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Taranaki Daily News, 8 April 1916, Page 7

A -CHEMIST'S WAKXIXG TO DYS- . PEPTICS. DBUGS THAT DECEIVE, "To the majority of sufferers from indigestion and dyspepsia drugs are a curse instead of a blessing," remarked an eminent chemist recently. "The same might also be said of various artificial digestants. Pepsin, for instance, is widely used by dyspeptics. Xow pepsin may be very valuable to the aged or to a person whose stomach is weak from long illness, but careful research has proved that in. most cases of indigestion and dyspepsia the stomach is quite healthy and the digestive organs unimpaired—the trouble is entirely due to acid in the stomach and consequent fermentation of the food contents. Artificial digestants are, of course, useless in such and I know of no drug which can .. -fely employed; but practically all chemists stock a simple antacid known as 'bisurated' magnesia, which is recommended by physicians and used in hospitals as an effective antacid and food ective. I have taken bisurated magnesia myself and have recommended it to a great many people at different times and have never yet holrd of a case where it has failed. }\ext time .you experience pain after eating, with Rushed face, heartburn, flatulence, etc., get some of thi s bisurated magnesia from your chemist and take half a teaspoonfu] in a little warm or cold water. It will instantly neutralise the harmful acid and prevent all possibility of food fermenting in your stomach. But, whatever you do, avoid drugs, and also be sure you get the 'bisurated' magnesia, for the market is flooded with crude mixtures of bismuth and magnesia, which in my opinion are likely to do more harm than good." Beautiful and interesting as the whole. Wanganui River is/ the part from the Houseboat down to Pipiriki is the 'best of all . The great walls close in, rising sheer from the water's edge. Surmounting them are stately hills whose treecrowned crests rise to kiss the heavens, and over all is spread a glorious mantle of vegetation. What an ideal place in which to spend your next holiday! Write A, Hatrick & Co., Ltd., Cook's, and Government Tourist £toau*. - 21