The Marietta journal and courier. (Marietta, Ga.) 1909-1918, 1916-02-25
DYSPEPSIA IS MANS
GREATEST ENEMY
DISTRESSING MALADY HAS
BAFFLED THE MEDICAL PRO
FESSI0N FOR MANY YEARS"

mana Tor IanIaC. q. +. Willis, south
ern representative for l.. 7. Cooper
manufacturer Of the celebrated medi-
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 sone
explanation be made to satisfy pub
Tic interest.
At this point Mr.. Willis quoted
from one OF Mr.. Coopers 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 baffed the
medical profession for years, and the
most skilled specialists have been UNI
able to cope with it successfully.
Hours might be consumed in de-
s2ribing 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 condition 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 mucous mem
brane of the stomach becomes irri-
tated and there is set an acute OF
-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 re
suit the familiar distressing symn-
toms Of dyspepsia may arise. In mild
cases there is nothing more than an
uncomfortable feeling in the stom-
ach, with a certain amount of de-
preston, headache loss of appetite,
perhaps belching of gas and occa-
siOnal vomiting. There may be also
accompanying intestinal symptoms,
such as constipation, pains in the
back, collie, etc. There may be only
the familiar heartburn due to the in
flamatiOn of the stomach from excess
sive gases of fermentation or putrefac
ton. 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 cor
stitutiOnal symptoms more evident !
When this stage is reached the loss
of appetite, the mental depression !
and the general uncomfortable feel !
ing in the stomach are much more |
pronounced, This is particularly |
true in acute gastritis.
1T frequently occurs from con-
tinued errors in diet that this condi-
ton 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 |
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