Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1856-11-05
DiseaseSof the: Stomach,


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the Utmost importance to the physician. well also1
10 thepatient How this extension ofdseaae from7
the stomach 10 other organs takes place-the princ.
pile upon which it procseds-the symptoms exhibited
the course Of it's extension, are OF the first lmpors
lance in the guidance towards philosophical treatment
Ignorance as regards these points, has been and is
daily being the soufcs of the most dangerous treat
ment, and thevery treatment which is the cause OF
myriads Of uncured cases, worn out and debltnted
constitutions and of those long trains Of morbid ymp
IONS which attend too many patients thro life, known
and called general disease "a term, however, with.
out any meaning, from the fact that there is such
state OF system as general disease" will be en-.
deavored to BIZ shown in my advertisement of next
week.
Chronic disease of the stomach produces disease in
other organs through the agency of the nervous ss
tenn the disturbance or Irritation created By diseased
points in the stomach, is carried along the nerves to
some near organ with which it has nerve communl-
cation and the disease there set up is said to be
sympathetic disease OF the organ is said to DC seconda
rily affected. As an instance of this sympathy, q
person receiving blow upon the head, the blow il
followed almost Immediately by yomiting-the stom.
ach sympathies with the disturbed irrrated BRAIN
,Again, any indigesble matter taken upon tho stom'
ach produces headaohe-n this case, the brain sympa
thisss with the stomach !.y aji! .a.5f
This extension of disease. which takes place along
or through these is either occasional or perna'
nent and the frequent repetition of the former pro.
duces the latter-for instance Dyspepsia, or small
point of infammatory action of the stomach produces
headache, dizziness, seeplessness fullness Of the
blood vessels of the brainAushed face, &c. These
morbid symptoms will continue for longer or shorter
period die away and disappear, and after little time
recur again-hence the term occasional Inc ,nier'
vals between these occurrences become less ana less
distinct until at last the brain becomes permanently
involved, and insanity, apopectic or paraiytc con-
ges,ion mbecility and death the resut-hence the
name permanent - -
And here I. would take occasion 10 alvert tohhe
very great Importance Of attending 10 time TO these
primary initiatory symptoms Of diseased stomasa M
forciby the patient that unless correct and proper
treatment be at once instituted, no matter OF how
mild form they may at frat appear there Is imml'
nent danger CT the brain some other vital organ
toms are too frequently overlooked or regarded as
some rihing disease that will very pass off, and
thus the patient lives on taking no thought OF the
increasing frequency or vehemenoy OF those trifng
complaints" arising from disease Of the stomach, un-
Ill at last other and important organs, the brain, per-
haps, or the lungs, or the heart, or liver, or some
other organs have become almost Immediately involv-
ed Then il is that the patient, upon reflection, finds
that his disease has long been creeping upon him,
gaining almost mperceptby in intensity, unli! some
new phase of The disease suddenly awakens him 10
notions of his true situation. His friends, perhaps,
discover that his mind is not exactly right" that
his brain is diseased and of the poor patient IS
hurried to the mpdhouse, there 10 be treated win
the straight jacket, bsters to the shayen scalp, &C.
and thought pc Shaps taken by the medical attend
ant or treatment Instituted for the first great cause
and the continuance of all this trouble, viz: DISEASE
OF THE STOMACH.
Perhaps, instead of terminating in insanity, a very
different phenomenon is exhibited the surglng Of the
blood towards the brain produces at last palsy OF
limb from partial pressure OF the brain or palsy OF
the entire ocomotion from he pressure OF blood on
the back portion Of The brain, and the poor patient
Obliged, perhaps to submit to the booddisgorging
operation of the lancet shaved and bstered back
bone, stimulating and burning embroca.ions, with
very little or no good, and probably with no thought
on the part of the attending physician OF the first
great cause and the continuance OF the disease, viz
DISEASE OF THE STOMACH.
