78 Notes from the Physiological Laboratory 



XII. 



ON THE DIETETIC FACTOR IN THE TREAT- 

 MENT OF ANGINA PECTORIS. 



THERE has recently been under my care a patient 

 suffering from true angina, in whom, as is not seldom 

 the case, any slight gastric irritation constituted the 

 immediate exciting cause of the frequently-recurrent 

 paroxysms. 



After the last attack there existed an inability to 

 retain the lightest and simplest foods, their ingestion 

 inducing not only nausea, but much cardiac distress. 

 Eecourse was had, with advantage, to milk, par- 

 tially digested by the commercial Extractum Pan- 

 creatis ; but the flavor of the resultant preparation 

 was unappetizing, and finally became repulsive to 

 the patient, who whimsically described its taste as 

 that of " stewed corpse." 



To meet this emergency, there were devised two 

 food products, which I have not seen described, and 

 which, in practice, proved eminently satisfactory. 



1. Pancrcatized Oysters. The oysters of an or- 



