The Arkansaw traveler., 1888-08-18


 found that he was suffering from nervous dyspepsiA. I explained the nature of the dlsease to him, and gave him tonics which helped him some- what, but for tong tiuae sfterwarSi he was subject to attacks of the trouble. He had an attack of 1t one day when he called at a certain ofllcs in New York, and for a long time af. terward he had such . dread of the re- turn of the trouble that he dia not dare to pay another visit to that office. It is & peculiarity of tho dlsease that the sufferer from 1t dreads re- turning to the particular place where he once had an attack of 1t.
 "One of my patients was on his way to Central park ono hot morn- ing last summer. He had taken an Eighth.avenue surface car, and when Forty second street was reached the car stopped in order to take on sev- everal paasengera My patient then had an attack of nervous dyspepsia. IL seemed to him as If he were losing hls eyesight. Then 1t seemed as If he were losing consciousness and then 1t seemed to him as If ho were dying. He realized that his fears were groundless, but he was In agony until he reached Central park. Next morn- ing at the same hour he started for Central park by the Eighth-avenue cars. His experience led him to fear that he would have another attack of his trouble at the same place where 1t had come upon him on the previous day. As tho car neared Forty second street, however, he felt no indications of a return of the trouble. He began to congratulate himself upon the fact that he had escaped return of the at- tack, when suddenly, as the car crossed Forty -second street, he felt As If he werc losing his eycsight Then 1t seemed as ii he were losing con- and then it seemed to him as If he were dying. Again he sui fered agony until he reached Central park, although meanwhile he was aware that his fears wcrc groundless. It was long time before he dared cross Forty second street again In an Eighth-avenue car.
 "lt frequently happens that the ner- vous dyspeptic, after having an attack in A street-car on a certain line, cannot ride In any cG- of that line without having an uneasy feeling that he is going to lose consciousness. ] had ono patient who told mo he had dread of ! ha se.Ax..d.d st ,aata ao1 that ha ,.nuIA not ride along any of them in the street. cars. He had attacks in cars Of nearly all tho lines, until finally hc could not ride with any comfort cx- cept in the cars of the Belt Line. Some nervous dyspeptics cannot ride with comfort in tine elevated cars. Some can ride on some lines of the road, but have a dread of other elevated lines. One man told me that for a long time he dreaded riding in the cars of the Third and Sixth avenue lines, and, instead, patronized the Second and Ninth avenue lines. Finally he began to dread riding by these lines, iand the dislike to these lines grcw tApon him To such an extent that in despair bc to the Third and Sixth avenue lines, and to his astonishment be found that the dread of these lines had vanished. Some nervous dyspep- ties have dread of crossing the fer. ries. and never feel easy while near the river front. Others feel easy only when near the water front.
 "One patient told me that as he was about to enter Delmonico's ono even- ing he had severe attack of nervous | dyspepsia. He called . cab and was driven home. When hc reached home he felt all right again, but 1t was . long time before he could bring him. self to enter Dclmonico's. Once he picked up novel, and to his horror he read that the hero, with friend. entered Delmonico's. He tremblcd with alarm for the hero. it could not have thrilled him more had the hero boldly attempted to carry, single handed, an enemy's battery. The same patient was reading another novel when he had another attack of ner- vous dyspepsia. When he resumed 'h!s novel he had s return of the at- lack. He stuck 10 the novel, however, and finally finished 1t, but at every reading he had an unessv feeling that come evil W.T. about to iisppsn To him. One of ms psi's', I- I"i'i iu" il'et whihr he was rititR -in,I-ear r." ws@ attacked 'n ih,- ntHsst ,r'.sat '"l which nervous dlsppiics are sub- ect. Ue vns in pert ci agony until suddenly he raw runaway ieAm io~aId his,sr. which ttr> seemed nis,nf to stribe. The" iis presence Df ibe real dagger drove sway ii,e imaginary drns-r. s,ai 'lv patient nctusjly iii f.Ii"sei Ti. gar ws- k,a@ktd oft i''r trsrk, bu nj. iid not slsrm us patient in fhe I.s-i He was new hal 1BI,sri. iut his feeling Of reiit ai "seapiBg fro," ttn