PERHAPS, instead Of either Of the above termina-
,ons, a very much less serious result IS the conse-
quencc-perhaps merely pain in the shoulder or
lead and Tic DoloureuI oil the face /; and for this
Tic Doloureux the poor patient must down with the
caIomel, iron arsenic, &c. to be tormented with
burning bs,ers, setons and the like-lhe attending
physician regarding it, perhaps, as a simple local
affection, entirely losing sight OF the fact that the
lining membrane Of the first great cause anu con'ln'
propagaling disease in the liver, and the liver in its
turn extending its irritation, and producing pain in
| the shoulder, head and face. How frequently has
pain in the right shoulder been looked upon, named
and treated as Of liver disease" T" inacton
| of The liver" vague and unmeanns terms,) and in
great majority Of cases without any benefit accrll-
;,s Srala -.a..s-rs-.a1r-h river dseases' have
been treated had the true pathology of the caYethe
true cause of the dsease in fact, the disease been
properly understood-if they had been regarded as
the consequence of disease Of the stomach producing
morbid action Of the liver, and the latter in its turn
sending lis irritation to the shoulder, face and heud
| Perhaps, instead Of either Of the above Examinations
taking place. q much more common one exhibits ITSELF
viz: disease Of the lungs. There is no so common
an occurrence disease Of the lungs being produced
1 hy disease OF the stomach, cannot long exist without
producing disease Of the lungs and there ncper ,oes
case Of diseased lungs but that wds produced 6y dis
ease o ue digestive organs. The disease called Put
monary Consumption has its origin in disease Of the
| stomach and from no other source. From The very
close nerve connection between the stomach and the
lungs, the latter is constant recipient Of all rrlta.
lion from the stomach, which tends 10 the formation
of tilhercles, the commencement Of Pulmonary Con.
snmplion-frst, by not only inducing diseased state
Of the air tubes, but also by settling up sympathetic
irritation in the spongy tissue Of the lung; and Sec
ondly by producing morbid state Of the blood in
consequence Of imperfect digestion of food by tho
| Inlamed stomach This idea, am Well aware, as
regards the Of Consumption, is ut variance with
the great of wise heads Of the prufession but IL
does not mnke It any the less t.ue There are us
wiseheads as any in the profession who hare:promul-
gated the doctrine for years. and years ago was sat
isGed, from my own observation, that Consumption
had its origin in disease of the stomach, and too moi
in few isolated cases. but In every instance and
defy any physician to point TO case Of Pulmonary
Consumption that upon close inquiry and minute eI
animation it could not be found and beyond adouht,
That The patient had been previously laboring under
diseased digestive organs. There is no disease so
much dreaded, or looked upon with SO much horror,
as Consumption. All sorts Of :" specifics" have been
invented for its cure; every conceivable combination
Of drugs almost have been compounded, and the poor
sufferer sent 10 almos sYery corner Of the inhablahe
globe for relief but all very little purpose. Physi-
clans take charge OF such cases With great hesitation
and doubt land the patient now looks only for tempo
rary and insigniAoant relief And why Is this! Why
n vain Simply from miaconceptlon as regards the
true cause OF disease, VIZ: Disease Of The Digestive
Organs.
Consumption is as capable of being cured as almost
any other disease. when no: loo far advanced -wheh
the lungs not too much consumed. II is impossl-
bic TO creaie new lungs, or 10 make them; grow out
again and occupy the PLACE of The lung that has been
destroyed and annihlatcd by ulcera on, supperaton
and expectordton but when sufficient of the lung
remains for the purposes Of their oilice; only
further destruction may be- remedisd but an entirely
may be brought about. Facts of cases Of Pulmonary
Consumption having been cured, and The subject af.
forwards living to good old age, have been too often
shown by post mortem examination, to admit nova.
days Of single doubt Rest assured this end ia not
attained by doctorng" the lungs and having no re-
gard to other diseased organs No, for by prescribing
for the lungs, most valuable time is being lost, and
without benefttng the patient one particle, for The
effect is being "doctored" instead of the cause but
TO strike at the root of the evil and 10 strike effective.
y go at to the stomach and there will You find
the cause of all this trouble, and only by removing
this can the patient have any hope of recovery. To
talk about curing Consumption by applying remedies
10 the lungs and taking NO thought or insiituung no
treatment for other diseased parts OF the system aA
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