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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1881, 15 October 1913, Page 5

HOW TO NEUTRALISE DANGEROUS STOMACH ACIDS. Few people besides physicians realise the importance of keeping the food contents of the stomach free from acid fermentation. Healthy normal digestion cannot take place while the delicate lining of the stomach is being iuilained and distended by acid and wind—tlio results of fermenting food in tlio stomach. To secure, porfect digostion, fermentation must be stopped or prevented, and the acid neutralised. For this purpose physicians usually recommend getting a little bisnratrtl magnesia from the chemist and taking half a teaspoonful in a little hot or cold water immediately after eating. They Tecommend bisurated magnesia because it is pleasant to take, has no disagreeable after effects, and instantly stops fermentation, neutralises the acid aiul makes the sour acid food bland, sweet, and easily digested. The regular use of bisurntcd magnesia —be sure you get the bisurntcd, as other kinds of magnesia are of little value—is an absolute guarantee of healthy, normnl digestion, for it overcomes and prevents that acid condition which aloue is the cause of trouble*—Adyb -J