HOW PILLS ARE MADE
The custom of taking medicine in th form of pills dates far back in history, Tho object is to enable us to swallo easily in a condensed form disagreeable and nauscus, but very useful drugs. ■To what vast dimensions pill-taking has grown may be imagined when wo say thatinEnglanaaloneabout2,ooo,ooo,ooo two thousand million) pills areconsuined every year., In early days pills woro made slowly by hand, as the demandwas comparatively small. To-day they are produced with infinitely greater rapidit by machines especially contrived for th purpose, and with greater accuracy, too in the proportions of the various ingred ients employed. No form of medication can be better than a pill, provided only it is intelligently prepared. But right here occurs the difficulty.' Easy as it may seem to make a pill, or a millioa of them, there a really very few pills that c.in be onestly commended for popular use Most of them oitlier undershoot or over shoot the mark. As overybody ta pills of somo kin.d, it may be -w mention what a good, safe and rol pill should bo. Now, when one f dull and sleepy, and has more or pain in the head, sides, and back, may bo sure his bowols are constipate and his liver sluggish, To remedy th unhappy state of things tliero is nothi like a rood cathartic pill. It will act like a charm by. stimulating"tho liver into doing its duty, and- riding the disestivo organs of the. accumulated oison ous matter
But the good pill,does not gripe and pain ua, neithor Joes it make ua sio and miserable for a few hours, or a wholo day- Jt acta on the entire glandular system at the same time', else the after effects of the pill will be worse than tho disease itself, Tho griping caused by most pills is the result of irritating drugs which thoy contain. Such pills ire harmful, and should nover be used. They sometimes oven produce hemorrhoids Without having any particular desire to praise one pill above another, we may, nevertheless, name ITothorSeigeH'sPills, manufactured by the well-known house of A. J. White, Limited, 35, Farnngdon Road, London, and now sold by all chemists and medicine vendors, as the only one wo know ot that actually possesses every desirable quality. Thoy remove tho pressure upon the brain, -orrect the liver, and cause the bowels to act with ease and regularity. They rover gripe or produce the slightest siokness of the stomach, or any other unpleasant l.i g or symptom. Neither do they _ ther oonstipation, as nearly bii other pills do. As a further and cr ing merit. Mother Seigell's Pills are covered with a tasteless and harmless coating, which causes them to resemblo pearls, thus rendering tlieii) as ploasan to the palate as thoy are effective ill curing disoastss., If you have a severe cold, and are threatened with a ie»& one or twoin the head, back, and limbs, and prove doses will break up the cold with a bnt tho fever. A coated toiwubil caused brackish taste in the mouth, • y foul matter'in (he stomao A dose of SeWs Pills will effect speedy cp. Oftentimes partially d ■ wyed food in the stomach and bowl.es produces sickness, nausea, &c. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these 'pills. and' good health will follow. ■•V'/fj Unlike many kinds of pills, they di> not make you feel worse before you are bettor. ' They are, without doubt, the best family physic ever discovered. They remove all obstructions to the nature functions without air? unpleasant effects
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Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3596, 25 August 1890, Page 4
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595HOW PILLS ARE MADE Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XI, Issue 3596, 25 August 1890, Page 4
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