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

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    strengthening and tonic remedies do harm, the contra indications are obvious. Sixth, In women menstruation never having occurred, or its being suppressed; and Seventh, and lastly. The suppression of any habitual evacuation; These circumstances, ta- ken collectively, will be sufficient to direct our practice. The habitual evacuations which frequently produce this symptom by its suppression, are issues, setons ; the matter exuded from the soles of the feet, which in some people is very con- siderable ; the matter likewise from the general surface of the body by perspiration, being check- ed by leaving off customary cloathing, or staying too long in a damp situation; the most trivial di- minution in the ordinary actions which have been established in the system for some time, will produce the same effect, any eruption being re- pelled, either from the face or any other part of the body. Whenever flatulency proceeds from these causes, the re-establishment of the particular se- cretion, however trivial it may appear, is the first object to be accomplished; as it is a critical discharge with respect to the system, however insignificant it may seem in appearance. I