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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1865, 26 September 1913, Page 8

HOW TO PREVENT ACID STOMACHS AND FOOD FERMENTATION. BY A. STOMACH SPECIALIST. As a specialist who lias spent many years in the study and treatment of stomach troubles, I liavo been forced to tho conclusion that most people who complain of stomach trouble possess stomachs that are absolutely healthy and normal. Tho real trouble, that which causes all tho pain and difficulty, is acid in tho stotnnoh, usually due to, or aggravated by, food fermentation. Acid irritates tho delicato lining of the stomach and food fermentation causes wind, which distends tho stomach abnormally, causing that full Moated foeling. Thais both acid and fermentation ijiterfe.ro with and retard the process of digestion. Tho stomach is usually healthy and normal, but irritated almost past endurance by theso foreign elements—acid and. -wintl. In all mich oases—and they comprise over DO per cent, of all stomach difficulties—tho first and only step necessary is to r.eutraliso tho acid anil stop tho fermentation by taking in a little warm or cold water immediately I after eating,-hialf a_ teaspoonful of blsurated magnesia, which is doubtless tho best and only really effective antacid and food corrective known.. Tho acid will bo neutralised and tho fermentation stopped almost instantly, and your stomach will at once proceed to digest the food in a healthy, normal manner. Bo suro to ask your chemist for tho bisuratcd magnesia, as I have found other forms utterly lackin" in its peculiarly valuablo propertios. -F.J.Q.—Adr.U