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Stomach Disorders 
Dr, West Tells How to Avoid Them 
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Without' Mu^ 
O P all the ailments to which human 
flesh is heir, the most common is 
/undoubtedly — indigestion. We speak 
of indigestion as a disease, but it is 
merely a symptom. The condition may 
exist alone; it may be the forerunner 
of some more serious stomach disorder, 
and it always accompanies grave or¬ 
ganic trouble. For instance, in tuber¬ 
culosis of the lungs, indigestion js 
sometimes the only symptom, and in 
that insidious disease, cancer of the 
stomach, the first warnings are always 
those of indigestion. 
In a well person, symptoms referable 
to the stomach are not always due to 
overeating. Just as the voice may be 
affected when we are tired, so physical 
and mental strain affect the digestion; 
if, then, we eat a heavy meal when 
overfatigued, the stomach cannot han¬ 
dle the food, and an attack of acute 
indigestion may follow. This disorder 
is sometimes so severe as to cause death 
by pressure of gas upon the heart. 
When gas arises and causes painful 
distention of the stomach, it can be 
quickly removed with half a teaspoon¬ 
ful ' of pure sodium-bicarbonate dis¬ 
solved in a cup of very hot water. The 
heat allays pain, the soda brings up the 
gas, and relief is usually quite prompt. 
If there is a desire to vomit, it should 
be encouraged, as unloading the stom¬ 
ach is the speediest way to end the 
trouble. Never fail to loosen the cloth¬ 
ing at waist and neck. 
A severe chill may precede an at¬ 
tack of acute indigestion. Hot water, 
sipped slowly, a hot-water bag at the 
feet and a mustard plaster over the 
stomach will bring a quick response. 
The plaster must be hot. After the 
acute symptoms have subsided, the en¬ 
tire intestinal tract should be swept 
clean with a dose of castor oil. The ob¬ 
jections to this excellent remedy can be 
overcome by keeping on hand the fol¬ 
lowing mixture: Castor oil, 8 ounces; 
oil of wintergreen, 10 minims | oil of 
cinnamon, 214 minims; saccharine, 214 
grains; alcohol, 14 ounce. Mix. 
For several days after an acute at¬ 
tack of this kind, the diet should consist 
of milk> rice, farina and similar bland 
foods. 
Even a Patient Stomach Rebels 
Chronic indigestion may exist for 
years without giving rise to anything 
more serious than discomfort after eat¬ 
ing, Some persons always experience 
this condition after a heavy meal, on 
eating hurriedly, or on partaking of 
certain foods. 
The stomach is the most primitive 
organ in the body, and therefore one 
of the most tolerant; it adjusts itself 
to the treatment accorded it, but 
chronic indigestion unfits the system to 
resist troubles in other regions. There¬ 
fore the affection should not be allowed 
to continue. If we chew every particle 
of food to a creamy mass before swal¬ 
lowing, stomach disorders would quickly 
vanish. “Bolting” our meals is at the 
root of much digestive trouble. It is 
better to eat less and to eat-light foods 
if we cannot take the time to chew 
thoroughly a heavy meal. 
How we eat is really more important 
that wJmt we eat. Many of those who 
suffer with derangements of the stom¬ 
ach are unable to chew their food 
thoroughly because of defective teeth. 
I cannot repeat too often that digestion 
really begins in the mouth. 
Unless you have good 
teeth, you cannot prop¬ 
erly chew your food. The 
act of chewing and the 
taste of food stimulates 
the flow of saliva. Now, 
the function of saliva is 
not only to moi^en food, 
but what is vastly more 
important, it converts' 
starches into the more 
digestible sugars. If, therefore, a meal 
is hastly swallowed you not only hamper 
the stomach with a mass of heavy mate¬ 
rial, but you further cripple it^ with 
starches that cannot be digested in the 
gastric juice, which is acid in its chemi¬ 
cal reaction. This food must wait until 
it passes out of the stomach into the 
small intestine, where it again finds 
an alkaline medium, to complete the act 
of digestion. You will also understand 
now why we are advised not to drink 
anything while eating. Many wash 
their food down with copious drgiughts 
01 water. The effect of this is three¬ 
fold: it prevents dry food from stimu¬ 
lating the proper flow of saliva; it 
softens the mass of food and interferes 
with the action of saliva, thus check¬ 
ing the first act of digestion; it 
prevents the thorough mastication of 
food. 
Taking liquids with meals is not a 
bad habit, if the liquid is not used to 
moisten and wash down food. To sip 
water between each mouthful or at 
the beginning and end of a meal acts as 
a solvent upon the material in the 
stomach, and so assists in the digestion 
and absorption of nutriment. 
This explains why proper and care¬ 
ful habits of eating are in them¬ 
selves sufficient to correct many digest¬ 
ive ills. 
How to Deal with Dyspepsia 
In former years the term “dyspepsia” 
was applied to various disorders of the 
stomach. General debility usually fol¬ 
lows years of chronic indigestion 
and the word dyspepsia Covers the 
condition. 
Dyspeptics should first ask them¬ 
selves the question: Is _my m0u{th 
healthy? which of course includes the 
teeth. If your teeth are poor, let this 
be your first care. Stomachic troubles 
are sure to follow in the wake of an 
unhealthy mouth or insufficient teeth 
with which to grind your food thor¬ 
oughly. 
