Dyspepsia

indigestion or difficulty of digesting, indicating a disordered state of the digestive system, is not a disease of uniform character, but the symptom of a variety of disorders chief of which are: the sub-acute and chronic forms often caused by rich and exce ive food and drink; the disorder connected with the irritation of the mucous membrane of the duodenum; and those arising from the nerves connected with the digestive viscera.