Gastric Neurasthenia.

MacCallum, Hugh

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“…This enthusiasm for ptosis as a potential direct causal explanation in gastric neurasthenia was, however, not shared by every author on the subject. McCallum was instantly criticized for having 'magnified' the importance of visceroptosis in neurasthenics [15], and several authors argued that although enteroptosis certainly did exist in a number of neurasthenic patients, it was the exception rather than the rule [36,48]. In his thesis on neurasthenia gastrica published in 1912, John Honeyford stated that Glenard's conclusion 'that enteroptosis was a causative factor in the establishment of neurasthenia' had been 'shown to be erroneous as no symptoms of neurasthenia have been detected in many cases where both gastroptosis and enteroptosis were present.'…”

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‘Neurasthenia gastrica’ revisited: perceptions of nerve-gut interactions in nervous exhaustion, 1880–1920

Lillestøl

2018

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

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In this paper, some of the medical literature on the historical disease-concept of ‘neurasthenia gastrica’ is reviewed. Neurasthenia gastrica was defined as a sub-unit of the wider category of neurasthenia, also referred to as nervous exhaustion or nervous weakness. Neurasthenia was a commonly used diagnostic label at the end of the nineteenth century and a few decades onwards, and was used to describe a wide variety of symptoms for which no ‘organic’ basis could be found. In neurasthenia gastrica, however, the gastrointestinal symptoms predominated, and there was considerable debate as to how the gut interacted with the central nervous system in the development of these ailments. Some of these discussions may be seen as historical precedents for the current debates on the brain–gut–microbiota axis, particularly in relation to the so-called functional gastrointestinal disorders.

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Section: The 'Nervous' Explanationsmentioning

confidence: 99%

‘Neurasthenia gastrica’ revisited: perceptions of nerve-gut interactions in nervous exhaustion, 1880–1920

Lillestøl

2018

Microbial Ecology in Health and Disease

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Gastric Neurasthenia.

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‘Neurasthenia gastrica’ revisited: perceptions of nerve-gut interactions in nervous exhaustion, 1880–1920

‘Neurasthenia gastrica’ revisited: perceptions of nerve-gut interactions in nervous exhaustion, 1880–1920

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