Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1916-07-09
We Are Too Highly CzedWarns Against Using Laxative DRUG
+ Gives Cause of Old Age-Cams Ailments
4 Originate in Colon.
TANLAC PEOPLE ASSERT CLAIM MAIDEN
ADVERTISING is VERIFIED BY GREAT MAN
Thousands Here Agree That Remark
able New Remedy Is AieritorIous
Preparation.
DISEASE CAUSED BY THIS
PREVALENT AMONG WOMEN

John Harvey Kellogg, NJ. ID TT, n
and superintendent OF the large.. Gov,
tarium In the world (Battle Creek
"'c"'' mas In new book verified
sN'is ciaim and assertion made In
Ianiac advertising regarding the origin
ana cause of most ailments and dis
ease. He states that nearly All cbro,i.
ailments, especially disorders of tho
heart. arteries and kidneys. are tbe 70
suit or absorption of poisons from tho
htestlnes. From constipation and auto.
intoNlcation the consequences are co-
iitis. so-called biliousness. ea.tr,t,.
inflammation of the gall ducts. rail-
stones. skin diseases of various ,ort.
"eu'"s'hehia' ana after some years.
hrishts disease. hardening of the ar.
teres' high blood pressure, apon,exy
paralysis. insomnia, mental depression
and even insanity.
Ihere are germs bred i'm the neg
iected colon which have been nroycr
oS scientists TO be the cause of early
sehihty premature old age and death
Continues the article: "Thcse parm.
produce most virulent poisons. which
and bring OH dangerous illnesses Rn,
THESE ola age germs can be killed and
good health maintained" he continues
In general, the causes of constip,-
ton are abnormal habits or conditio,.
OF life. In fact, we have too mue,,
civilization. Savages r;rrely suffer from
constipation. and this is true of tho
more primitive socalled civilized ma
tons. This morbid condition peculiar
10 state of high civilization has been
SNOWY by modern medical researches
to be among the Fundamental causes
OF the race degeneracy which Is becom.
ing every year more apparent
Women are moro subject than men
TO Intestinal inactivity. and all the ter.
rible consequences which result from
this condition, and Westphalen asserts
that four-ffths of nil women suffcr
from constipation intestinal troubles)
from their youth onward.
All laxative drugs are irritant
poisons. The continued use OF these
drugs is highly Injurious to the intes-
tines. and in many cases TO other or
gans which the drug comes in CON
'"SI Will partlCularly tho liver and
Kidneys. and in time bring on gastric
and intestinal catarrh. colitis and the
varied evils which accompany these
disorders. especially hemorrhoids. an
pendicitis. intestinal toxemia and GER
tain aggravation OF the constipation
which they are given to relieve.
Laxative drugs are about as dan
gerous as dynamite-and you cannot
continue to blast out your colon with
out serious and perhaps fatal results"
For such trouble thousands in Rich
mond and vicinity have found Tanlac
the ideal remedy. 1t was created to re-
move tho cause and permanently re-
store these vital organs to normal.
thereby doing away with the necessity
of constantly blasting" and forcing
nature with laxatives and other done
to do her work. How successful this
new remedy has been is told by the
many thousands of tests which proved
it's merit. Testimonials of others who
actually used Tanlac are republished
on this page from nearby neighbors of
yours here in Richmond. Read what
they say.