Worcester daily spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1850-1888, 1858-01-04
NEW YORK ADVERTISEMENTS.
DISEASE OF THE STOMACH
ID TTg CONSFOTTENpEs


kncWledge of this fact is of the Importance to the
physician a. well as also to the patient How this ex-
tension Of disease from the stomach to other organs takes
pace-the principle upon which proceeds-the symp
toms exhibited iu the Of its extension the
first Importance in the guidance towards philosophical
treatment Ign0ance regards these points has been
and is daily being the Of the dangerous
treatment and the very treatment in fact which
OF mvriads Of uncured cases. worn out end deb.
tAted constitutions and Of those long trains OF bid
symptoms which attend TOO many patients through lie,
known and called general disease p-s term however.
without any meaning from the fact that there such
state OF the system as general disease" will he
deavored to be shown in my advertisement Of next
week.
Chronic disease Of the stomach produces disease in
other through the agency the System;
the disturbance Of irritation created by diseased points
in the stomach is carried along the nerves to some
organ with which il has communication and the
disease there set up is said to be sympathetic disease
or the organ is said to re secondsry affected. As an
nsanee OF this sympathy, person receiving blow on
the mead, the blow is followed almost Immediately by
Vomiting-the stomach sympathizes with the disturbed
or ritsted brain Again, any indigesbIe matter taken
upon the stomach produces heAdachein this ease the
BRAN syq patAizss with the stomach.
This extension Of disease which takes place along
through these nerves. e her occasional permanent,
and the frequent repetition OF the former produces the
atssri-lor instance Dyspepsia, or 81 all point of
lnf4mmatory action of the stomach produces headache
dizziness seepessness full of the b 'od vessels Of the
brain flushed face, &c. These morbid symptoms will
continue for longer shorter period die away and
disappear, and after little time again-hence the
term occasonaln The intervals between these recur-
become anI less distinct until at last the
brain becomes per uaneny involved and insanity apo.
Pecic or paralytc congestion imbeciy, and death is
| the Tesult-hence the name permanent"
And here would take occasion to advert to the very
great Importance OF attending in time to these primary
intatory symptoms of diseased stomach, which
up as warning, speaking plainly and iorcbly to the
patient that unless correct aud proper be at
once instituted matter of how mild form they may
at first appear there is imminent danger of the brain or
some other vital organ becoming perm inenty involved
These early symptoms frequently overlooked or
regarded as some trng disease that will very pass
OIL and thus the patient lives on taking thought
the increasing frequency or vehemence of those " ring
complaints until at last, other and important organs
the brain perhaps or toe lungs the art liver
some other organ have become almost rredsemaby in
voYed Then it is that the patient upon reflection ENDS
that his disease has long been creeping upon him. gain
ing almost imperceptahIy intensity, until new
phase OF his disease sud eny swak ms him to notions of
his true situation HIS friends, perhaps discover that
his mind Is not exactly right that his braip is dissas
ed" and of the poor pan mt is hurried to mad house.
there TO De treated with straight jacket blisters to the
shaver scalp, &c, ard thought perhaps by
me1ica attendant or treatment instituted for the first
great cause and the continuance of all this trouble
| viz. Disc AsE OF THE STOMACH.
Perhaps, instead of terminating in inssnitya very Diff
t9rent phenomenon exhibit d. the surgng Of the bloc
towards he brain produces at last the palsy OF a limb
from the partial pressure Of the brain, palsy the
entire locemoton from the pressure blood on the back
portion OF the brain and the patient obliged per
haps, to submit to the blood disg rgng operation of he
lancet shaved and bisered scalp, burnt and bstered
back bone, stimulating aud burning embrocstons with
very little good, aud 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 foundations
very much less serious result is the conseque lcsper
haps, merely pain the shoulders Or head and Tic
Doloureaux OF the face and for this Tic Dooureaux the
poor patient must down with calome IRON, arsenic &C..
and be tormented with burning bsers setons and the
hke-the attending physician regarding it, perhaps as
SIMPLY local affection, entirely losing sight Of the fact
that the lining membrane Of the stomach and live one
continuous membaue and also Of the first great
continuance Of these pains viz Disease of the Stomach
propagang disease in the liver and the liver turn
extending Its irritation, and producing pain the Shout
der, head and face. How frequently pain in the
right shoulder" been locked upon named and as
case OF silver dsease "inacton OF the liver vague
and unmeaning eyms) and in great majority of cases
without any benefit accruing from the treatment; and
with how much more success might these called 'ver
diseases have been treated had the true anthology the
casehe true cause of the disease, in fact the disease
been properly uudersood- they had been regarded as
the consequence of disease of the stomach producing
morbid action in the liver and the latter in its turn send
ing its irritation to the shoulder head Perhaps
instead of either OF the above Examinations taking places
much more common exhibits ITSELF viz disease of
the lungs There is not common occurrance as dis
ease n the lungs being produced by disease the tomt
achj In fact, disease of the stomach long exs.
