Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 January 1916 — CAUSES OF FURRED TONGUE [ARTICLE]

CAUSES OF FURRED TONGUE

Many Reasons, Besides a Disordered Stomach, May Be Responsible for Condition. “I suppose' that there is no more Ineradicable idea in the mind of the doc tor than that the furred tongue is essentially an indication of a deranged stomach,” writes Sir James Goodhart consulting physician to Guy’s hospital, London, in the “and it is prob ably an attempt to kick against the jjricks tb say otherwise.” Yet, according to Sir James, it is by no means always so. And he goes, on to prove It by cases in his own extensive practice One of these was of a man in a very responsible position, a leader of men to whom he had to give orders that had to be obeyed and from whom ht had to hear much grumbling; a verj hard worker and "the fastest talker i have ever struck,” full of energy and playing every ounce of it. • He was in splendid health, but suffered from a furred tongue and a bad taste in the mouth. In his case these were not due to the stomach at all, but to a disor dered state of nerve control. “Nervous fears and nervous tastes are common enough, and they deserve a special thought,” says Sir James. He believes that man is kept sweet and wholesome largely by nervous control, and when he loses this control “the marts become fevered, the mucous membrane dry, the nerves irrigated, and taste is perverted.” The men -so affected are those who are nervous, anxious, hard workers, taking their work home with them to think about and dream about in bed.