GASTRITIS. 
cation, to the region of = flomach, may be sak ae re- 
‘forted to with advantage. A. 
arge bl: ter, ba 
pit an the seer ie venefection, is ~ van- 
tageou 5 where a con demic etait of the 
fond: with. eee actual inflammation, exifts, and 
the external oe y of a 
gives ae to naufea aa an 2 
blifter is often the moft an ene The refolution of 
the inflammation is alfo affifted by fomentations to the whole 
of the abdomen frequent emollient and laxative 
glyfters, which will contribute alfo to the purpofe of dilu- 
tion, and, from the vicinity of the colon to the ftomach, 
may aét as a fort eae nal fomentation. 
It is fortunate that t par ticularly t the blood- 
letting and bli oe continue e means 
that w s of r aa inflammatory a in 
this infanmaton, every th ing applied to he internal ee 
of t itfelf is sguaacamies rejected, a ds to 
the morbid irritation; no medic 
contrary - abiftinence may be to the prejudices of Engli 
men. n exception to this, however, lies in ae nee of 
gaftritis, oceaficned. 7 acrid or poifonous uae ; 
=i diluent ace en, and Aa 
ced, by removing the i irritating caufe, 
“ithough it can be recolleéted that ies a matters com- 
monly produce a fufficient degree of vomiting themfelves. 
In other cafes, where any thing can be borne by the tele 
liquids of the very mildeft kind, fuch as milk and w water, 
thin gruel, &c. muit be given, and in very fmall. quantities 
at a time. 
r the ee poifons, which act dir on the 
e ufe of a r rally fug- 
rofive acids and al- 
ies may be reciprocally neutralized by each other; the 
fulphurets have been fuppofe - to correét the acrid qualities 
of arfenical falts, &c. (Se e Arsenic.) But it muft be ob- 
ferved, with refpeét to the undiluted acids, and the pure or 
eauftic alkalie es, that ae injurious operation on a texture 
of the aie with which they come in contact is inftan 
and before any se can be applied, the hoe onifchief 
is accompli 
plates, in whatever manner exhibited, are very hurtful 
during the firft days of inflammation of the ftomach ; but 
when its violence ae greatly abated, or the pain gad. fick- 
nef recur at intervals only, opiates may be cautioufly admi- 
and have fometimes been thus employed 
e anephlor tlic regimen muft be in a confiderable de- 
gree adhered to, even after the difeafe is fubdued : a low 
mild diet muftbe continued for fome weeks ; the food bene 
fparing alfo in quantity, confifting of milk and vegetables 
chiefly, and every thing hard, vifcid, infoluble, or ftimu- 
lant, together with all fecmeneed liquors, being carefully 
avoided. We formerly mentioned, and the obfervation was 
peli by the authority of Dr. George Fordyce, one 
one of t ft common caufes of relapfe in fevers was t 
too oe recurrence to the ordinary fall diet. (See Fever. ) 
This obfervation is fill more applicable to the piligmafie . 
ontact with the organ, which is debi- 
ei and predifpofed to’ difeate by the previous fuffer- 
When /uppuration has aGtually begun, as Cullen juitiy 
remarks, 1 it muft be left to nature; our medicines are of no 
nonly confine the 
patient to quietnefs, and aiid diet. The cafe is then al- 
molt hopelefs. 
Wither efpeét to the erythematic inflammation of the fto- 
mach, it was eae by Dr. Cullen as a m 
occurrence than that of the phlegmonic kind. 
ready ftated that diffection has {ometimes deteéted the 
fence of an inflamed condition of the ftomach, when neither 
ain nor pyrexia had hefore given any notice of it. Such 
rane Dr. Cullen z appr vhends to have been chiefly of 
his {pecies of inflammation, he 
a 
po 
us is prevented, or the liqui 
poured out is of a lefs vifcid kind, fo as to = lefs fitted to 
defend the fubjacent nerves 3 and, in matters even 
of moderate acrimony may pedis an ery ieneue affection 
of ty ee 
ic aasag {preads into the 
phary. as Oo e 
pera ” When, therefore, an eryt ematic inflammation af-- 
ects the mouth and fauces, and when at the fame time there 
] fenfibility to all acrids, _ 
a frequent vomiting, there can be little doubt of the ftom 
an affe€ted with the fame inflammati 
ppetite, an anxiety, fre equent vomiting, 
an unufual fenfibility with Te efped t cs) acrids, i tome thirf, an nd’ 
frequency of Nh ulfe, there 
matic inflammation of the flomach; and Dr. Cullen affirms 
that he has oa fuch fymptoms, after fome time, | difco-. 
ver aa! ia more clearly by the appearance o 
n the uces or mouth, 
=} 
uch inflammation has been 
known to fpread fucceflively alon baie whole ae of the- 
alimentary canal, occafioning in the intefti jarrheea, and 
in the ftomach vomitings 3 the diarrhoca ceafing when the vo- 
mitings came on,’ or the vomitings upon the appearance of 
the diarrhoea. 
an erythematic inflammation of the ftomach is dif-. 
ms n 
mouth, and when 
tended with a fenfe of lies, wii feve modes 
of, a bliftering, and Hee roe ee sa when 
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