The Mena weekly star., 1917-02-22
DYSPEPSIA MANS
 GREATEST ENEMY
 SAYS 1. I. COOPER
Distressing Malady Has Rallied the Medical Profession for Many
 Years.

southern representative for l.. T. Cooper, manufacturer of the cele- brated medicine, stated recently in Atlanta, that the thousands of ques- tions that were being asked all over the South regarding it make it im- perative that some explanation be made to satisfy public interest.
 Speaking of Tanlac, he said: Thousands of the most prominent people-in faet-in the leading cities of the country, where this celebrat- ed medicine has been accomplish ing such remarkable results, are even more enthusiastic over Tanlac than Mr. Cooper himself.
 Tn explanation of this. il should De stated that Tanlac is believed to be the first actually direct specific for catarrhal inflammation of the stomach ,lor what is more commonly known as dyspepsia, and the com plications which follow it.
 At this point Mir. Willis quoted from one of Mr. Cooper's recent lec- lures, in which he said: "Of all the distressing conditions that afflict humanity, chronic dyspesia is prob ably the most prevalent. This most universal malady has bafIled the medical profession for years, and the most skilled specialists have been unable to cope with it success fully.
 Hours might be consumed in de- scribing the sufferings, mental and physical of the sufferers of chronic dyspesia, and their failure hereto fore to get relief. A morbid, un- real, whimsical and melancholy con- dition of the mind, aside from the nervousness and physical suffering, is the usual conditions of the aver age dyspeptic, and life seems hardly worth the living. Dyspepsia, or in- digestion, as the case may be, is caused by the taking of too much food or unsuitable food, and the mucous membrane Of the stomach becomes irrtated, and there is set an acute or sub-acute gastric catar- rhal condition, which prevents the proper digestion of the food This food is apt to ferment and decom- pose, and as result the familiar, distressing symptoms of dyspepsia may arise. In mild cases there is nothing more than an uncomfortable feeling in the stomach, with cer- tain amount of depression, headache, loss of appetite, perhaps bclching of gas and occasional 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 inflammation of the stOm- ach from excessive gases of fer mentation or putrefaction. In the most severe cases-those that last over a day or two-the symptoms enumerated may be much more in tense. The distress may be marked, and the general constitutional symp- toms more evident. When this stage is reached, the loss of appetite, the mental depression and the general uncomfortable feeling in the stom- ach are much more pronounced. This is particularly true in gastri- tis.
 Tt frequently occurs from con- tinued errors in diet that this con- dition becomes chronic. and the symptoms persist for an indefinite period; the appetite is very apt to be varied, although at times very good. Heartburn is frequent, if 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 secretions. Constipa- ton IS also usually present, al- though diarrh9a may alternate.
 Most cases of dyspepsia can be cured. if the diet is properly looked after, and with the proper treat ment. Proper eating and the prop CT amount of food are the most i'm portant features in the treatment. Most people eat too fast and eat too much.
 One of the most pernicious of all practices in the treatment of dys- pepsia is the promiscuous taking of so many of the so-called proprietary medicines which are so blantly ad- Nertised i'll the daily press, many of them being nothing more than all coholic beverages, and their use is not unattended with a great deal of danger. The treatment of constipa- ton that is so frequently an accom- paniment of dyspepsia by means6of patent pills, calomel, powders and purgatives, is positively harmful.
 T am convinced continued MT. 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 intended primarily for the regula- tion of the stomach and the cor reetion of catarrhal inflammation. but it is no uncommon thing for persons who have used it to come to me and explain that it has re- rlieved them of rheumatism and many ailments not generally recog- Inizeu as having their origin in stom- |aeh trouble"
 denuinc Taniac is sold in Mena. Ark, by Jackson Drug & Furniture Co; Cove, Ark, by Fred w. Cray l: dervoort, Ark, by nncbbstenaofarin ttInvnc Aaiy