HOW PILLS ARE MADE?

Timaru Herald, Volume XLVIII, Issue 4541, 17 May 1889, Page 4

HOW PILLS ARE MADE?

The custom of taking medicine m the orm of pills dates far back m history. The object ia to enable ua to Bwallow easily m a- condensed form disagreeable arid nauseous, but very useful, drugs. To what very vast dimensions pill-taking has grown may be imagined when we say that m Knghml alono about 2,000,000,000 <two thousand million) pilla are conaamed every year. In early days pilla were mn'lo slowly by hand, as the demand w ■ ■•> comparatively small. To-day they are produced with infinitely greater npi'litv by maoiiinen especially contrived for the purpose, arid with grealor accuracy, ton, m tlio proportions of the various ingredients .■rnplofnd. No form of medication can be better than .1 pill, provided only it m intelligently pre-(i-irul. Hut right hero occurs the difficulty. IC;ny an it may aeem to make a pill, or » million of them, thero are really very fuw pill-, thai, can be honestly commended for popular u»o. Most of thorn either undershoot >,r uvmhootthe mark. As everybody takes pilN r,t »me kind, it may be well to mention what a nood, safe, uid reliable pill should be. Now, when one feels dull and slrepy, and lm« more or less pain m the heßfl, nidei, and back, hi- it. iv be turn hi* bowels nro constipated, and hi* Hvi;r Blii(/((ish. To remedy this unhappy jiito of tliiiij.'.) there is nothing like a good <vifh'irti<: tiill.' It will act like it (■harm by sti'riiilatitij( the liver into doing its duty, and riil'ling the digestivo organs of tho iii'iiiiuilated Doi«onou« rnnttcr. lint tlin good pill doei not gripo and pain iih, neither does if mnko us nick and miiumbln fr.r :i few liKiirn orn wholo day. It acts on Uie entire glandular system at the samo time, el- tlieuftir-effcct" of tlio pill will be wor*,i th n the disflUHo itself. Tho gripine caused hv ■iich pills m 1.h.) result of irritating druga vrhirli they iwnlain. Such pills are harmful and should nuvi-r be iiikJ. Ihoy somotimes pro- lure heinorrhoidn. Without having uny partieiitur desire to prniw; oiib pill uhovo another, wo may, nevcrt.hjjlcH, name Mother

Seieel'a Pills, manufactured by the well known nouseof A. J. While, Limited, 36 Farringdon Bond, London, and now sold by all chemists and medicine vendors, as the only one we know of that actually possesses every desirable quality. They remove the pressure upon the brain, "correct the liver, and cauß» the bowels to act with ease and regularity. They never gripe or produce the slightest sickness of the" stomach, or any other unpleasant feeling or symtom. Neither do they induce further constipation, us nearly all other pills do. As » further and crowning merit, Mother Seigel's Pills are covered with a tasteless and harmless coating, which causes them to resemble pearls, thus rendering them as pleasant to the palate aa they are effective m cui-ing disease. If you havo a severe cold and are threatened with a Taver, with pains m the head, back, and limbs, one or two doses will break up tho cold and prevent the fever. A coated tongue, with a brackish taste m the mouth is caused by foul matter m the stomach. A dose of Seigel's Pills will effect a speedy cure. Oftentimes partially decayed food m tho stomach and bowels produces Bickness, nausea, etc. Cleanse the bowels with a dose of these pills and good health will follow. Unlike many kinds of pills, they do not make you feel worse before you are better. They are, without doubt, the best family physio ever discovered. They romovo all obstructions to the natural functions m either sex without any unpleasant effect*.