The age-herald. [volume] (Birmingham, Ala.) 1897-1902, 1902-04-24

in spite of good living, finds himself los
ing flesh, falling off in weight. He won
ders why it. can be- He has plenty to eat
and he,eats plenty, yet he grows thin and
weak But his condition is easily ex-
planned. As the fence is TO che field SO
is the stomach to the body. A weak
fence leaves the lcrop at the mercy of the
hungry invader. A weak stomach leaves
the body at the mercy of disease, and
disease is alwaysE hungry. The farmer
knows that planting does not make pros
perity. After the planting the seed must
be protected and cultivated until the
single grain becomes the full ear. It is
so with the harvest of health. Eating
alone, the putting of food into the stom-
ach, does not make strength The food
eaten must be digested and assimilated
before the body can be benefited by it.
When the stomach is weak digestion is
imperfect, and the nutaitive value of the
food eaten is largely lost Hence the
farmer who plants food in the weak
stomach and expects a crop of strength in
the body'is disappointed It's the story
over again of the hole in the fence.
Loss of flesh, decrease in weight, are
among the surest signs of disease. When
the body is starved it dies. When suf
ficient food is eaten to sustain the body
and the body loses instead of gains, it is
being starved, and there is only one end
to starvation The very fact that flesh is
being lost locates the disease in the
stomach. Heart, lungs, liver, kidneys
any and all other organs may be involved,
but the loss of flesh points to loss of
nutrition, and that surely means "weak !"
or diseased stomach. In such cases the
rule is, "Cure the stomach and you cure
the body" V is because DIR. Pierce's
Golden ]" Discovery cures diseases
of the stomach and other organs of diges-
ton and nutrition that it cures diseases
of heart, liver, lungs, kidneys, ETC., which
have their origin in diseases of the
stomach, and the consequent loss of nutri-
ton which weakens the whole body and
every organ of the body.
cI used ten bottles of DIR. Pierces Golden
Medical Discovery and several walls of his
Pleasant Pellets year ago this spring, and
have had no trouble with Indigestion since"
writes Mr.. w. T. Thompson, of Townsend,
Broadwater Co., Montana "Words fail to tell
how thankful l ain for the relief as I had suf-
fered so much and it seemed that the doctors
could do me no good. got down in weight
to I25 pounds, and not able to work at all.
Now | weigh nearly 100 and can do days
work on the farm"
If lost flesh indicates disease, 80 the reg
the curing of disease. When the body is
of Golden Medical Discovery the feelil
on the scales.
III wish to say to the world that DIR, Pierces
great blessing to me-" writes Mrs. Ellen E. BIZ
'Prior to September, 1897, had doctored for NJ
through course of treatment without any real
sick spells and grew worse could eat but littl'
take DR.. Pierce's medicine, and in short tim
tu,enty pounds in tho months"
If you are rundown, weak, emaciated,
ishing you. The stomach is diseased.
recover the lost physical strength use DR..
1t is not a mere tonic or stimulant, but
matchmaking medicine, working with n
strength by nutrition.
Sick people are invited to consult DIR.
pondence is strictly confidential Address
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