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Dyspepsia

If a man wishes to get rid of dyspepsia, he must give his stomach and brain less to do. It will be of no service to follow any particular regimen-to live on chaff bread or any such stuff to weigh his food, etc., so long as the brain is in a constant state of excitement. Let that have proper rest, and the stomach will perform its functions. But if he pass 10 or 12 hours a day in his office or counting-room, and take no exof each, and each as strong as can be made. ercise, his stomach will inevitably become Dose, from 5 to 30 drops, or even to 60, and paralyzed; and if he puts nothing into it but repeat until relief is obtained, every 5 to 30 a cracker a day, it will not digest it. In minutes. Many lives have been saved by the many cases it is the brain that is the primary timely use of this valuable medicine. cause. Give that delicate organ some rest.

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