The San Francisco call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1895-1913, 1909-08-04
DISEASE Turks IN
DUST OF STREETS
Wind Blown San Francisco an
Ideal Breeding Ground
for Germs
Catarrh and Intestinal Disorders
Sure to Result From
Breathing Dirt

Dust from the wind blown streets of
San Francisco has caused more disease
here than any other single element of
danger according to the Cooper
stomach man." The price of rebuild
ing has been far more than the mere
cost of brick and mortar, for the dirt
raised in construction operations, to-
gether with the untidy conditions of
the streets, has Slapped the physical
sinews of the citizens, he says.
The Cooper stomach man" has been
meeting the people of the bay cities at
the Owl drug store in the Phelan build
ing. His theory that stomach trouble
is responsible for most of the ailments
of humanity has caused widespread
comment. When interviewed yester-
day he said:
Dirt and dust is the big danger in
San Francisco. Lime and sand from
the mortar mixing operations on the
big new buildings and the dust that
gathers in the torn up streets blow into
the face and are absorbed into the
throat. nostrils and stomach. The
filthy down town streets of San Fran
cisco are veritable breeding grounds
for disease germs of all kinds, but
catarrh may be caused even without
germs. The dust particles gather in
the throat and pass on to the stomach,
irritating the mucous membranes
Catarrh Of the stomach. that most
prevalent of all diseases, follows;
According to my theory catarrh of
the stomach is to blame for 95 per cent
of all i'll health. The stomach becomes
coated with a catarrhal condition and
the food instead of properly digesting
ferments and forms gas. Malassimila-
ton of food causes bad blood, head
aches, nervousness, dyspepsia, gas
tritis, kidney disorders, liver trouble
and constipation.
'All of these complaints are merely
symptoms of the one great fault-ca-
tarrh of the stomach. Treat the cause
and the symptom disappears. Treat
the symptoms. and while you may re-
lieve in one spot the disease itself gets
worse. The medicine that I have been
introducing in San Francisco goes to
the root of the trouble. That is why
hundreds of people living here have
come forward to say that my medicine
has cured when other forms of treat
ment have failed That is why 1000
people in San Francisco are now taking
my remedies"
constant stream of visitors surged
around the stomach man" at the Owl
drug store yesterday. An hour spent
beside him disclosed fully a score of
people who had come in to thank him
for what his medicine had done for
them. Cooper said that any person
could drop in at any time of the day
from 10 o'clock in the morning to 6
o'clock at night and see the same thing.
One of those who consented to talk
for publication about Cooper was
Thomas B. Hopper of Santa Rosa. He
said:
This man Cooper's remedy cured me
of stomach trouble in the worst form
after l had doctored for it for five
years. l suffered from gas on the
stomach with belching. Everything L
ate fermented and caused me great
pain. l gained 81 pounds from an eight
weeks course of treatment with Coop
er's remedies, and my wife, who also
took the medicine, gained 16 pounds
in six weeks. / can now eat and digest
any and every thing and life at last
seems worth living. 1t is easy to tell
the reason for Cooper's success in
treating stomach trouble, and 1 for one
want to say that he deserves every bit
of it," =