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Full text of "The Science of Therapeutics: According to the Principles of Homeopath...Page 601 of 653of fat are found on the breasts, abdomen and thighs. There arefat persons weighing from four to six hundred pounds.Adiposis presupposes a peculiar disposition; many persons caneat and drink as much as they please, they remain thin nevertheless ; many, on the contrary, eat scantily, are a prey to depressemotions, and yet grow or remain fat. .Excessive fatness may be caused by a too copious supply of food,or too much fat or substantial food, and a simultaneous deficiencof exercise in the open air ; drinking beer and spirits to excesssleeping too long; mental indolence; abstemiousness from sexualObesitas, Adiposis, Polysarcia, Obesity. 715intercourse, want of active labor, disposition to idleness, a phlmatic temperament.An excessive deposition of fat may likewise be occasioned bycastration, or at the critical age, after severe diseases, etc.An accumulation of fat in the subcutaneous cellular tissue generally takes place very gradually : single parts of the body growfuller and jounder, the white or yellowish skin becomes smoothand, in consequence of the increased secretion of sebum, glistensfat and has a fatty feel. The more the body increases in volume,more numerous become the semi-circular furrows in various parts othe body, for instance in the umbilical region, in the middle ofthighs, at the nape of the neck, under the chin. If the accumulation of fat becomes excessive, the neck vanishes more and more,the abdomen bulges very strikingly, and the gluteal region expandmore and more in breadth and becomes more and more repulsive.In consequence of the excessive fulness of the abdomen, the diaphragm is pushed up more and more, and the cavity of the thoraxbeing encroached upon, the lungs are compressed. The naturalconsequence of this condition is a striking dyspnoea with whichvery fat persons are more or less afflicted. This dyspnoea embarrasses them in walking, going upstairs, ascending an eminence orperforming the slightest bodily labor. Fat persons generally haveto lie on their backs, in which position they snore, have frightfdreams which often cause them to cry out suddenly as if tormented by anxiety. The compression of the lungs, the encroachment upon the thoracic cavity and the consequent dyspnoea causedisturbances in the circulation characterized by palpitation of theart, syncope, determination of blood to the head or liver, stomach, kidneys, uterus, etc.At the commencement of the disease, the digestion is generallyvery active and frequently degenerates in canine hunger ; after tfatness has acquired a high degree, the patients often become dyspeptic, are tormented by flatulence, acidity of the stomach, eructions. In consequence of the resulting congestion of the stomachand liver, the slightest meal leads to oppression of the stomachnausea which frequently increases to sour or bilious vomiting. Supatients are not troubled with costiveness, and frequently have tor three papescent evacuations in the course of the day. The urinis frequently cloudy, opalescent ; after bodily work, the emissioof urine is attended with a burning sensation in the urethra, andhttp://www.archive.org/stream/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog/sciencetherapeu00kafkgoog_djvu.txt