Practical observations on some of the diseases of the stomach and alimentary canal / by James Alderson.

Date:
1847
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    and chills, and the pulse is quick and the tongue furred. Pain is usually felt on pressure at the pit of the stomach, but not invariably; more so, pro- bably, in cases which owe their origin to unsubdued chronic inflammation than to mere obstruction at the pylorus. Emaciation is not a symptom of the disease, and hence its absence negatively distinguishes the complaint from carcinoma. I select the following cases as examples, having obtained post-mortem examinations : — Case No. 16. Hypertrophy of the stomach. Mrs. D , aged 45. I was asked to see her in consultation with Dr. Horner, of Hull. I found her vomiting large quantities of dark-coloured fluid, of which certain parts' separated on standing, and formed a sedi- ment. The vomiting was so continued as scarcely to allow of an interval of five or ten minutes at a time. Any thing which she took immediately returned, together with a large quantity of the