SHOULD DYSPEPTICS OIET? A SPECIALIST'S VALUABLE ApVICB. . "Dyspepsia, indigestie-ii, flatulence, and practically all forms Of stomach troubfe," writes a leadiiiß spe«i:alis(, "are in M/arfy every instance the direct result of food ferinentation. and the consequent protluc tion in the stomach of. acid Jiwl £;as which irritate and dUteml the stowucli and make normal : <ligßsti-eH impossible. The gos by distending the stomach ar>d pressing upon , the. sorroandins v it*tl organs seriously iulerf'jr-cs with their work, and frequently Causes palpitation of the heart; but the acid is much more--dangerous, because it* irritates, then i»; flames, and even ulcerates Hi-o delicate lining of the stomach, producing dangerous stomach ulcers and oven cancer. Food fermentation-being primarily responsible for all the trouble, it was long the custom of .physicians to permit tho use only of such foods as could not ferment, liiii tmfortuuatcly unfermentiible Coods were soon found to be <=o lacking in nutrition as »« r/isulc in partioJ staivation and rapid less of strength iind vitality. In view of this fact, physicians- newadays seldom, if ever. Tecommend dieting, hut ndopt fa , stead the more logical plan of permitting tho eating of any food that may be desired,' and then preveatm-g fermentation by neutralisms the acidity. This they do by prescribing Iwlf a tftaspoonfnl of bisurated magnesia in .I,little woinj water immediately after meats. This simple antacid is obtainable ffom any chemist, and so Temarkable are its pneulior pronprties that ilvspepti-i-s and stomach sufferers can "eat practically aayniiKU they wants so long as a liltle bism'ated roasnfsia is taken immwliatelv afforwards." Die-tin" for dysneptics is seldom iuitess-aw. and will soon be a tiling of tlip past Bp sure to get thp- same a-? wlwt the doctors prescribed. It is b/isurnf<«l iiiaK"C'S!*a. spelled b-i-s-u-r-n-t-P-il. Other forms bnariii! , sonifwhal: similar c'liPiniKi! uawes arc lacliii'i m its petulinrly valuable pro■pcrlics.—Advt.
A misernbly-clad woman was found by the police lying in Uio_stree(, in a l'ar!« slum tho other day. She was taken to tlip Chnrite Hospila!, ttjiers M'>o in note* and -jjolc! was found rfctni inside 1/cf ras,s,'cd skirt. The wonirtii want out phnrins, and her neiglib<!«rs believed Jmr M he so noor thiil. they had wen in tlin Imbit of giving her im:ss»U of food and clotkins. .'. .. '
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2137, 1 May 1914, Page 5
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368Page 5 Advertisements Column 1 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2137, 1 May 1914, Page 5
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