The diseases of the stomach : bring the third edition of the "Diagnosis and treatment of the varieties of dyspepsia" revised and enlarged / by Wilson Fox.

  • Fox, Wilson.
Date:
1872
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    DISEASES OE THE STOMACH. PAET I. ON THE GENERAL SYMPTOMATOLOGY OF THE STOMACH. The symptoms by which the derangements in the functions or alterations in the structure of the stomach are disclosed are not limited as a rule to any single affection, but are present, with varying deo-rees of intensity and in different varieties of combination, in nearly all the disorders, both functional and organic, by which it is affected. Their importance as a means of diagnosis requires, however, ; a separate consideration of the causes of such as are of most common 1 occurrence, especially since they are often the only ground of coni- plaint by patients, and are the cause for which medical assistance is ! sought. Disorders of the stomach are also characterised by this ] peculiarity—that their effects may be chiefly, and sometimes solely, I manifested by disturbances of the functions or of the nutrition of other i and distant parts, whose relation to the original seat of disease is often < obscure ; and a knowledge of this connexion is essential, not only to I the diagnosis of the causes of such derangements, but also to the ■ success of treatment directed to their relief or cure. Many of the symptoms proper to the organ itself are only per- • versions of its normal physiological functions, a true understanding > of which is a necessary prelude to a proper comprehension of the 1 phenomena of its diseases. Although, however, the prosecution of i this latter inquiry, in all its bearings, would lie beyond the scope of t this work,—and indeed, in spite of much modern research, our know- 1 ledge even of the physiological processes which are daily performed 1 by it are in many respects as yet only imperfectly understood,—yet i some allusion to them can hardly be dispensed with. The semeiology of the stomach may be classified under the foUow- i ing heads:— A. Limited to the stomach. 1. Objective symptoms, depending on alterations in its size, shape, position, and relation to neighbouring organs. 2. Subjective, consisting for the most part in disturbances of sensation, w F , - B