The stomach in its morbid state; being a practical inquiry into the nature and treatment of diseases of that organ, and into the influence they exercise upon the origin, progress, and termination of diseases of the liver, heart, lungs, and brain / [Langston Parker].

  • Parker, Langston, 1805?-1871.
Date:
1838
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Credit: The stomach in its morbid state; being a practical inquiry into the nature and treatment of diseases of that organ, and into the influence they exercise upon the origin, progress, and termination of diseases of the liver, heart, lungs, and brain / [Langston Parker]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ef stimulants from the plan of alimentation, and limiting the patient to milk and easily digestible food. It is here that aperi- ents, judiciously administered, are of great service; but we must bear one thing in mind in their exhibition, viz., that the stomach and bowels being in a morbid state, are particularly sensible to im- pression, in these forms of disease ; and hence the administration of purgative medicines, although clearly indicated and properly chosen, is sometimes followed by a degree of relaxation of the bowels approaching to hypercatharsis. I have seen this state pro- duced over and over again, when the symptoms of hyperemia of the stomach were present, and the bowels at the same time con- fined. For the same reason does digitalis produce vomiting when exhibited in this state of the stomach, complicated with disease of the heart. Stimulant diuretics in dropsies or hepatic diseases are productive of the same evils, where this state of stomach is present. The form of aperient remedies I am generally in the habit of em- ploying in these states are the following :—R,. Pil. hyd. gr. ii., pulv. rhoei gr. ill., ipecac. co. gr. i, mucilaginis q. s. ft. pil. ii. These may be taken twice or thrice a day, with two or three table spoonfuls of the mixture prescribed in the first section. If the fla- tulence be distressing, a combination of the pil. hydr. with the pil. galbani co. is of great service. At other times, the blue pill may be used with the extract of hyoscyamus. These remedies should be given with different proportions of the mixture, according to the circumstances of the case. I have found great benefit from exhi- biting the pills and mixture one hour before dinner, once in the day, and repeated before the evening meal, if the bowels require it. If much tenderness and pain exist in the epigastrium, if the pulse be full and hard, the tongue red and dry, small relays of leeches will be of great use. Ihave frequently cured these indiges-