MYSTERIOUS STOMACH TROUBLES.

Mataura Ensign, 18 July 1914, Page 2

MYSTERIOUS STOMACH TROUBLES.

PRINCIPAL CAUSE REVEALED. A <;rcat deal of mystery i.s v made about .stomach troubles, mill mAny i>eoil>le k<) in constant dread <>(' lit'o-lout; I incapacity or the horrors of the «]X?ratinc table just because tliey exi)oriniico pain in tlio region of the 'stomach fop which thev on nn.it, account. Instead of looking for ihe cause of the trouble they seem only too ready to dwribo i themselves as "martyrs to indigestion" or dyspeptics." Excess: ve a:•:<!« 1y is said to be tlio cause ot more than "HI per rent, of all stomach troubles. according to many eminent the occasional use of a reliable antacid, Mich as half a teaspooni'ul of pure Uisnrated magnesia in a little water after meals, will do more towards -rifrhling stomach derangements than all the patent fowls and medicines ever invented. becaußO \- tliis gets at the root of the trouble—stops the fermentation of tlio food contents and neutralise* the acids which otherwise would irritate and inflame the stomach. .520