The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1904-02-23
DEFECTIVE DIGESTION
is Responsible for Many Dangerous
Diseases-A Vigorous Stomach Is
the Great Natural Safeguard.

Few people seem to he aware of the
/ dangers Of weak, defective and dfsordered
digestion. Health reports do not give II
as a cause of death because some other
disease sets in to work destructive
changes, only made possible by the, i'm
perfect digestion, and the death is cred
tied to them.
Typhoid fever is credited with many
deaths. yet were digestion always per
feet there would be no typhoid fever
Doctors call typhoid ''enteric" meaning
/ bowel fever. II is due to a germ that in
! food or drink is swallowed 1t reaches
the bowel only by way of the stomach
1t cannot live in the secretions OF a Wig
orouS stomach. Normal gastric Juice
I would destroy and digest it. If the
stomach is weak and inactive disease
germs may succeed in passing on into the
/ bowel IN the secretions of which they
ln1Ne. and we SUffer from the diseases
that they engender. Thus a good diges-
( ton Is a great safeguard against disease
by destroying dangerous germs that in
I 1ood ana water enter the body through
the stomach
Consumption is credited with nearly one
sixth of the deaths Of adult persons No
account is made in the mortality reports
OF the fact that the chronic starvation
que 10 dyspepsia had so weakened the
half-ted tissues and reduced their vital
Iorce ana power OF resistance as to pre-
dispose OF the raVages of consumption.
Neloped in the body from putrefactive
changes in rotting. half-digested food are
credited with many deaths. No thought
seems to be given to the fact that dys-
pepSla was the real cause. People do not
seem TO realize that imperfectly digested
food putrefes. decOmpOseS, ferments and
develops peculiar poisons that are alb
sorbed into the blood. causing dangerous
ieNers. poisoning tissues and overtaNing
those organs that have To eliminate it
Every organ and tissue of the body de-
penGS on the stomach for nourishmeut
and renewal that Will prepare it to per
form satisfactorily its function and resist
disease. y strong digestion means good
rich blood: good blood means a strong.
well-nourished body. capable of resisting
disease.
Dyspepsia or Indigestion is common
complaint. There is hardly a disease that
Is not attended with or complicated hy-
( impaired digestion. DR.. Abernathy a
noted English physician once said |.
I Nine-tenths Of all diseases come from
the stomach There are many cases of
III health of which imperfect digestion is
the unsuspected cause. Often the promi-
ncnt symptoms of dVSneuSia as pa stfir.
goneness. feeling Of weight in the Ston-
ach digestive discord or gastro-intestinal
turmoil. boating or diStentiOn of the
stomach. helching of wind sour 81. watery
rsinSS. vomiting after food etc are
lacking, but there are other SYMPTOMS
not usually attributed TO dyspepsia
There may bc headaches sleeplesSneSs
F %rlttIdllN lflGN eU -0Ht f0CifnCS. nervous
ness ana depression. oppression about the
heart, loss OF flesh. rundown condition
hard 10 account for, and many vague. III
dehned or obscure symptoms that are
rF2lly due 20 defective digestion
There are many remedies on the mar
ket for impaired or diverted digestion.
hut none aTc SO economical 50 safe 81
effective. SO poDular as Stlart-s Dvs-
pepSia tablets Whether the dyspepsia is
or long standing or * merely case of
temporary Indigestion. they give prompt
and pronounced relief Their continued
use viii cure all forms Of digestive in
efficiency
IA promoting perfect digestion Stuart-s
Dyspepsia Tablets produce strong nerves.
refreshing sleep. pare blood sound and
healthy flesh; make the skin clear. tn.
eyes bright. the mind cheerful Ther
give Vigor and vitality 70 tissues and
functions that enable them 70 resist all
manner Of disease. Germs ard microbes
swallowed in food and drink are de-
stroyed by the gastric Juice and thus
many diseases are prevented No nor
tions Of food escape digestion 10 rot in
the bowel below and generate toxines aad
ptomaines that VIII poison the hood and
tissues and menace lie
Stl2rts Dyspepsia Tablets are easily
and cheaply obtained. They are for ss sTa
al al drug stores ~ 3 cents box
Send 10 F y Stuart Co. Marshall
Mich. FOR their book on stomach diseases
IL is free. a postal card Wiz bring IL