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

  • Eno, J. C.
Date:
[1870?]
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Credit: A treatise on the stomach and its trials / by J.C. Eno. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    disperse, and with them vanish, for a while, the Dyspeptic’s gloom; he is a slave to the caprices of the weather, and cloud and sunshine vary at will, the scanty measure of his enjoyments. It is curious to mark the effects of Dyspepsia in the countenance, motions, and demeanour of the patient. Observe that man, walking by himself, with feeble gait and inelastic step; pressing his hands on the region of his stomach, stooping in his attitude, and regarding nobody —in all probability he is a Dyspeptic. Cast your eye upon that man in the corner of the room, sitting apart from the rest of the company, sel¬ dom speaking unless spoken to, and satirical or morose when he does speak—there is strong reason to conclude he is a Dyspeptic. Look at that slender-built man, with long, lean fingers, slender legs, a coun¬ tenance between pale and sallow, a slight tinge of yellow in his eyes, a dry skin, and hair moistureless—-there can hardly be a doubt but that he suffers from Indigestion• Nothing can be more wayward than a Dyspeptic's stomach. It is almost as difficult to please as a spoilt child, or a monarch ruined by in¬ dulgence. It is faint, without being actually hungry ; and craves the stimulus of food, without feeling the demands of a genuine appetite. And yet all this is caused simply by an imperfect dissolution' of the food in the stomach, which may be prevented by the use of a remedy, of which we shall speak by and by. THE IMPORTANCE OF NUTRITION. The Lamp of Life. Supply. Waste. Breathing, without proper Nutriment, the cause of Death. The best way to assist Nature to do her own ivork without the use of Medicine. Raw Meat Jelly the most efficient kind of Nutriment, with least inconvenience from hidk or other quality. 4 Keep up the power of nutrition, and the body will resist and eject disease.’ Nutrition is nothing more or less than a continued healthy trans¬ formation of the food in the Stomach, an uninterrupted decay and restoration of the body, the ceaseless operation of supply to waste, of building up and depositing new materials, and removing the old. Nu¬ trition is the nourishment of the pabulum vitae, the restorer of the vis mice, the power that enables the system to throw off diseased action. Of how great moment, therefore, must be a plan of treatment that re-