HOW DYSPEPTICS CAN AVOID DIETING.

Press, Volume LI, Issue 15335, 20 July 1915, Page 3

HOW DYSPEPTICS CAN AVOID DIETING.

A . SPECIALIST'S ADVICE

A fam<>us sto-tiach specialist,' whose writings have appeared in many languages, states that the old plan of strict dieting for dyspepsia has gradually grown into disfavour, partly on account of its weakening effect, but chiefly because of the discovery that nearly all stomach trouble is directly or indirectly due to. acidity. Ihe stomach itself not being responsible fo r this acidity, but being, in fact, inflamed., irritated and distended, thereby, it logically follows that instead of diets and medicines, the' thing to do is to get rid of the acid. For this purpose half a teaspoonfu] of bisurated magnesia in a little water, taken immediately after meals will be found unequalled, as.it instantly neutralises the acid, stops the fermentation of food, dispels the gas, and thus permits the stomach to •proceed with its work without hindrance. Owing to its prompt and certain action, bisurated magnesia, which is obtainable from any chemist. 'in either tablet or powt-*r form, should always be used in preference to the other form, of magnesia, such as the milks, carbonates or oxides and it is doubties s due to this superiority of bisurated magnesia that it is jo extensively used in leading hospitals and in the field ambulances in France. 619