A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno.

  • Eno, J. C.
Date:
[1870?]
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Credit: A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    which the two exhibit are widely different, and the diseases which they induce in other organs are marked by distinct lines. A close discrimination will distinguish a man labouring under one form, from one labouring under the other, instantly. Mucous Dyspepsia gives the following symptoms : great suffering at the pit of the stomach at times, congestion of the mucous membrane of the nostrils and throat, tongue covered with whitish or greenish furze, breath offensive, occa¬ sionally a dry hacking cough, absence of soreness over the pit of the stomach, but tenderness usually on pressure over the liver, costiveness, scalding sensation on passing urine, coldness of feet with clammy sweat, and coldness of the hands. There is also an aching over the eyes, acidity of the stomach, or flatulence or oppression of the stomach, with sleepiness when sitting by the fire, general inability for active exer¬ tion, indisposition to activity or thought, great excitability at times, and general doggedness of temper. Nervous Dyspepsia shows the following symptoms : heat on the top of the head, causing baldness; pain in the cerebellum or little brain, located in the back of the head; tenderness in some of the joints of the neck and back; ringing sensation in the ears; tongue pale and clean in the centre, but cracked and furred in the middle and edges. The subject will also be very costive, have pale urine, cold feet, be affected by atmo¬ spheric changes owing to bloodless state of the skin, and at all times easily and excessively angry without cause, proving the truth of Dr. Moor’s saying, 1 That the study of the stomach is the study of morality.’ 1 Who would pique himself on mind, whose use Depends so much upon the gastric juice V There are two classes of persons from whose ranks Dyspepsia selects its victims. They are the labouring, classes whose members do not think much, men and women who rise early, eat hastily and to the full, consulting their appetites and capabilities, rather than judgment, as to what they eat and the times of eating, and so at length find themselves weak in the stomach, with a brood of ailments hovering about, ready, on ■ the slightest indisposition, to fasten on them. These constitute Mucous Dyspeptics. It is owing to their life in the open air and their daily activity that they resist disease as long as they do; but these cannot successfully countervail their general bad habits, and so at last they have had to succumb. The second class are thinking men and women who do not work hard. From these ranks come Nervous Dyspeptics. They are lawyers, ministers, men of letters, teachers, students, merchants’ clerks, &c.