Practical observations on disorders of the stomach : with remarks on the use of the bile in promoting digestion / by George Rees, M.D.

  • Rees, George, 1776-1846.
Date:
1814
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Credit: Practical observations on disorders of the stomach : with remarks on the use of the bile in promoting digestion / by George Rees, M.D. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Page Of the Stomach I Its importance in the system. Structure of the Stomach. Valve of the Pylorus. Lientery. Di- mensions of the Stomach. Remark of Dionis. Spigelius. De Haen, Rsederer, Bartholin. Fullness of the Stomach not the effect of mechanical disten- sion. Case of fullness felt at the Stomach from a table-spoonful of brandy. Stomach to be considered as an organ distributing nervous energy throughout the system. Facts in support of this opinion. The Stomach receives its nervous energy from the brain. Nervous energy supplied by the brain limited. Hence violent excitement is followed by debility. State of the Stomach in fevers explained. The brain the seat of fever. Hunger, how produced. The pain of hunger described. Capt. Rligh's case. Persons much reduced by hunger how to be fed. Dr. Clutterbuck^ quotation from, on the advantages of a good theory. Digestion 27 Opinion respecting it. The Author's definition. The nutritious part of all food the same. Arguments and illustrations in aid of this opinion. Of the Saliva 40 Quantity secreted uncertain. Difierent opinions on this point. Dr. Cleghorn's remark. Chymical nfAnprhpe **\f Saliva Tfrc ^Yrr^fnirr fnnrt-inno P-scpc properties of Saliva, Its excretory functions. Cases,