Lectures on dietetics and dyspepsia.

  • Roberts, William, Sir, 1830-1899.
Date:
1885
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    might be a valuable addition to the resources of the dyspeptic. By the use of lozenges, and especially of gum lozenges, I have obtained in the treatment of acid dys- pepsia distinctly more curative results than by the use of alkalies. The advent of the bland gummy solution into the stomach probably acts topically as a soothing ap- plication to the irritated mucous membrane, allays its abnormal sensitiveness, and thereby disposes it to a more normal performance of its functions in dealing with the succeeding meal. If the surplus acid is great, and the torment severe, a dose of alkali must be administered; but the milder means here suggested will give adequate relief in most instances, and will greatly promote the abbreviation of the bad period. With regard to the regulation of the diet of the dyspeptic, the removal of habitual constipation, the due mastication of the food, the avoidance of hurried eating, the use of exercise in the open air, and the adoption of other hygienic precautions, I have nothing to add to the rules laid down on these matters in your manuals and in special treatises on dyspepsia. TT