A full and accurate account of the new method of curing dyspepsia : discovered and practised by O. Halsted : with some observations on diseases of the digestive organs.

  • Halsted, O. (Oliver)
Date:
1830
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Credit: A full and accurate account of the new method of curing dyspepsia : discovered and practised by O. Halsted : with some observations on diseases of the digestive organs. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    SECTION III. Of the causes of Dyspepsia. As a knowledge of the causes of any dis- ease always assists us in rightly understand- ing its nature, and is the best guide to a successful plan of treatment; it will be pro- per, before detailing- the mode of cure in the present instance, to advert to the causes, which we find by experience, most com- monly produce dyspepsia. These may be chiefly summed up under the general heads of Error in Diet, and Want of proper Ex- ercise. To which may be added Whatever fends to induce general debility of the sys- tem. OF ERROR IN DIET. Error in Diet may be considered in three points of view; viz—as respects the quan- tity, the quality, and the time and manner of taking food.