A treatise on dyspepsia, or indigestion : with observations on hypochondriasis and hysteria / by James Woodforde.

  • Woodforde, James.
Date:
1821
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Credit: A treatise on dyspepsia, or indigestion : with observations on hypochondriasis and hysteria / by James Woodforde. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by The Royal College of Surgeons of England. The original may be consulted at The Royal College of Surgeons of England.

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    opportunitj for its being absorbed, while the latter receive and detain the fecal part till after it has accumulated, and perhaps undergone cer- tain changes, when it is voided in a given quan- tity and at stated intervals. The regulation of the intestinal evacuation is connected besides in a particular manner, with the well-being and healthy state of the stomach and intestines themselves. The due regulation of the alvine discharge constitutes much of the prophylactic part of medicine, and teaches the propriety of advising those wlio wish to preserve good hcaltli, or to recover it when it is impaired, to attend carefully to this circumstance, in this view it may be proper, on such occasions, to counsel the valetudinarian to forsake the haunts and habits of fashionable life, to quit the crowded city, alluring amusements, and various occupations carried on in airless and even in tainted rooms, to shun luxurious tables, indo- lence, and late hours, to retrace the steps by which he has deviated from simple nature, and to court the country pure air and simple diet.”