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Lyttelton Times, Volume CXV, Issue 16564, 30 May 1914, Page 14

WHY ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS. SCIENTIFIC REPORTS, May :- Acid in the stomach is clangorous and frequently fatal, because acid from its corrosive" nature has a natural tendency to destroy the mucous lining of the stomach itself. No one intentionally swallows hydrochloric acid, hut it is often present in large quantities as tho result of food fermentation in the stomach resulting from the chemical action, which so frequently follows the eating of the daintiest and nio-st tasty foods or the indulgence in any form of alcoholic stimulants, including beer, wine, liqueurs, ote. Tin's fermentation causes pain, uneasiness and discomfort because of the acid which burns like a red-hot iron, and the formation of gas which distends the stomach, causing shortness of breath and palpitation of the heart. The trouble being entirely duo to the unnatural condition of stomach contents, and not in any way to tho fault of the stomach itself, physicians have adopted with marvellous success tho plan of neutralising tho acid and stopping the fermentation by means of haft-a-tea spoonful of simple bistiratecl magnesia taken in a little water immediately after eating or whenever discomiort is f;>lt. The immediate relief following tho use of Bisurated Magnesia is striking proof of the contention of medical men that failure to digest food properly is almost invariably duo to tho acid condition of food contents, and in no way the fault of tho stomach or vital organs- 583

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