American practitioner (1912) (14597420440)

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Title: American practitioner
Year: 1912 (1910s)
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Subjects: Medicine
Publisher: New York : American Practitioner Company
Contributing Library: The College of Physicians of Philadelphia Historical Medical Library
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Original Articles 623 FUNCTIONAL AND ORGANIC DISEASES OF THE ALIMENTARY TRACT. SOME POINTS IN THEIR DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT By John Dudley Dunham, A.B., M.D.Member American Gastro-cnterological Association, Columbus, Ohio The title of this paper perhaps needs a word of explanation: In the use of the term functional disturbances of the stomachand alimentary tract, I wish to include cases in which gastric symp-toms arise as a result of diseases in quite remote organs. A woman of thirty-two years who consulted me quite recently forliver and stomach trouble illustrates this latter class of cases.For six months she had a gradual loss of weight, frequent attacks ofvertigo, accompanied by nausea and a metallic cough with no expec-toration. She naturally ascribed the difficulty to stagnant liver anddisordered stomach. My first examination was made with thefluoroscopic screen, and revealed a pulsating tumor at the site of thearch of the aorta. This woman, who had been treated with chola-gogues

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