The Northern Star, And Constitutionalist

The emotions of the mind have a powerful influence upon the stomach. Let a person who is going to sit down to dinner with a good appetite, receive a piece of news, either exceedingly joyful or exceedingly distressing, and his appetite goes in a moment. Children who are about to set out on a pleasant journey, it is well known, cannot eat. This, when I was a child, used to be called "journey proud."

On the other hand, a blow upon the stomach will sometimes take life instantly; a drink of cold water, when the body has been very hot, has often had the same effect. Attend to your companions when on a journey afoot, as their stomachs grow empty, how sullen and silent the whole party becomes! let a crust of bread, a little cheese, a glass of ale or wine be taken, and cheerfulness immediately reigns, even long before any nutriment has had time to reach the general circulative system. These things all show the general sympathy between the stomach and every other part of the body. [Currbutt's Clinical Lectures.