The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1916-10-20
DYSPEPSIA MANS
GREATEST ENEMY.
Distressing Malady Has Baiied the
Medical Profession for Many
Years.


cine, stated recently in Atlanta that
the thousands of questions were be-
ing asked all over the south regard
ing it make it imperative that some
explanation be made to satisfy public
interest.
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 aff1ict hui
mainly, chronic dyspepsia is probably
the most prevalent. This most uni
versal malady has bafied the medical
profession for years, and the most
skilled specialists have been unable
10 cope with it successfully.
T! 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
: ness and physical suffering. is the US
ual condition of the average dyspep-
tic. and life seems scarcely worth the
living. Dyspepsia, or indigestion. as
the case may be, is caused by the
taking of too much food, or insult
able food, and the mucous membrane
of the stomach becomes irritated,
| and there is set an acute or sub-acute
gastric catarrhal condition which pre-
vents the proper digestion of the
food. This food is apt to ferment
ard decompose. and as a result the
familiar. distressing symptoms OF
dyspepsia may arise. In mild cases
there is nothing more than an un-
comfortable feeling in the stomach,
with a certain amount of depression,
headache, loss of appetite, perhaps
belching of gas and occasional vomit-
ing. There may be also accompany
ing intestinal symptoms, such as con-
stipation, 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 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 is
particularly true in acute gastritis.
1T frequently occurs from o
tinued errors in diet that this con-
dition becomes chronic, and the symp-
toms persist for an indefinite period; |
the appetite is very apt to be varied,
although at times very good. Heart
burn is frequent, if not constant: the
stomach is painful on pressure, the
is coated, there is a bad taste |
in the mouth, and there are changes
in the amount of the ~salivary secre-
ton. Constipation is also usually
present, although diarrhoea may al
ternate.
Most cases of dyspepsia can be
cured is the diet is properly looked
after and with the proper treatment.
Proper eating and the proper amount
of food are the most important fea-
lures in the treatment. Most people
cat too fast and eat too much.
Zone of the most pernicious of all
practices in the treatment of dyspep-
STA is the promiscuous taking Of so
many of the so-called proprietary
medicines, which are so blatantly adj
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 dan
ger. The treatment of constipation
that is so frequently an accompani-
ment of dyspepsia by means of pat
ent pills, calomel, powders and pur-
gatives is positively harmful.
81 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 case may be. My medicine is
intended primarily for the regulation
of the stomach and the correction of
catarrhal inflammation, but it is no
uncommon thing for persons who
have used it to come to me and ex-
plain that it has relieved them of
rheumatism and many ailments not
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