From the Boston Medical Intelligsneer.
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DYSPEPSIA.-In consequence OF sedentary
life, have for many years been afflicted with the
fashionable complaint denominated dyspepsia It's
symptoms and effects were fiatulence acrld eruc-
tations, and head ache prostra,ion OF the spiihs'
rendering the nervous system extremely SENSITIVE,
and producing incipent and ephemeral hypochon
driasis attributed il to the action Of some acrid
humor on the nervous coat of the stomach, which
disqualified the whole organ Tor its usual healtniu'
action How this humor was produced, was 10 me
mysterious. supposed it to be the consequence
of sedentary employment, and brought on mus !:
Insufficiency OF bodily exercise to give tone and
yieor to the animal functions the stomach, OF con
sequence, became relaxed and enervated, and nn'
able to operate with sufficient energy on some suo
stances taken into il as food. This substance, "
ing undiges,eG, underwent species OF ierments-
ton, and The product Of this fermentation acting
on the relaxed and unnaturally tender coats OF tue
stomach, produced species OF lnfamma'ory acuon
in the nervous coat, and hence the symptoms
and effects above described. have said nothing
about the action of the mInd (Which was kept IN a
state Of vigorous exercise) its effects, believing
that it operates pernicousy only on enieeoIed or
gans may be right, and probably am wrong, IN
my pathological deductions bu. IN the following
antidote, | believe am not Tar out OF the way
From my reflection on my own case, conciuoeo
that some one of the GUMS would be proper pre-.
scrpton. / took small PHI OF .1SsJUteuu' a"o
was successful beyond my most sanguine expecta'
tions The iiaulence subsidized and carried with II
ALL of its unwelcome atiendants-head 'aches cos
tiveness, sc. Whenever feel any symptoms OF this
troublesome disease now. take pill OF Asss'9ti'
ds, and in moment all is well. /, is cheap med
icine get Ct cents worth Of the gum and when
YOU have occasion 10 take it, break oil about the
size Of common pill and swallow it. ought 10
/ have mentioned that am convinced this disease IS
not one OF long duration; but, on the contrary one
OF mere momentary existence; ; brought on by cir
cumstances OF the moment, and recurring as oiten
as those circumstances recur. Tbetelore the rem


edy proposed does not offer security against future
attacks nor does that taken to-day relieve us from
the attack OF tomorrow. In saying that believe
it to be of momentary existence merely, mean,
that, though it may be cured to day. it may recur
tomorrow but il is not to morrow continuance Of
The disease Of to-day it is fresh attack caused by
the existence or recurrence Of the same disposition
Of habit. The daily recurrence OF dyspepsia will,
mos, certainly, produce permanent disease; but
this permanent disease is not dyspepsia any more
than consumption is common cold. any more than
the lock jaw is the simple prncture OF the nail, OF
than the fruit is the simple seed from which grew
MEDIcus JUNIOR.