The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1884-05-07
DYSPEPSIA AND sYNcopE.
ssmc Plain bnt Cartons Facts About the
Human System.

Dyspepsia may be induced in various
ways. During digestion the stomach requires
much nerve force, and draws it from the
brain and other organs. Active exercise of
body or mind interferef with he process by
diverting the nervous influence to other
parts. knew a merchant who was embar-
raised in business, and who fell into the
habit of gulping down his meals very hasti-
ly and then rushing into the financial strug-
gle. This practice was kept up for several
MONTHS until he had to surrender to his
creditors. Meanwhile his appetite and
digestion aud health were all gone, and he
died literally frcn. starvation knew
gentleman who was attached to club of
merchants who dined together daily. They
had rule that whoever introduced business
during the meal should pay fine. Their
physiology was sound and practical. Lux
urious living and prolonged abuse of the
stomach sometimes result in hypochondria.
ridiculous phase of insanity. A man will
imagine that his nose is growing crooked,
or that his ears are out of place, or that ne
has swallowed frog or n snake. Disease
OF bodily organs and susceptibility of mind
aggrayate each other. Diseases of the heart
when known to the patient are very apt to
create anxiety and dependency. The same
effect follows u belief that such disease ex.
lists, even when there is no disease. In the
great majority of persons who suffer from
this apprehension, there is no real disease
nothing but functional disturbance or pal
pitation due to disorder of the stomach. The
most frequent seat of pain is near the point
of the heart ON the left side. Doubtless the
peculiar arrangements of the nerves leads to
this result. We can seldom be certain that
the cause of pain il ut the point where the
pain is felt In hip disease the pain is in
the knee
"Syncope or fainting is due 10 dimin.
ished quantity of blood in the brain. A
certain degree of pressure ON the brain by
the blood circulating through it is required
for the healthy action of that organ. Loss
of blood from wounds acts mechanically in
diminishing the pressure. But that the sight
of blood should have the same effect is curl.
Gus. To raise the head in these cases is the
worst thing possible. The person should
rest with the head as low us the body, OIL
even lower. There exists a kind provision
that the fear of death should not dis urb the
last moments of consciousness. Disquiei
and alarm may attend sudden and transient
attacks of disease, but they are seldom
present when the end is nigh, let the intel
lect be never more clear. This is remarka
bly, the case in epidemic cholera. Some
change in the condition of the brain, con
nected it may be with the rapid drainage OF
the watery portion of the blood, destroys
the instructive love of life without impair
ing the general faculties of the mental or
gan. Never but ence did ! observe any
indications of anxiety for the future. J
never saw a cholera patient who would re
frain from taking draught of cold water l.
be could get it, even when assured that i
would be fatal to him. A patient recovering
from i severe nttnck asked for basin O.
water in which he might dip his hands
Suspecting his design, the nurse gave hin
soapy water which had been used Il,
wash the hands. The patient drained ii
contents and in few hours died"