Organs that have been subjected 
to years of constant abuse require 
rest. In chronic stomach disorders, 
it is an excellent plan to aid the 
digestion with such remedies as ful¬ 
fill this mission without taxing the 
enfeebled organ itself. The following 
is a favorite combination employed by 
a well-known stomach specialist. Ca- 
roid, taka-diastase—of each 6 grains; 
aromatic powder, sufficient. This 
amount constitutes one dose. It is put 
up in powder form and is dissolved in 
a tea cup of hot water to be sipped dur¬ 
ing the meal. This mixture aids the 
digestion of all kinds of food, but iu 
any condition of gastric trouble, a 
carefully selected diet will hasten the 
cure. 
Diet is All-Important 
The diet of most “dyspeptics” con¬ 
tains too much starch. Authorities 
agree that it is an excellent plan to 
omit starches and sugars entirely for a 
while. Such a diet is a hardship to 
many who eat white flour, potatoes and 
the like almost exclusively. To these I 
suggest toast, zweibach, crackers, dry 
crusts, sugar limited to the smallest 
amount; easily digested fats, that is, 
cream, butter, oil; all green vegetables 
steamed in their liquor (not boiled in 
water, which deprives them of their 
mineral content), and an abundance of 
eggs, milk, white meat, 
with red only occasion¬ 
ally. No fried, smoked 
meats, no rich, greasy, 
spiced made over dishes. 
Fresh fruits in season. In 
general, a mixed diet is 
best with the preference 
given to easily digestible 
meat, milk, eggs, and fat 
(butter, olive oil etc.) 
—Charlotte C. West. 
Girl or Boy? We 
voted for boy, but Mrs. 
Clarence R. Weidle of 
McKean, Pa., says this 
is her grand-daughter 
and she ought to know. 
Myra Faith Fuchs is 
her name; she is two 
and a half; can sing 
her Mother Goose 
rhymes; eats milk, eggs, 
potatoes and vegetables; 
and delights in having 
her picture taken. It’s 
no effort for Myra 
Faith to “look pleasant” 
—her face just goes 
that way. 
toeldvertisM 
This week we are going to de¬ 
vote tkis column to a discussion 
on advertising and tke farm 
woman. Some say women are 
not interested in advertising, 
wkile others say it is the most 
valuable part of the farm pa¬ 
pers they read. 
We all know that men depend 
on advertising to decide what 
they will buy, so let us ask you 
the question: “Does advertis¬ 
ing help women, and are they 
interested in it 7” 
The other day, onr Household 
Editor showed me a letter from 
one of our subscribers in which 
she said that advertising was 
spoiling her Household Page. 
She said she never read adver¬ 
tisements and wished we could 
run our paper without adver¬ 
tising in the Household De¬ 
partment. 
I wonder what would happen 
if that woman would stop for a 
moment and glance around her 
own home. Undoubtedly, she’d 
be surprised at the large part 
advertising has played in her 
life, even if she does not read 
the advertisements herself. 
Maybe you agree with this 
woman and do not like to read 
advertisements, in which case 
you will probably he interested 
in the familiar story of which 
I am reminded. 
Mrs. Day, a certain lady liv¬ 
ing on a New York State farm, 
always said that advertisements 
bored her, yet, she began her 
morning by turning off the 
ringing of her BIG BFN and 
turned on a new gas jet sup¬ 
plied by their recently installed 
COLT LIGHTING SYSTEM. She 
prepared breakfast hurriedly 
over her oil stove equipped with 
the HIGH SPEED LORAIN 
BURNER and had both WHITE 
HOUSE COFFEE and POSTUM 
for breakfast, as one member 
of the family used POSTUM 
because “There’s a Reason.” 
After putting her family 
washing in her new MAYTAG 
machine, and doing her baking 
with the help of CRISCO and 
RYZON, which necessitated re¬ 
filling the stove with SOCONY, 
her morning’s work was well 
started. Before dinnei’, her 
dishes had all been washed with 
the use of FELS-NAPHTA on 
a STANDARD size sink, and 
the floors scrubbed with RED 
SEAL LYE. 
In the afternoon she made a 
short trip in her new CHEV¬ 
ROLET SEDAN equipped with 
GOODRICH CORDS, her neigh¬ 
bor admired her new car, but 
said they had just decided to 
buy au OVERLAND. 
Her husband returned from a 
trip to town in his GENERAL 
MOTORS TRUCK in which he 
had made four trips that day; 
he said if it had not been for 
the CONCRETE ROAD, he could 
never have done it, as all 
other roads were impassable 
at this time of the year. 
In locking up the henhouse 
at night, her task was made 
easy by the use of her EVER- 
READY FLASHLIGHT, which 
saved her from tripping over 
some hoards which her small 
boy had left in the path. 
Her husband remarked in the 
evening that their greatest 
comfort was their hew MIL¬ 
WAUKEE WATER SYSTEM 
as they now had a complete 
bathroom equipment. Finally, 
she decided to go to bed and 
have a splendid sleep on her 
OSTERMOOR MATTRESS. 
And this woman said 
that she did not believe 
in ADVERTISING. 
Can you beat that? 
Advertising c^anager 
