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CONSTIPATION AND APPENDICITIS.

The latter is usually caused by the former, which, in turn, has its origin in intestinal indigestion. Chronic constipation is a disease which is about as prevalent as dyspepsia and indigestion. lN'enriy everyone suffers from it occasionally, but there are millions of people-who enduro it habitually, and who are accustomed t« resort to the use of laxatives and cathartics daily. M'inv people seemed to have developed a "perfect mania for taking pills, anil [itcicad of Irving to ascertain the Intent cause of the disease, and removing it by appropriate treatment, they aie content to continue the reckless use of laxatives aperients drastic cathaitics, aud violent purgatives, until finally inflammation of the bowels occurs, which roaches the arr™ (li:i > and lho result 1S °Pl>e,ldl - lC'ln investigating and tracing the causativo factors of constipation and its ireduenr mmel, appendicitis, it has teen i ot"d bv "physicians that the majority of cis-s w-re preceeded and accompanied by lung-standing gastro-iiitestinal iwh.jesidea that tppendieitis is brought (,n bv foreign liodies such as seeds., etc., becoming lodged ui the appendix, is an exploded theory. . It is now definitely known that constipation is the most prolific cnu-e of the dread disease, while the constipation itself is previously induced by intestinal indigestion or amy--l-ceou's dv<pepsta-the inability to digest starches—so the relation between cause and effect is readily scon and appreciated. | Th" absurdity of attempting, to cure constipation by the use of physjc should ha apparent to everyone. Laxative drugs and powerful purgatives will never cure « disease of this sort, and those who malasfrequent or regular us 2 ot them will, sooner or later, s:t up an inflammatory condition of the intestinal system. . person with first-class digestion will never be annoyed with chronic constipation and when this trouble does exist, instead of slugging the system with pills, liquid laxatives, cathartics, ole., use n remedy which will cure the gastro-intes-tinal indigestion, and you will find that tiie constipation no longer bothers you, alid with its removal, the risk of developing appendicitis will be reduced to tho minimum. Dr. Sheldon 5 Digestive labules have been the means of curing numerous cases of constipation by first curing tho intestinal indigestion. They digest every kind of food, a single grain being capable of digesting 3000 grains of food, and (hey also "contain digestives which convert starch into sugar and readily cure amylaceous dyspepsia and intestinal indigestion- „ . , If you are suffering frrni dyspepsia, constipation, and, in fact, indidestion of any hind, don't run flic risk of getting appendicitis, but strike at the root of flic trouble—the original cause—by using Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules, which will quickly rid you of all functional disorders I of tho alimentary tract. Dr. Sheldon's Digestive Tabules are obI tainable from all medicine vendor* at ■>•

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Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 7

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CONSTIPATION AND APPENDICITIS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 7

CONSTIPATION AND APPENDICITIS. Dominion, Volume 6, Issue 1750, 15 May 1913, Page 7

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