ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume CXVII, Issue 17287, 30 September 1916, Page 13

ACID STOMACHS ARE DANGEROUS.

NINE-TENTHS OF ALL S'i'OMAoll * ‘TROUBLE SAID ’lO BE DUE 10 ACIDITY. \ PHYSICIAN’S ADVICE ON CAUSE AND CURE. *A famous physician, whose successful researches into the cause and cure o. stomach and intestinal diseases have earned for him an international reputation, said in the course of a recent lecture that nearly all intestinal troubles, as well as .many diseases ol the vital organs, were directly tracer a bio to a deranged condition ot the stomach, which in turn was due nine times out of ten to excessive _ acidity, which not only irritated and inflamed the, delicate lining of the stomach, but also set up gastritis and stomach ulcers. It is interesting to note that lie and his colleagues have secure'., remarkable results by tho use oi ordinary bisnrated magnesia, which, by .neutralising tho acidity of the food, removes the source ot tho trouble. Ho‘contends that it ; is as foolish to the stomach itspif as it, wculc. bo for a man who stepped on a tack to mb liniment- on the foot, without first removing the tack. Remove the tuck and the loot will heal itself —neutralise the acid and stomach troubles will disappear. Irritating medicines and medical treatments are useless, so long as tho contents of the stomach remain acid; remove the acidity, and there will bn no need for medicine—tho inflamed lining of the stomach will then heal itself. Sufferers from acidity should get- a small bottle of bisnrated magnesia from their chemist, and take . half a teaspoonful in a quarter of a- glass of hot or cold water after locals, repeating in fifteen minutes, if necessary, this being the dose which the doctor has found most efficacious in all cases. 000