The common forms of gastroenteritic neuroses : their aetiology and treatment / by Anthony Bassler.

  • Bassler, Anthony, 1874-
Date:
1908 [i.e. 1909]
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Credit: The common forms of gastroenteritic neuroses : their aetiology and treatment / by Anthony Bassler. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE COMMON FORMS OF GASTROENTERITIC NEUROSES; THEIR ETIOLOGY AND TREATMENT* By Anthony Bassler, M. D., New York. In accepting your kind invitation I have cliosen for the theme of my paper a consideration of what are the most numerous of all gastroenterological af- fections. In doing this, ,I shall transcend most time honored classifications of the past which deal with states of disturbed sensations, secretion, and motility of the gastroenteron, includ€^only those which most plausibly seem to have no organic change of tissue as reasons for their existence, and present these along lines of rather ordinary clinical observation. Mani- festly, it would be quite impossible in a short time to accomplish more than just to touch upon this vast and varied subject, and in doing this I shall leave out much that is important, although I shall attempt to dilate somewhat upon the aetiology of the com- mon forms of neuroses (since in doing this thera- peutic suggestions can be gleaned) and not consider detail work in the way of special technique in the diagnosis of gastroenteric affections. The cases of true neuroses of the digestive canal are seen in individuals old enough to care for them- selves and others, and young enough to engage in the many activities of life. In the child and those advanced in years, while neither are exempt from *Read before the Medical Association of the Greater City of New York, December 7, 1908, and the Long Island Practitioners’ Society, December 17, 1908. Copyright, 1908, by A. R. Elliott Publishing Co.