McNairy County independent. (Selmer, McNairy County, Tenn.) 1902-1969, 1916-09-29
DYSPEPSIA MANS
GREATEST ENEMY
Distressing MaIady Has Baftled
the Medical Profession
Many Years

Explaining the record breaking de-
mand for Tanlac, G. F. Willis, south
+ern representative for L. T. Cooper,
manufacturer of the celebrated med
icine, stated recently in Atlanta, that
the thousands of questions that were
being asked all over the South re-
garding it make it imperative that
some explanation be made to satisfy
the public interest.
Speaking of Tanlac, he said: "Thous-
ands of the most prominent people
in fact-in the leading cities of the
country. where this celebrated medi-
cine has been accomplishing such re-
markable results, are even more en-
thusiastic over Tanlac than Mr.. Coop
er himself.
In explanation of this, it should
be stated that Tanlac is believed to
be the first actually direct specific for
catarrhal inflammation of the stomach,
or what is more commonly known as
dyspepsia, and the complications
which follow it,"
At this point Mr.. Willis quoted
from one of Mr., Cooper's recent lee
lures, in which he said: "Of all the
distressing conditions that afiiict
humanity, chronic dyspepsia is proba-
bly, the most prevalent. This most
universal malady has baflled the medi-
cal profession for years, and the most
skilled specialists have been unable to
cope with it successfully.
Hours might be consumed in de-
scribing the sufferings, mental and
physical, of the sufferers of chronic
dyspepsia, and their failure hereto
fore to get relief. A morbid, unreal,
whimsical and melancholy condition
of the mind, aside from the nervous
ness and physical suffering. is the
usual conditions of the average dys-
peptic, and life seems scarcely worth
the living. Dyspepsia, or indiges-
tion, as the case may be, is caused by
the taking of too much food, or I'M
suitable food, and the mucous mem
brane of the stomach becomes irri-
tated, and there is set an acute or
sub acute gastric catarrhal condition,
which prevents the proper digestion
of the food. This food is apt to fer
ment and decompose, and as a result
the familiar, distressing symptoms
of dyspepsia may arise. In mild cas-
es there is nothing more than an un-
comfortable feeling in the stomach,
with a certain amount of depression,
heedache, loss of appetite, perhaps
belching of gas and occasional vomit-
ing. There may be only the familiar
heartburn due to the inflammation of
the stomach from excessive gases of
fermentation or putrefaction. In the
most severe cases those that last
over a day or two-the symptoms
enumerated may be much more in
tense. The distress may be marked,
and the general constitutional symp-
toms more evident. When this stage
is reached, the loss of appetite, the
mental depression and the general
uncomfortable feeling in the stomach
are much more pronounced. This 10
particularly true in cases Of gastritis.
1T frequently occurs from contin-
ued errors in diet that this condition
becomes chronic, and the symptoms
persist for an indefinite period. The
appetite is very apt to be varied, al
though at times very good. Heart
burn is frequent, if not constant; the
stomach is painful on pressure, the
tongue is coated, there is a bad taste
in the mouth, and there are changes
in the amount Of salivary secretion.
Constipation is also usually present,
although diarrhoea may alternate.
Most cases Of dyspepsia can be
cured, if the diet is properly looked
after, and with proper treatment.
Proper eating and the proper amount
of food are the most important fea-
lures in the treatment. Most people
eat too fast and eat too much.
zone of the most pernicious of all
practices in the treatment of dyspep-
sia is the promiscuous taking of SO
many of the so-called proprietary
medicines which are blatantly adver-
tised in the daily press. many of them
being nothing more than alcoholic
beverages, and their use is not unat-
tended with a great deal of danger.
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