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New Zealand Herald, Volume LIII, Issue 16204, 14 April 1916, Page 3

t HOW DRUGS DELUDE c DYSPEPTi.CS A MENACE TO HEALTH. j DrsrKPTics who kk« drugs commit a crime against thoir heal*.', i'o" drugs do not cure dyspepsia, neither do they ], possess the power to neutralise acid in the 0 stomach, which is the underlying causa of "Tust forms of digestive and stomach trouble Drugs may appear to give relief i in some- cuseb of indigestion and dyspepsia, bn* Out is because they numb the nerves * ! o>f the s'omacli and render them insml S'bl'j '..< •■tin. Herein lies the r' ef j danger: tv symptoms of '}"> i-ouble re covered up ana hidden, wlu.e tlw caus« of the trouble— is, the Jck'. in the t< ! tur.iiuli— as active and as danger- I |vv as ever, and may in course of time I : ( ie gastric ulcers to form. 7 i i'hysicians have demonstrated over and 1 I over ag." in that the stomach cannot regain I strength or the digestive organs recover i thf-i; power to function normally unless j kept free from irritant acid, and this can c ] b.i acliieved with safety and certainty by taking half a teaspoonful of hisuriited ro.vgnesia in a little water immediately ± after every meal. It can be relied upon % to neutralise acid and prevent fermentation of the food. Thif? method is now being employed by hospital' '*' roughout the country with marked success, and wo aro sure the « recipe will prove valuable to many of our readers. No difficulty should be experienced in obtaining tho bisurated magnesia, for it is slocked by high-class chemists everywhere, but make sure that o you get the bisurated form of magnesia, a for the cxides, sulphates, and citrates are t quito unsuitable.— (Advt.) c I '' ' •