatives, until finally inflammation of the bowels occurs, which reaches the appendix, and the result is appendicitis. .. ' In investigating and. tracing the causative factors of constipation and its frequent'sequel, appendicitis, it has _ been noted by physicians that the majority of cases were preceded and accompanied by a long-standing gastro-intestinal indigestion. . The idea that appendicitis is brought, on by foreign bodies such/ as seeds, etc., becoming lodged in tho appendix, is an exploded theory. It is now definitely known that constipation is the most prolific cause of this dread disease, while the constipation itself is previously induced by intestinal indigestion or amylaceous dyspepsia—the inability to digest starches—so the relation between cause and effect is readily seen and appreciated. The absurdity, of attempting to cure constipation by the use of physio should be apparent to everyone. Laxative drugs and powerful purgatives will never cure a disease ()f this sort, and thosp who niako frequent or regular use of them will, sooner or later, sot up an inflammatory condition of the. intestinal system. A person with first-class digestion will never be annoyed With chronic constipation, nnd when this trouble does exist, instead of slugging the system with pills, liquid laxatives,' cathartics, etc., use a remedy which will cure the gasfro-intds-final indigestion, and you will find that tho constipation no longer bothers you, and with its removal, the risk of developing appendicitis will bo reduced to the minimum. 1 Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules has. been the means of curing numerous cases of constipation by first curing the intestinal indigestion. They digest every kind of food, a single grain*being capable of digesting .101)0 grains of food, and they also contain digestives which convert starch into sugnr and readily cure amylaceous dyspepsia and intestinal indigestion. If you are suffering from dyspepsia,, constipation, and, in fact, indigestion of any kind, don't run the risk nf getting appendicitis, but strike at I lie root of t he trouble—the original cause—by using li». Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, which will quickly rid you of' all functional disorders of tho alimentary tract. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are obtainable from.all medicine vendors at 2s. 6d, per tin of 80 tabulefc