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Mataura Ensign, 21 June 1915, Page 4

GAS IN THE STOMACH IS DANGEROUS. PHYSICIANS RECOMMEND THE USE OF MAGNESIA. Sufferers from indigestion or hlyspepsia should remember that the; presence of gas or wind in the stomach invariably indicates that the stomach is troubled by excessive acidity. . .■ ’. { This'acid causes the food to ferment and the fermenting food in’turn gives rise to noxious gases, which distendsthe stomach, hamper the normal functions of vital organs, cause acute headaches, interfere with the action, of the heart, and charge the blood stream'with deadly poisons, which,’ in time must ruhi the healtli. Physicians say that tb quickly dispel a dangerous* accumulation of wind in the stomach and to stop the food fermentation -which creates the gas, the acid .in the stomach must he neutralised, and that lor this purpose there is nothing ohite so good as half a icaspoonfuj of .pure bisura ted nmgnesia taken in ‘a little water immediately after meals-. This instantly neutralises the acid, thus stopping fermentation and" the formation of gas, and enables the inflamed, distended stomach to; proceed with its work under nniural conditions. B-i- ’ surated magnesia is obtainable in jycrw-< der or tablet form from any chemist,, hut as there are many different forms of magnesia it is important that the hisnracetl which - the. physicians drescribe should ho disiinetlV-asked for. ; .• ■ 877 From north to south, from east to west, . I tour the world with tireless zest, • Mid' tropic heat or Arctic snow, y 1 My health to simple means I owec ' | Through all I have one'faithful friend, ’<• In storm and stress.'-prompt aid to lend. That fortifies me to endure, ■" ; i r ’Tis world-famed Woods’ Great Pepper-; miht-Cure. * . <L5\