The Covington leader. (Covington, Tenn.) 18??-current, 1916-08-10
DYSPEPSIA MANS GREATEST
ENEMY, SAYS L. T. COOPER
Distressing Malady Has Baffied the
Medical Profession for Many Years.

| Explaining the record-breaking de-
mand for Tanlac, G. F. Willis, south
ern representative for L. T. Cooper,
manufacturer of the celebrated medi-
| cine, stated recently in Atlanta, that
the thousands of questions that were
being asked all over the South regard
ing it makes it imperative that some
explanation be made to satisfy public
interest.
Speaking of Tanlac, he said: "Thous-
ands of the most prominent people, n
fact, IN the leading cities of the GAIA
try, where this celebrated med&tne
has been accomplishing such remark
able results, are even more enthusiast
&c 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 ca
tarrhal Inflammation Of the stomach,
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 distressing
conditions that aff1ict humanity, chron-
ic dyspepsia is probably the most
prevalent. This most universal mala-
| dy has baffied the medical profession
for years, and the most skilled spe-
cialists 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 nervousness
and physical suffering, is the usual
conditions of the average dyspeptic,
and life seems scarcely worth the Iiv-
ing. Dyspepsia or indigestion, as the
case may be, is caused by the taking
of too much food, or unsuited food,
and the mucous membrane of the stom-
ach becomes irritated, and there is set
an acute or sub-acute gastric catarrhal
condition, which prevents the proper
digestion Of the food. This food is
apt to ferment and decompose, and as
a result the familiar, distressing syn1p-
! toms of dyspepsia 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 vonlit-
ing. There may be also accompanying
I y I
patton, pains in the back, collie, ETC.
There may be only the familiar heart
burn due to the inflammation of the
stomach from excessive gases of fer
mentation or putrefaction. Ii the most
severe caSeS-those that last over a
day or two-the symptoms enumeFat
ed may be much more intense. Me
distress may be marked, and the gen
eral constitutional symptoms more
evident. When this stage is reached,
the loss of appetite, the mental de-
preston and the general uncomfort-
able feeling in the stomach are much
more pronounced. This is particular
ly true in gastritis.
ut frequently occurs from continu-
ed errors in diet that this condition be-
comes chronic, and the symptoms per-
sist for an indefinite period; the APP
petite is very apt to be varied, al
though at times very good. Heart
burn is frequent, is not constant; the
stomach is painful on pressure, the
tongue is coated, there is 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 af-
ter, 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.
"One of the most pernicious of ali
practices in the treatment Of dyspep-
STA is the promiscuous taking of so
many of the so-called proprietary
medicines which are so blantIy adj
vertised in the daily press, many Of
them being nothing more than alec
hohc 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 patent
pills, calOmel, powders and purgatives,
is positively harmful
L 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. in
tended primarily for the regulation Of
the stomach and the correction of "a
tarrhal Inflammation, but it is no I'M
common thing for persons who have
used 1T to come to me and explain that
1T has relieved them of rheumatism
and many ailments not generally re-
cognized as having their origin in
stomach trouble"
Tanlac is sold by Alexander Drug
Co., Covington; DR.. McLister, Brigh-
ton; c. L. Taylor, Mason; Alternately
Drug Co., Munford; NJ E. Tenant,
Atoka; J. r. Bartlett & Son, Detroit,
and Ellis & Burkhardt, Upton, Tenn.