Man's mission on earth : being a series of lectures delivered at Dr. Jourdain's Parisian Gallery of Anatomy, addressed to those laboring under the baneful effects of self-abuse, excesses, or infection : also, a familiar explanation of the venereal disease showing the danger arising from neglect or improper treatment in disorders of the generative system / by R.J. Jourdain.

  • Jordan, Henry J.
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1872, ©1867
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Credit: Man's mission on earth : being a series of lectures delivered at Dr. Jourdain's Parisian Gallery of Anatomy, addressed to those laboring under the baneful effects of self-abuse, excesses, or infection : also, a familiar explanation of the venereal disease showing the danger arising from neglect or improper treatment in disorders of the generative system / by R.J. Jourdain. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    into a state of fermentation, producing acid and wind, and giving rise to symptoms of indiges- tion ; but when, on the other hand, the functions of the stomach become impaired so as to be incapable of acting upon proper food, then arises dyspepsia. Now it will be unnecessary to dilate upon the first stage of the disease, as its cause is simple and its cure equally so; we will, therefore turn our attention entirely to the more serious one. First of all we will examine and explain the symptoms. The patient, then, first of all begins to find his usual pursuits irksome and laborious; he is constantly suffering fromindigestion which formerly he had easily been enabled to mitigate; he has now but a poor and vitiated appetite; he is not so strong as he used to be, and he feels he is getting into a serious state. The slightest ex- ercise occasions fatigue, and causes profuse per- spiration; his tongue is coated on the posterior part and on its center with a brownish fur; his bowels are either costive or relaxed; the pulse is slow and small, and although it is sometimes hard, his countenance is more pallid than usual; the eyes appear swollen, and the white of the eyes becomes injected with yellow streaks. In some cases heart-burn and oppression are experienced after meals, but in others the patient only com- plains of languor and extreme listlessness. Sometimes a sense of constriction is felt about