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Taranaki Daily News, Volume LVII, Issue 232, 10 March 1915, Page 4

PRACTICAL 'PRESCRIPTION AGAINST STOMACH ACIDITY.

(By a Specialist.) "Nine-tenths of all cases of stomach trouble nowadays," says a leading specialist, "are caused by too much acid. lii the beginning the stomach itself is not diseased, but if this acid condition is allowed to continue, the acid i 3 very likely to eat into tile stomach walla and produce stomach ulcer or cancer, either of which may render a radical surgical operation necessary, even to prolong life. Therefore an 'acid stomach' is really a dangerous condition and slur,ild lie treated seriously. It is utterly useless to take pepsin and ordinary stomach tablets. The excess acid must be neutralised by the administration of an efficient antacid. For this purpose physicians nearly always recommend taking half a teaspoonful of bisurated i magnesia in a little water after each meal. Large quantities may be used if necessary, as it is absolutely harm- : [ess. But be sure to get the bisurated. magnesia, as other forms of magnesia have not the same action in tlve atom, ach as the bisurated, and frequently do more harm than good."