ACIDITY

Jack's Reference Book for Home and Office : An Encyclopaedia of General Information: Medical Dictionary · 1909 · p. 1

This is a form of indigestion, which is due to an exce ive formation of acid in the stomach. Tho symptoms are heartburn and a rising of wind and of bitter stomach contents into the mouth. Relief is obtained by taking a teaspoonful of bicarbonate of soda in a tumbler of water., [s. 329]