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North Otago Times, Volume CVI, Issue 13975, 8 September 1917, Page 3

STOMACH DRUGGING 18 ( DANGEROUS. ' " DOCTORS NOW ADVISE ' MAGNESIA, Just Itow dangerous it is to indiscriminately dose the stomach wjtli drugs •and medicines is often not realised until top late. It seenis so simple to swallow'a dose of some special 1 mixture or tq take tablets of pepsin, etc., after meals, and the folly of this drugging is not apparent until perhaps, years afterwards. Regrets are then unavail- ; ing; it is in the eai'ly stages when, flatulence, indigestion, dyspepsia, heartburn, etc., indicate excessive acidity of the stomach anil fermentation' of the food contents, that precaution should lie .taken. Drugs are unsuitable and often dangerous—tlicy. have little or no influence upon the harmful; acid, and that is why doctors are discarding them and advising sufferers from -digestive.aml stomach trouble to get rid of the dangerous acid and keep the food ) contents bland and sweet by taking, a little bisurnted. magnesia instead. Bisiirated\niagnesia is an antacid, which can readily bf/obtained from the chemist.. It. is practically tasteless, and half a teaspoonful taken in a little warm or cold water after meals will usually be found quite sufficient to instantly neutralise excessive acidity of. the stomach and prevent possibility of the food fermenting. 1 H 474