The Little River news., 1916-11-01
DYSPEPSIA MANS
 GREATEST ENEMY
Distressing Malady Has BaffleL the Medical Profession for Many
 Years.

Explaining the reCOrd-Dreaklng de- mand for Tanlac. G.F. Willis, southern representative for LIT. Cooper, manu- facturer of the celebrated medicine, stated recently in Atlanta that he thousands of questions were being asked all ever the south regarding it make it imperative that some explain ;,t:on be made to satisfy public inter- est.
 At t7is point Mir Willis quoted from Cre of Mir. Cooper's recent lectures, in which he said: "Of all the distressing conditions that afflict humanity, chro n;c dyspepsia is probably the most prevalent. This nest universal nal ady las baifled the medieal profession for years, and the most skilled spec .alists have been unable 10 cope with 1t successfully.
 Hours might be consumed in de- ec.Eing the sufferings, mental and physical of the sufferers of chronic dyspepsia, and thc.r failure heretofore 70 get relief. A morbid, unreal, whim- steal and melancholy condition of the rtind, aside from the nervousness and physical suffering, is the usual condi- ton of the average dyspectic and like seems scarcely worth the living. Dys- pepsia, or indigestion, as the case may be. is caused by the taking of too much food. or unsuitable food, and the mucous membrane of the stomach be- comes irr.tated, and there is set an acute or suh-acute gastric catarrhal condition which prevents the proper digest on of the food This tood is t;pt tc ferment and decompose, and as result th3 familiar distressing symp- toms of dyspepsia may arise. In many cHses there is nothing more /. an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, with a certain amount of depression, headache, loss of appetite, perhaps Eelehing of gas and occasional co;n-t- ing There may be also accompany :aG intestinal symptoms, such as con- situation, pains in the back, collie. e-e. there may be only the familiar heart burr due to the inflamaticn of the stomach from excessive gases of fer l:antation ] or pu reflection. In the most severe cases-those that last oyer 2 day or two-the symptoms en- l.marated may be much more intense. 1'ae dis'ress may be marked and the general constitutional symptoms more evident When this stage is reached the loss of appetite, the mental de- press'on and the general uncomfort- able feeling i'll the stomach are much more pronounced. This is particular ly true in acute gastritises.
 Tt frequently occurs from contin- iieG errors in diet that this condition i!acomes chronic, and the symptoms persist for an indefinite period; the aBpeti 0 is vcry apt to be varied, all though at times very good. Heart burn is frequent. if not constant; the stc mach is painful on pressure. the -ongue is coated, there is a bad taste in the mouth, and there are changes ' n the amount of he salivary secretion
 'pnstipaton is also usually present, although diarrhoea may alternate. Mos cases of dyspepsia can be enret = :lc diet is properly locked aftar a.l, W tl the pIcror treatment .'!c~o" eating and t1a proper amount 0f food are the mos important fea- -' res iT tie treatment. Most people est tee fast and eat teo much.
 One O. the most pernicious of all prac ices in the treatment of dyspep- sia is the promiscuous taking of so many of the sO-called proprietary med ioines which are so blatantly adver- tsed in the daily press. many of them to ng nothing more than alconClic ba
 verages, and their use is not unattend- ed with 8 great deal of danger. The treatment of cOns-ipat on that is so frequently an accompaniment of dys- pepsia by means of patent pills, calo- mel. powders and purgatives is posi-
 lively harmful.
 'I am convinced,' continued MT. Cooper, that the S 'omach regulates the condition Of the blood and is the tountain hea'' of health or disease as the case may be- My medicine is in tended primarily for the regulation of the omach and the correction of ca l tarrhal inflammation but it is no un- ! common thing for persons who have 1 used it to come t9 me and explain that | it has relieved them of rheumatism i and many ailmo nts not generally re-