without producing disease of the lungs there neUer
oas case q diseased lungs but hat OGs produced by
disease Of the digestive organs The disease called
Pulmonary Consumption has its origin in disease OF the
| stomach and from no other source. From the close
nerve connection between The stomach and the lungs the
latter is constant recipient of all irritation from the
stomach, which tends the formation of tuberces the
commencement Of Pulmonary Consumpton-hrst, by not
only inducing diseasd state of the air tubes by
set ing up asympathetc Irritation in the spCngy tissue Of
the lung; and secondly by producing morbid state Of
tile boed In consequence VI imperfect digestion of food by
the infamed stomach. This idea well aware, as re-
CARDS the cause of Consumption is at with the
great mass OF che wise heads OF the profession,
does not make it any the less tue There are as wise
heads as any in the profession who have promulgated
the doctrine for years; and years satisfied from
my own observation, that Consumption had its origin in
disease of the stomach and that too few isolated
cases. but in every instance; and defy any physician
| point to case of Pulmonary Consumption that upon
close examinations it could be found beyond doubt
that the patient had not be abnrng under diseased d
gsstive olgsEH There b disease much dresded, or
locked pom with so nweh horror, as Consumption All
sorts Of specc HAYS been invented for It's cure every
conceivable combination of drugs almost have been com
pounded and the poor sufferers sent to almost every
ner OF the hahitabe globe for relief and all but very
little purpose Physicians take charge Of such cases
with great hesitation and doubt and the patient now
looks only for temporary and Insignificant relief And
why is thisi Why all this misery and suerlng-a this
medical labor in vain? Simply from misconcepton as re
CARDS the true cause of aisease viz: DISEASE OF THE
| DIGESTIVE ORG ANS.
Consumption is capable Of being cured as almost
any other disease, when advanced-when the
lungs are not too much consumed 1t is impossible to
create new lungs, to make grow out again and
occupy the place Of lung that has destroyed and
annihattd by liberation, suppuFation and expectora.
on but when sufficient of the lung remains for the pur-
poses OF Their ONCE not only further dest ucton may
remedled but an entire healthy action of the remaining
portion of the lung may be brought about Facts of cases
OF pulmonary Consumpt on having been cured and the
subject afterwards living to ood old age have been too
often shown by post mOrtem examination to admit now
adays, Of single doubt But assured this end Is
not attained by doctorng the lungs, and having
gard for other diseased organs. No. MOI for by prescrb.
ing Tor the lungs most valuable time being lost and
without benehtng the patient particle for the effect
being doctored" instead Of the cause to stre at
the root OF the evil and to strike effectively go at once
to the stomach, and there you will find the cause and
the only 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 to the
lungs and taking no thought intuting no treatment
for other diseased PARTS OF the system is all nonsense
and empyncism No patient ever cured, nor ever
will be by such pIescrI tons Look well to the stomach
search there for diseased action land you will always
hnd plenty Of it, and may be Instituted
with no little hope Of success-and one that WILL in
great majority Of cases, the patient provined Of
course, the lungs are not much consumed
There are thousan Is of cergymen throue the Unit
ed States troubled with that very disease known
as sc ergymen throat" and probably rot one in
one hundred knows the true Of his dsease perhaps
from the fact of it never having properly exclaimed
70 him by his physician, and possibly also from his
physician taking wrong view regards true cause
Ou OF hundreds Of That have fallen under nv OBJ
aerVatlon there has been single instance that it was
not readily aceabe to disease the digestive organs
From the TACT OF the mucous membrane OF the air tubes
being constant recipient Of irritation having its orr
gin in diseased digestive organs air tubes take on
an extreme senssiyenes, which produces large AMOUNT
OF morbid secretion and renders the patient exceedingly
susceptible to Oh in the temperature causing him to
be continually suect TO "fresh colds" coughsn the
frequent repetu Of which induces that chtonic nfam
nation OF the air ubes known "Bronehitis' and Cler
gymen's thr0at"
In ooncluson-to all invalids let me say that II have
made mention above Of the disease with which you are af
hced rest assured 1t is folly for you to hope for either
permanent or speedy cure unless attentions had the