This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...that a very large class of patients suffering from enfeebled digestion are materially benefited by the rational use of a proper mineral water." He then continues to say that the waters indicated for ordinary dyspepsia with gas formation, fulness after eating, etc., are those belonging to the alkaline class, with sodium ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1903 Excerpt: ...that a very large class of patients suffering from enfeebled digestion are materially benefited by the rational use of a proper mineral water." He then continues to say that the waters indicated for ordinary dyspepsia with gas formation, fulness after eating, etc., are those belonging to the alkaline class, with sodium and magnesium carbonates and free carbonic acid gas. To overcome the acid condition they should be taken with the food or soon after a meal. Where the gastric juice is deficient, a water with a small amount of sodium chloride may prove beneficial. Indigestion is a general term covering a number of conditions and may refer to the stomach or to the intestines or both. In a general way it may be said that the digestion of animal foods--meats, milk and eggs--is carried on in the stomach and the digestion of vegetable foods in the intestine. The reaction of the one is acid, that of the other is alkaline. The derangements of the digestive tract are many, and the treatment depends altogether on the cause or nature. In the stomach one form of indigestion may require the use of acids while in another form alkalies are indicated, the amount of acid being too great. Where the amount of pepsin is deficient, or even absent, it must be supplied. The character and quantity of food taken are of the utmost importance in some forms of indigestion. The percentage of acid in the stomach juice can be accurately determined by laboratory methods, the juice being usually withdrawn from the stomach by the aid of a tube one hour after a so-called testmeal. The salient features of the case and its treatment are generally revealed at once. In cases with an excess of acid, the use of an alkaline mineral water is often of decided benefit, a simple calculation based o...
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