The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1916-02-09
DYSPEPSIA MANS
GREATEST ENEMY
DISTRESSING MALADY HAS BAF-
FLED THE MEDICAL PROBES
SION FOR MANY YEARS"

Explaining the record-breaking de-
mand for Tanlac G. F. Willis, South
ern representative for Il. T. 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 some
explanation be made to satisfy public
interest.
At this point Mr.. Willis quoted
from one of Mr.. Cooper's recent lect-
ures, in which he said: "Of all the
distressing conditions that affiict hui
manity chronic dyspepsia is probably
the most prevalent. This most uni
versal malady has baffied the medi-
cal profession for years, and the most
skilled specialists 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 nervous
ness and physical suffering, is the
usual condition of the average dys-
peptic, 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 unsuita-
bic food, and the mucous membrane
of the stomach 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 famll-
lar symptoms 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 appe-
tite, perhaps belching of gas and Oc-
casional 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
f1ammatiOn of the stomach from eX-
cessive gases of fermentation or pu-
trefactiOn. In the most severe cases
those that last over day or two
the symptoms enumerated may be
much more intense. The distress may
be marked and the general cOnstitu-
final symptoms more evident. When
this stage is reached the loss of APP
petite, the mental depression and the
general uncomfortable feeling in the
stomach are much more pronounced.
This is particularly true in acute gas
tritis.
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
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. Consultation 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 feat
ures in the treatment. Most people
eat 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-calIed 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. calomeI, 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 in
tended 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
generally recognized in having their
origin in stomach trouble
Tanlac is sold by leading druggists
in all the principal cities of the south.
1t is sold exclusively in Dawson by
the Dawson Drug Co, in Graves by
D. NJ Dismuke, in Sasser by Davis
Drug Co.. in Parrot by the City Drug