A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno.

  • Eno, J. C.
Date:
[1870?]
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    HOW WIND ON THE STOMACH CAUSES PALPITATION, INTERMITTENT PULSE, PAIN, AND FAINTNESS, AND MISTAKEN HEART-DISEASE. The following Cut shows the near proximity of the stomach to the heart. The above woodcut shows the dividing lining, or diaphragm, which separates the chest from the abdomen; it also shows the size of the stomach when ordinarily filled with food, and the heart is shown im¬ mediately above. Now when the stomach is filled with food, and, from want of vitality in the nerves of the stomach,, the contents become acid, fermentation takes place, and gas is frequently generated in large quantity. This distends the stomach, and interferes with the action of the heart, causing palpitation, intermittent pulse, pain, and faintness.