of the Stomach. . 239 



ary matter ; heat in the stomach ; a gnawing sensation ;, 

 a sensation of great emptiness ; sweUing of the stomach ; 

 an oppressive weight of that viscus after eating ; disten- 

 tion of the intestines ; depraved appetite ; loss of appe- 

 tite ; unusual craving of food ; spasms in the intestines ; 

 cholic ; obstinate costiveness ; or alternations of costive- 

 ness and diarrhea \ or continued diarrhea, a great part of 

 the food passing from the bowels unaltered ; borboryg- 

 mi ; phlegm in the stomach ; acid eructations ; eructa- 

 tions of a thin, watery, and insipid fluid ; frequent vom- 

 itings. 



2. Those which exist in other parts of the body, and 

 are owing to sympathy with the diseased stomach. These 

 are vertigo, or swimming in the head ; dimness of sight ; 

 pain in the balls of the eyes, with a continual tendency to 

 inflammation ; head ache ; singing in the ears ; a partial 

 or total loss of voice ; an early and rapid decay of the teeth ; 

 the constant formation of tartar upon the teeth ; frequent 

 teeth-ache ; a sallow complexion ; catarrh ; cough ; pul ; 

 monary consumption ; pain in the back, attended with 

 heat ; wandering pains ; tremor of the hands ; pain in 

 that part of the leg where the Gastrocnemius and Soleus 

 muscles unite to form the Tendo Achillis, this is a dull 

 pain, exactly resembling that which is induced by walk- 

 ing in tight boots in a hot day, till considerable fatigue 

 is brought on ; cramps ; tetanus ; small cutaneous pus- 

 tular eruptions, especially about the wrists and thighs ; 

 hot flushes affecting the body generally, or a part of it ; 

 shiverings ; syncope or fainting ; palpitations of the 

 heart ; frequent yawnings and sighings ; a pulse irregu- 

 lar, intermitting, quick, small and feeble ; sometimes no 

 visible perspiration from exercise, and sometimes copi- 

 ous and debilitating sweats ; sudden weariness of the 

 body or mind induced by ordinary exertions ; liability 

 to be greatly affected by changes of the weather, and to 

 take cold easily ; great irritability of body ; great drow- 

 siness, irregular sleep ; sudden startings in sleep ; labo- 

 rious sleep, and sometimes constant watchfulness. 



3. Those which affect the mind. These are great ir- 

 ritability ; habitual discouragement, or what is often 

 called low spirits ; timidity ; anxiety ; irresolution ; 



