The disease commences with a slight derangement of the stomach, but, if neglect ed, it in time involves the whole frame, entbracing the kidneys, liver, pancreas, and, in fact, the entire glandular system, andthe afiicted drags out a miserable existence until death gives relief from suffering. The disease is often mistaken for other complaints; but if the reader will ask himself the following questions, he will be able to determine whether he himself is one of the afflicted:—Have I distress, pain, or ditliculty in breathing after eating?" Is there a dull, heavy feeling attended by drowsiness?' Have the eyes a yellow tinge? Does a thick, sticky, mucous gather about the gums and teeth' in the mornings, accompanied by a disagreeable taste? Is the tongue coated? Is there pains in the side and back? Is there a fulness about. the right side as if the liver were enlarging Is there costiveness? Is there vertigo or dizziness when rising suddenly from a horizontal position? "Are the secretions from the kidneys scanty and highly coloured, with a deposit after standing? Does food ferment soon after eating, accompanied by flatulence or a belching of gas from the stomach? Is there frequent palpitation of the heart? These various symptoms may not be present at one time, but they torment the sufferer in turn as the dreadful disease progresses. If the case be one of long standing, there will be a dry, hacking cough, attended after a time by expectoration. In very advanced stages the skin assumes a dirty brownish appearance, and the hands and fect are covered by a cold, sticky perspiration. As the liver and Kidneys become more and more diseased, rheumatic pains appear, and the usual
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