Note 689 — Chapter XLVIII · ON PALPITATION[682]
D. C. (Douglas Craven) Phillott translation
By feeling the stomach and bowel with the fore-finger it is easy to tell whether the stomach is full or empty. Indian falconers, who have a hawk on the fist for many hours every day, can frequently tell by touch whether the hawk has “cast” or not. The “casting” apparently forms only a short time before being ejected and can be distinctly felt by an educated finger.