A descriptive, diagnostic and practical essay on disorders of the digestive organs and general health, and particularly on their numerous forms and complications, contrasted with some acute and insidious diseases : being an attempt to prosecute the views of Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Abernethy, and a second edition of the essay On the mimoses, with additions / by Marshall Hall.

  • Hall, Marshall, 1790-1857.
Date:
1820
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Credit: A descriptive, diagnostic and practical essay on disorders of the digestive organs and general health, and particularly on their numerous forms and complications, contrasted with some acute and insidious diseases : being an attempt to prosecute the views of Dr. Hamilton and Mr. Abernethy, and a second edition of the essay On the mimoses, with additions / by Marshall Hall. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    principally during’ the might, when he became af- fected with the following- complaint, about four months ago. He first experienced an unusual degree of weakness, which incapacitated him for his employ- ment; he then complained of a propensity to sweating on any slight exertion or emotion, with pain of the head, loss of appetite, constipation, &c. At first too, lie lost his flesh rather rapidly, to the amount, as he supposes, of about 14lb. The countenance became palish and sallow, and he was told that he had a Liver Complaint. The general weakness increased, and a degree of trembling was observed when he lifted his cup of tea to his mouth, and when he attempted to walk or underwent any fatigue.—At present the pro- labia are rather pale, the face near the nose is affected with an oily perspiration, the eye-lids .are dark, and the general complexion is of a palish, sallow appear- ance. The albuginea is perfectly white. The tongue is white, loaded, and clammy. He perspires more than usual on any exertion. He has no headach or i vertigo now, and has had no cough at any time. There is a sense of fluttering about the heart and : stomach, especially on lying down. He says that he is low spirited, and does not like to be long alone or still. His appetite is still impaired; he complains of a sense of load at the stomach, with eructation, but he has no hiccough. The bowels are open. The urine was at first much loaded, but it is less so now. He complains of shifting pains about the limbs.— These complaints have been nearly stationary lately,