Mr. Kasson, has lately forwarded to his Government' an interesting account of a remarkable surgical operation lately. performed by Professor Billroth, of Vienna, which, wonderful to tell, consisted in the removal of a portion of the human stomach, involving neatly one-third of the organ—and, strange to say, the patient recovered—the only successful operation of the kind ever performed, The disease for which this operation was performed was cancer of the stomach, attended with the following symptoms:—Tho appetite is quite poor There is a peculiar indescribable distress in the stomach, a feeling that has been described as a faint all gone" sensation; a sticky slime collects about the teeth, especially in the morning, accompanied by an unpleasant taste. Rood fails to satisfy this peculiar faint sensation; but, on the contrary, it appears to aggravate the foehn, The dyes are sunken, tinged with yellow the hands and feet become cold and sticky—a cold perspiration. The sutlerers feel tired all the time, and sleep does not seem to give rest. After a time the patient be-conies nervous and imitable, gloomy, his mind filed with evil forebodings, When rising suddenly from a recumbent position there is a dizziness, a whistling sensation, and he is obliged to grasp something firn to keep from falling. The bowels costive, the skin dry and hot at times; the blood becoming thick and stagnant, and does not circulate properly. After a time the patient spits up food soon after eating, sometimes in a sour and fermented condition, sometimes sweetish to the taste. Oftentimes there is a palpitation of the heart, and the patient fears he may have heart disease, Towards the last the patient is unable to retain any food whatever, as the opening in the intestines becomes close, or neatly so. Although this disease is indeed alarming, sufferers with the above-named symptoms should not feel nervous, for nine hundred and ninety-nine eases out of a thousand have no cancer, but simply dyspersia, a disease easily removed if treated ina proper manner. The safest and best remedy for the disease is Seigel's Curative Syrup, a vegetable preparation sold. by al chemists and medicine vendors throughout the world, and by the proprietors, A. J. White (Limited), 17, Farringdon-rond, London, E.C. This Syrup strikes at the* very foundation of the disease, and drives it, toot and branch, out of the system.
St. Mary-street, Peterborough,
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