Note 76 — PEPTIC PRECEPTS.
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Dr. Radcliffe, who succeeded better by speaking plainly to his Patients, than some of his successors have by the most subtle Politeness,—when asked what was the best Remedy for Wind in the Stomach, replied, “That which will expel it quickest”—inquiring of the Ventose subject whether the Wind passed per Ascensum, vel per Descensum, observing,—that the former is the most aggravated state of Ventriloquism, the latter a sign that the Bowels are recovering their Healthful Tone.