dyspepsy

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Aunt Margery "knew where sour grass grew, which you chew for dyspepsy, and mint, excellent for the naushy, and the slippery elm . . . for raw throat and other sore tishas."

From Time Magazine Archive

I has the dyspepsy; my suggestion aint as good as common.

From Aunt Phillis's Cabin Or, Southern Life As It Is by Eastman, Mary H. (Mary Henderson)

Set a spider to nuss a fly sick with dyspepsy from eatin' too much molasses!

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

If they ain't they ought to be," says I. "And to-morrer the dyspepsy doctors'll do business enough to give us a commission.

From The Postmaster by Lincoln, Joseph C.

"An' if ye eat too much it only brings on the dyspepsy."

From From Farm to Fortune or Nat Nason's Strange Experience by Alger, Horatio