HOW PILLS ARE MADE.
Tho custom of taking modicitio in tli form of pills dates far back in history, Tho objoct is to enablo .us to swallo easily in a condensed form disagreeable and nauseus, but very useful drugs. To what vast dimeusioiiß pill-taking has grown may bo imagined when wo say thatinEnglan«ttlouuabout2,ooo,ooo,ooo two'thousand million) pills areconsumed overy "year. In early days pills were made slowly by hand, as tho demandwaß comparatively email. To-day tknyare producod with infinitely greater rapidit by machines especially contrived for th purpose, and with groateraccutacy, too in the proportions of the various iugred ionts employed. .
No formofmodicationcan bo bettei than a pill, providod only it is intelligently prepared. But right here occurs tho difficulty. Easy as it may seem to make a pill, or a million of them, there ® really very few pills that cm be onestly oommendwl for popular 030 Most of thorn either undershoot or over shoot the mark. As everybody*ta pills of some kind, it may be w :
mention what a good, safe aud ro!' pill should be. Now, wHon ono f dull and sleepy, and ba» rnoru or pain in tho head, eides, and back, maybe.Bure hisbewols are constipate and his liver sluggish. To reim dy th unhappy Btato of things thore iB no;hi like a pood cathartic pill. It will act like a charm by stimulating the liver j into doing its duty, and ridin? the digestive organs of the accumulated oisimousmattor
' But the good pill does nob gripe and pain us, neither does it make us sic and miserable iorafoiv hours, or'a whole day- It acts on tho entiro glandular system at tho samo timo, else the after.
effects of the pill will bo worso than the disease itself. The. gripiHg caused by most pills ib tho result of irritating drugs which thoy contain.' Such pills ire harmful, and should never bo used. Thoy Bomotimes oven produce hemorrhoids Without having any particular desire to praiso ono pill above another, we may, novorthelpss, name MothorSeigoirsPills, manufactured by the well-known house of A. J Wliito, Limited, 35, Farrmgdon Road, London, and now sold by nil chnmiatß and medicino vendors, as the only one we know ot that actually possesses every deiirablo quality. They remove tho pressure uppn the brain, 'orrect the liver, and causo the bowolsto
act with easoand regularity. Thoy mei gripe or produco the slightest Biokaees of the stomach, ur any other unploasanl 1 ng or symptom. Neither do they ther constipation, as nearly all other pills do. As a tnrtherand cr ing morit, Mother Shell's Pis arc covered with ataßteleis and harmless coating, which causes them,to resemble pearls, thus rondermg them as ploasan to the palato aa thoy are effective'' iii curing diseases. If you ba.ve a cold, and aro threatened Tvith a leVer'j ono or twoin the head, back, and limbs', and prevo'doses will break up th'e : coid with a bntthofevor. A coated tonguiili caused brackish tasto in the mouth, y foul matter 'in the fctomae A-dose of SeiKel'a" Pills will effect • speedy euro." Oftontimes partially d oayed food in the stomach, and bowles produces sickness, nausea, &c. Olgsjjise the bowels with a dose of theso pills; and food health will follow. ' Unliko many kinds of pillß, they do nut make yiiu feel worse before you'arc butter. They are, without doubt, thu best- family pjiy sio ever discovered. Thoy remove all to (Ija iiijtee
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3589, 16 August 1890, Page 4
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567HOW PILLS ARE MADE. Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3589, 16 August 1890, Page 4
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