HOW PILLS ARE MADE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume IX, Issue 2869, 10 April 1888, Page 3

HOW PILLS ARE MADE.

The Custom of taking medicine in tli form of pills dates far back in history The object is to enable us to swallov sasily in a condensed form disagreeabl md nauseous, but very useful drugs. T vhat vast dimensions pill-takiiw ha 'town may be imagined when we sa' liafc in England alone about 2,000,000,00' two thousand million) pills are consumei very year. In early days pills wer nade slowly by hand, as the demand wa omparatively small. To-day they ar> iroduced with infinitely greater rapidit; iy machines especially contrived for th> mvpose, and with greater accuracy, too a the proportions of the various ingredi nts employed, No form of medication can be bette han a pill, provided only it is intelli ;ently prepared. But right here occur, he difficulty. Easy as it may seem ti nalce a pill, or a million of them, then re really very few pills that can to lonestly commended for popular use tfosfc of them either undershoot o: ivershoot the mark. As everybod; akes pills of some kind, it may bo wel o mention what a good, safe, mm •eliable pill should bo. Now, when oni eels dull and sleepy, and has mora o ess pain in the head, sides, and back, h nay be sure his bowels are constipated md his liver sluggish. To remedy tin mhappy state of things there is nothiii] ike a gjod carthatic pill. It will ac ike a charm by stimulating the live nto doing its duty, and ridding tin ligestive organs of the accumulate! joisonous matter, But the good pill does not cjiipc an< lain us, nor does it make .us sick o miserable for a few hours or a whole day r .t acts on the entire glandular systom a ho same time, else the after effect of tin lill will be worse than the disease itself Che griping caused by most pills is tin :esulfc of irritating drugs which they con ;aiu. Such pills are harmful and shouli leverbe used, They sometimes evei produce hemorrhoids, "Without havinj my particular desire to praise one pil ibove mother, we may say, never-the ess that Mother Seigel's Pills, mauufac aired by the well-known house of A. J iVhite, Limited, 35, Farringdon Row jondon, and now sold by all chemis ,nd medicine vendors, is the only om ve know of that actually possesses everi lesirablo quality. They remove the pres ure on the brain, correct the liver, am' ause the bowels to act with ease and hgularity. They never gripe or produce he slightest sickness of the stomach, ot ny other unpleasant feoling or symptom, (either do they induce further constipaion, as nearly all other pills do, As a urther and crowning 'merit, Mother Hegel's Pills are covered with a tasteless .nd. Iwmlew coatin? which causes them

to resemblo pearls, thus rendering them as pleasant to the palato, as they are offeotual in curing disease. If you have a severe cold and are threatened with a fever, with pains in the head, back, and limbs, ono or two doses will break up the cold and prevent the fevor. A coated tonguo with a brackish taste in the mouth is caused by foul matter m the stomach. Adoso oE Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy euro. Ottontimos partially decayed food m the stomach and bowels prodcues sickness, nausea &o. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these pills and good health will follow. Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not mako you feel worse beforo you are bettor. They are, without doubt, the best family physic over discovered. They remove- all obstructions to tlio natural functions in either sex, without any unpleasant effects.