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].

  • Samuel William Langston Parker
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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    pathologists as those just mentioned, these pulmonary affections have been treated as chimeras. I am convinced, from long and close attention to this class of diseases, that the stomach is a most common source of pulmonary disease. Or THE PuLsE AND HEART. An inflammatory condition of the mucous membrane of the stomach exerts a most marked influence over the heart and arteries, independent of the mere increase in frequency and force of pulsa- tion which is characteristic of a]l inflammatory conditions, whe- ther acute or chronic. The state of the susceptibility of the nervous system varies much; and hence we find that whilst the heart is - uninfluenced in the regularity of its actions, in many instances, in others, fits of palpitation are present, which threaten suffocation. The heart may be affected by irritation in the stomach in ma- ny ways; by mere increased impulse, by occasional intermissions of its pulsations, or by irregular and tumultuous motions. In some instances, an actual physical sign of disease may be present, and after death the heart be found perfectly healthy. Cruveilhier has recorded a case of this nature,* where the action of the heart and the morbid sound it emitted was dependent upon stomach dis- ease. I have recorded another, which will be found in a subse- quent part of this volume. The pulse is also liable to occasional variations, which are sometimes independent of the action of the heart. These symptoms are manifested in a double or triple motion of the artery to each contraction of the ventricle. Many cases of this kind will be found in the chapters on the Influence of the * Anatomie Pathologique.