The Lakeland evening telegram. (Lakeland, Fla.) 1911-1922, 1916-04-14
DYSPEPSIA, MANS
GREATEST ENEMY
SAYS |. 7. COOPER
! Distressing Malady Has Batfled the
Medical Profession for
Many Years

Explaining the record breaking
demand for Tanlac, G. F. Willis
southern representative for l.. 7
Cooper, manufacturer of the cele
bratd medicine, stated recently il
Atlanta, that the thousands of ques
tions that were being asked all owe
the South regarding it make it i'm
perative that some explanation b,
made to satisfy public interest.
Speaking of Tanlac, he said
Thousands of the most prominenr
people-in fact-in the LEADING
cities of the country, where this
celebrated medicine has been &C.
complishing such remarkable re.
suits, are even more enthusiastic
over Tanlac than Mr.. Cooper him.
self.
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 COM
plications 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 afflict
humanity chronic dyspepsia is prob
ably the most prevalent. This most
universal malady has baffled the
medical 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-
ton, as the case may be, is caused by
the taking of too much food, or un-
suitable food, and the musuous mem
brane of the stomach becomes irri-
tated, and there is set an acute or
'ub-acute gastric catarrhal condi-
ton, which prevents the proper di-
gestion of the food. This food is
apt to ferment and decompose, and
as result the familiar, distressing
symptoms of dyspepsia may arise. In
mild cases there is nothing more
than an uncomfortable feeling in the
stomach with certain amount of
depression, headache, loss of appe
tite, perhaps belching of gas and
occasional vomiting There may be
also accompanying intestinal symp-
toms. such as constipation, pains in
the back, collie, etc. 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 intense. The distress
may be marked, and the general
constitutional symptoms more evil
dent When this stage is reached, the
loss of appetite, the mental depres-
sion and the general uncomfortable
feeling in the stomach are much
more pronounced. This is particular
ly true in gastritis.
1T frequently occurs from con-
tinued errors in diet that this con-
dition becomes chronic, and the
symptoms persist for an indefinite
period; the appetite is very apt To
be varied, although at times very
good. Heartburn is frequent. if not
constant; the stomach is painful on
constant; the stomach lisp ainful on
pressure, the tongue is coated. there
is a bad taste in the mouth, and
there are changes in the amount of
the 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 the proper treat
ment Proper eating and the proper
amount of food are the most impor-
tant features in the treatment. Most
people eat too fast and eat too
much
lone of the most pernicious of all
practices in the treatment of dys-
pepsia is the promiscuous taking of
so many of the so-called proprietary
medicines which are so blandly ad-
vertised in the daily press, many of
them being nothing more than alco-
holic beverages, and their use is
not unattended with a great deal of
danger. The treatment of consti-
patton that is so frequently an ac-
compartment Of dyspepsia by means
of patent pills, ealomel. powders and
purSatives. i positively harmful.
II am convinced" continued Mr..
Cooper. that the stomach regulates
the condition of the blood. and is the
fountain head of health or disease. /
as the Gaze NAV be. Nv medicine is