Excerpt from The Diseases of the Stomach: Being the Third Edition of the "Diagnosis and Treatment of the Varieties of Dyspepsia" Thirst is a sensation which is ordinarily even less than hunger referred directly to the stomach, being mainly felt in the fauces.' It may, moreover, be relieved by the introduction of fluid directly into the blood,3 but, on the other hand, it may be excited by irri tants introduced into the stomach. It is almost invariably present in pyrexial conditions, and in any state involving an excessive loss of fluid by any of the secretions; hence it occurs in a very marked form in diabetes, and is more felt in hot than in cold seasons. In dependently, however, of the causes here enumerated, thirst is a very constant concomitant of irritative conditions of the stomach, when it usually appears some hours after a meal, and occasionally, when other causes, and particularly habit, can be excluded, it forms a valuable adjuvant in the diagnosis of these states. 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.