Excerpt from An Essay on Indigestion, or Morbid Sensibility of the Stomach and Bowels, as the Proximate Cause or Characteristic Condition of Dyspepsy, Nervous Irritability, Mental Despondency, Hypochondriasis, and Many Other Ailments of Body and Mind: To Which Are Added, Observations on the Diseases and Regimen of Invalids on Their Return From Hot and Unhealthy Climates The materials of this Essay have been drawn entirely from per. Sonal observation, and not a few of them from personal suffering; and if I have questioned certain popular doctrines, and insisted oh a more rigorous system of self-control than may suit the ideas of many people, both in and out of the Profession, I have done so on the sure ground of experience. Those who disrelish the precepts I have laid down - tor who may think the promised advantages too dearly purchased by the proposed sacrifices, have only to go on, all time and Ill health induce them to think more seriously on the work of reformation. I have not preached Utopian doctrines on the subject of diet - I have proposed nothing but what has been practised by many others, as well as by myself, With advantage and I am confident that he who gives the plan a fair trial, will never condemn it, even if he have not fortitude to pursue it. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.