Practical observations on disorders of the stomach : with remarks on the use of the bile in promoting digestion / by George Rees, M.D.

  • Rees, George, 1776-1846.
Date:
1814
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    ginated with him or not, it appears highly plau« sible, and very explanatory of its operation. Alkohol, which is the basis of all*spirituous liquors, chymically examined, is principally hy^ drogen, and this is well known to possess a pow- erful affinity for oxygen: this affinity it affects, whether in the human body or not; the more firm and strong the vital energies, the more will its influence be withstood, but it still operates to a degree. It is well known to surgeons, that under cer-r lain stages of the venereal disease, when an ulcer exists, it sometimes assumes a malignant aspect, under the use of mercury, and appears phage- denic, corroding rapidly the adjacent parts, and bidding defiance to every remedy, local or inter- nal. These I have almost always (I speak per- haps with more than prudent reserve by saying almost) found to arise in habits previously im- paired by ardent spirits. There is a peculiar ulceration of the womb, of which every da}' multiplies the examples, which I think may be ascribed to the same cause. From every description of ardent spirits, there- fore, those who have weak Stomachs should most religiously abstain. In support of this ad- vice, I believe I shall find adherents; but there is another article in common use, that sobriety itself