CARDIALGIA

(Gr. Kaoita, and oXyoj, pain.) Anxi ety and pain about the region of the stomach, frequently attended by a sense of gnawing and heat, and hence called heartburn.'accompanied It by is a salt common and acid symptom eructations.of indigestion,Afler exce and in eating and drinking, a lit of heartburn may often be prevented by a teaspoonful of carbonate of magnesia, taken in cinnamon or in soda water, at bed time; SO or 30 grains of bicarbonate of soda in cold chamomile tea la also an effective preventive. Where the disease is symptomatic of organic mischief, these antacid remedies must be cautiously administered. [s. 211]