Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop.

  • Bishop, S. O.
Date:
1888
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Credit: Medical hints for the hills / by S.O. Bishop. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    dyspepsia or indioestion. This is one of the most common ailments that I am repeatedly consulted about by new (arrivals. These are various, and among others may be mentioned that a mild form of catarrh or cold of the coats of the stomach is often set up by the sudden change from the plains to the hills, in consequence of which the secretion of the gastric juice is very much lessened, and the process of digestion im- paired ; coupled with this an increased quan- tity of solids is taken from the improvement in the appetite caused by the tonic air; so the stomach has more to perform with less Causes.
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