The Medical News, Vol. 59: A Weekly Medical Journal, July December, 1891 (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)George M. Gould
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Excerpt from The Medical News, Vol. 59: A Weekly Medical Journal, July December, 1891
The alteration in the liver is, perhaps, chiefly that of chronic congestion with impairment of its important functions of properly transforming the products of digestion into nutritive fluid, and with deficiency in the secretion of bile.
It may be interesting to consider for a moment the probable origin of these chronic catarrhs. In many there is doubtless a strong hereditary predisposition to them, often strumous in character, which is readily developed by improper food. It is my firm belief, as it is that of others, that many of these ills begin in early childhood and even in infancy, from over-eating, and from badly-cooked or improperly-selected foods, especially hot breads, and that they are perpetuated by a continuance in this unwise course. The result is that in late childhood or early adult years, the boy or girl is a confirmed dyspeptic, mentally and physically handicapped, and illy prepared to endure the hard labor that may fall to his or her lot, or to meet the exactions of a long, rigid educational course, or to satisfy the silly ambitions of parents or teachers, who would have him or her acquire endless accomplishments. There are many other causes of these catarrhal states, but it is not my purpose to consider them here; it is with the condition that we are now chiefly concerned. This established and having become chronic, what occurs? All the functions of the stomach and intestines are of course impaired, digestion is manifestly imperfect, and being retarded is attended with undue fermentations, with putrefaction, and with the evolution of various gases. Under these favorable conditions, bacteria multiply, producing ptomaines, some toxic, some inert. Noxious gases distend the hollow viscera, interfering with peristalsis, and moreover are doubtless often absorbed into the blood. Thus after meals there are constantly present soluble foods, vitiated by myri…
The alteration in the liver is, perhaps, chiefly that of chronic congestion with impairment of its important functions of properly transforming the products of digestion into nutritive fluid, and with deficiency in the secretion of bile.
It may be interesting to consider for a moment the probable origin of these chronic catarrhs. In many there is doubtless a strong hereditary predisposition to them, often strumous in character, which is readily developed by improper food. It is my firm belief, as it is that of others, that many of these ills begin in early childhood and even in infancy, from over-eating, and from badly-cooked or improperly-selected foods, especially hot breads, and that they are perpetuated by a continuance in this unwise course. The result is that in late childhood or early adult years, the boy or girl is a confirmed dyspeptic, mentally and physically handicapped, and illy prepared to endure the hard labor that may fall to his or her lot, or to meet the exactions of a long, rigid educational course, or to satisfy the silly ambitions of parents or teachers, who would have him or her acquire endless accomplishments. There are many other causes of these catarrhal states, but it is not my purpose to consider them here; it is with the condition that we are now chiefly concerned. This established and having become chronic, what occurs? All the functions of the stomach and intestines are of course impaired, digestion is manifestly imperfect, and being retarded is attended with undue fermentations, with putrefaction, and with the evolution of various gases. Under these favorable conditions, bacteria multiply, producing ptomaines, some toxic, some inert. Noxious gases distend the hollow viscera, interfering with peristalsis, and moreover are doubtless often absorbed into the blood. Thus after meals there are constantly present soluble foods, vitiated by myri…
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