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Page 26
... food remaining in the stomach has been either at length digested , or has slowly passed off , or has been helped to get away by purga- tive medicine . But sometimes the undigested food remains for 26 MANAGEMENT OF THE STOMACH .
... food remaining in the stomach has been either at length digested , or has slowly passed off , or has been helped to get away by purga- tive medicine . But sometimes the undigested food remains for 26 MANAGEMENT OF THE STOMACH .
Page 40
... passing in which he did not suffer greatly from pain in the stomach , with flatulence , acidity , and the usual train of dyspeptic symptoms , and in particular he could not touch a bit of vegetable food , without suffering from it ...
... passing in which he did not suffer greatly from pain in the stomach , with flatulence , acidity , and the usual train of dyspeptic symptoms , and in particular he could not touch a bit of vegetable food , without suffering from it ...
Page 58
... passing through the gall - duct , a calculus descending from the kidney , -vomiting appears to follow as a natural consequence . The mechanism of vomiting is very simple , and the reverse of what it is popularly supposed to be . In ...
... passing through the gall - duct , a calculus descending from the kidney , -vomiting appears to follow as a natural consequence . The mechanism of vomiting is very simple , and the reverse of what it is popularly supposed to be . In ...
Page 90
... passed a minute quantity of dark green fæces . Dr. Merri- man afterwards saw this patient . She died , after having gradually wasted to the utmost degree of emaciation . On the inspection of the body , no appearance of disease was found ...
... passed a minute quantity of dark green fæces . Dr. Merri- man afterwards saw this patient . She died , after having gradually wasted to the utmost degree of emaciation . On the inspection of the body , no appearance of disease was found ...
Page 91
... passed is healthy ; it is only extraordinarily deficient in quantity . With this he has little appetite ; and even that he is afraid of indulging , lest it should lead to one of the attacks which I have described OF CONSTIPATION OF THE ...
... passed is healthy ; it is only extraordinarily deficient in quantity . With this he has little appetite ; and even that he is afraid of indulging , lest it should lead to one of the attacks which I have described OF CONSTIPATION OF THE ...
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Management of the Organs of Digestion: In Health and in Disease (1837) Herbert Mayo No preview available - 2008 |
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