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METDIL JOUBRNAL 669 physical symptoms of chronic abdominalism, and presnmably the mental symptoms also, to " auto-intoxication."This doctrine lhas been so much discussed in recent years that I do not propose to weary you with a furtlher consideration of it; but altlhough there may be an element of self-poisoning in some of these cases, I feel bound to express the opinion that it will not account for all the symptoms.Nor have I any new theory to offer.There remains, when all is said, ani done, a good deal of mystery about the chronic abdomen, and it needs further study-especially, perhaps, from the psychological' side and from the standpoint of the relation of the vegetative nervous system to the emotions.