A treatise on the sympathetic relation between the stomach and the brain ... in the causation and cure of diseases. With an appendix ... on certain points connected with the treatment of chronic disease and it's [sic] attendant debility / by Charles Wightman.

Date:
1840
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Credit: A treatise on the sympathetic relation between the stomach and the brain ... in the causation and cure of diseases. With an appendix ... on certain points connected with the treatment of chronic disease and it's [sic] attendant debility / by Charles Wightman. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh. The original may be consulted at the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

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    CONTENTS. PAGE Preface vii Introduction 1 General observations on the Sympathetic Relation be- tween the Digestive and the Nervous Systems 7 Considerations on the Influence of the Stomach upon the Brain 10 Considerations on the Influence of the Brain upon the Stomach 16 Illustrations of this Sympathetic Relation in the Causation and Cure of various Diseases. Preliminary Remarks 25 The Subject illustrated In the Consequences of Injuries of the Head 30 In the Effects of External Violence on the Epigas- trium 33 In Fever—particularly Typhus 40 In Acute Gastritis 50 In Apoplexy 5j In a state resembling Apoplexy 71 In Epilepsy 79 In the Cerebral disease commonly named Hydroce- phalus gg In Chronic Disease of the Brain 115 In Headach n Qr> In Dyspeptic and Nervous Disorder combined 141