5000 DYSPEPTICS IN NEW PLYMOUTH.

Taranaki Herald, Volume LXI, Issue 144131, 28 June 1913, Page 5

5000 DYSPEPTICS IN NEW PLYMOUTH.

PHYSICIAN TELLS WHAT TO EAT, AND GIVES SOUND ADVICE TO ALL STOMACH SUFFERERS. A well-known medical practitioner recently made tho startling statement that a careful estimate shows that nearly 50 per cent, of us hare some degree of dyspepsia—-that’s about 5000 people here in New Plymouth. When it was suggested that 50 per cent, is a pretty large percentage, the doctor, seeing that he was not being taken quite seriously, spoke as follows, and with emphasis that at once dispelled all doubt as to whether or not ho was in earnest: If 50 per cent, of tho people of your town had just been exposed to smallpox, the whole town would bo panicstricken, and yet such exposure probably would not cause anywhere nearly as many deaths as will be caused, in time, by complications following mild cases of dyspepsia that are being neglected right at this minute. One drink of whisky doesn’t make a drunkard. One day’s neglect of a''mild attack of dyspepsia isn’t going td kill anybody. But nearly everyone neglects an abnormal condition of the stomach for months or years before becoming conscious of being an actual victim of real dyspepsia. And neglect, from that time on, can do damage pretty fast. It may lead to stomach ulcers or cancer and terminate fatally. Tho enormous amount of dyspepsia and its alarming increase from year to year are duo to the fact that wo don’t live normal lives. It’s not normal to eat fast, to eat ultra-fancy foods, to sit all day at a desk, to live an inactive indoor life, etc. These abnormal conditions of living cause hyperacidity of tho stomach. That means an excess of acid in the stomach contents. That excess leads to dyspepsia, indigestion, belching, distress after eating, wind, acid stomach, etc. For tho cure of any of these troubles I proscribe, first of all, tho use of some common sense. Don’t starve or go on any freak diet, but eat moderately, avoid-fancy dishes, go light on stimulants, and see if you can’t get a little more exercise. Don’t take any pepsin or patent medicines or drugs to act on tho stomach, but go to vonr chemist and got a little ordinary bisurated magnesia, and take one-half to ono teaspoonful in a little hot or cold water after each meal. The bisuratod magnesia is an antacid. It is not to act on the stomach at- all, but to act entirely upon the contents of tho stomach—to neutralise the excess acid. That is the way to get rid of your dyspepsia, indigestion, etc., and keep out of danger of developing stomach ulcers or cancer.