The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1916-04-22
DYSPEPSIA MANS
GREATEST ENEMY
SAYS |. t. COOPER
DISTRESSING MALADY HAS BAF.
FLED THE MEDICAL PROBES
SION FOR MANY YEARS.

SAu representative Tor Il. l. COOPER
manufacturer of the celebrated med
icine, stated recently in Atlanta that
the thousands of questions that were
being asked all over the south regard
ing it make it imperative that some
explanation be made to satisfy public
interest.
Speaking of Tanlac, he said: ''Thou-
sands 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 ston-
ach, 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 lectures,
in which he said: "Of all the dis
tressing conditions that afflict hui
manity, chronic dyspepsia is prob
ably the most prevalent. This most
universal nnalady has baffled the
medical profession for years, and the
most skilled specialists have been I'M
able 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 nervousness
and physical suffering, is the usual
conditions of the average dyspeptic,
and life seems scarcely worth the liv-
ing. Dyspepsia, or indigestion, as the
case may be, is caused by the tax
ing of too much food, or unsuitable
food, and the mucous membrane of
the stomach becomes irritated, and
there is set an acute or sub-acute gas
trio catarrhal conditions, which pre-
vents the proper digestion of the
food. This food is apt to ferment and
decompose, and as a result the fanil-
lar, distressing symptoms of dyspep-
STA may arise. In mild cases there is
nothing more than an uncomfortable
feeling in the stomach, with a certain
amount of depression, headache, loss
of appetite, perhaps belching of gas
and occasional vomiting. There may
be also accompanying intestinal symp-
toms, such as constipation, pains in
J 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
J be much more intense. The distress
{ may be marked, and the general con-
stitutional symptoms 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 pro
nounced. This is particularly true in
5 gastritis.
at 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
l 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 the salivary secre-
ton. Constipation is also usually
present, although diarrhoea may al
ternate.
! "Most cases of dyspepsia can be
cured, if 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
eat too fast and eat too much.
zone of the most pernicious of al
; practices in the treatment of dyspep-
? STA is the promiscuous taking of Sc
2 many of the so-called proprietary
U medicines which are so blantly ad
vertised in the daily press, many OF
Q them being nothing more than alco
$ holic beverages, and their use is no
3 unattended with a great deal of dan
ger. The treatment of constipation
= that is so frequently an accompani
't ment of dyspepsia by means of pat
2 ent pills, calomel, powders and pur
gatives, is positively harmful.
'1 am convinced" continued Mr.
Il Cooper, chat the stomach regulates
the condition of the blood, and is tn,
fountain head Of health or disease
as the case may be. My medicine il
intended primarily for the regulation
of the stomach and the correction O
s catarrhal inflammation, but it is n,
q uncommon thing for persons who havr
. used it to come to me and explain
u that it has relieved them of rheuma
= tism and many ailments not general,
= recognized as having their origin il
Is stomach trouble"
y Genuine Tanlac is sold only and ex
a clusively in Pensacola by the Crysta
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