...the catarrhal affections, to which they are often subject, are very apt to spread in -them. By reason of this sympathy, the state of one part of these membranes may be ascertained by examining another part ; the state of the tongue for example, indicates the condition of that of the stomach and intestinal...

...readily recognised. On this point Miiller says : — " A remarkable sympathy is observed to exist between the mucous membranes : thus their diseases, particularly...membranes may be ascertained by examining another, so that the state of the mucous membrane of the tongue indicates the condition of that of the stomach...

...readily recognised. On this point Muller says : — " A remarkable sympathy is observed to exist between the mucous membranes ; thus their diseases, particularly...membranes may be ascertained by examining another, so that the state of the mucous membrane of the tongue indicates the condition of that of the stomach...

...readily recognised. On this point Miiller says : — " A remarkable sympathy is observed to exist between the mucous membranes ; thus their diseases, particularly...membranes may be ascertained by examining another, so that the state of the mucous membrane of the tongue indicates the condition of that of the stomach...

...canal. As Dr. Harvey stated, in his work On Corpulence in Relation to Disease "The state of the mucus membrane of the tongue indicates the condition of that of the stomach and the intestinal canal." If the tongue is badly coated, therefore, it means that a similar foul condition...