WHY ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS.

Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 10, 30 May 1914, Page 5

WHY ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS.

Scientific Reports, Mays—Acid in .stomach is dangerous and fatal, because acid from its corrosiw|l nature lias a natural tendency to dnl| stroy the mucous lining,of the stomßsfeSj|j| itself. Xo ono intentionally wallopjn hydrochloric acid, but it is" often prWH sent in large quantities as the' resd»|| of food fermentation in tho stomach fjEH suiting from chemical, action, whfafe frequently follows tho eating of wiM da'miliost and most tasty foods or lj|99 indulgence in any form of alcoholic itiM , ulants, including beer, wine, liquewjH letc. This fermentation causes pun t 4KHH easiness and discomfort because oflpHK aciil which burns like a red-hot 4MB and the formation of gaa which Mgm tends the stomach, causing breath and palpitation of the h*MH The troub'.e be.iyp entirety due te'ttH unnatural condition of stomach ssj|S| tents, and not in any way to the jWgflS of the stomach itself, plivßkiaiwiMH n adopted with marvellous *wccm the wHH of neutralism;? the acid and stoppinlyHHj 10 fermentation by means of haIWJjSHB tea spoonful of simple bisurated majfMjlffl taken in a litt'.e water imimcdiateMHH tor eating w whenever diwomfor||S| felt. The immediate relief fyllowiafljH ' use of "btenratcd" magnesia ]||mH proof of tfio contention of tli." t failure to (ii.'.'cst food. almost inyariubly due to tilfl MCBHH to dition of'food contents, and the fault of the stomach or jitaJtfalß