WHAT DYSPEPTICS SHOULD KNOW. PHYSICIAN'S TIMELY. .ADVICE.. Tho fact that few dyspeptics really understand, the cause of their • trouble- is probably the reason why. drugs are still used to such an- alarming iextent. ■ The practice is rii'ong, however, and is strongly condemned bv many 'physicians. Tho presonco' oi'i excess acid in the stomach is the cause',of practically all forms of digestive 'trouble, and this can Iw neutralised ;and 'rendered harmless by the occasional' use of 'ordinary bisur'ated magnesia—a product which can be obtained of any chemist. Physicians use bisuratcd magnesia themselves as well as re--cnmmeml it -to thoir- beeauso. they recognise that it not only, overcomes dangerous-stomach acidand thus ensures easy digestion,' but'by its use no harmful drug is introduced into the system and 'therefore there cari.be no unpleasant after-effects. Half a teaspoonfiu taken' in a little water after meals is usually quite sufficient'to'keep the food contents or, the stomach free from'.'fermentation auci acid,.'thus onsuriug normal digestion. :
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Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 3
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157Page 3 Advertisements Column 6 Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 2213, 28 July 1914, Page 3
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