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INDICATIONS OF THE TONGUE. 189

common appearances of the tongue are supposed to indicate the
following conditions :
A White Coated Tongue indicates febrile disturbance.
A Brown Moist Tongue indicates digestive disorder and an
overloaded stomach.
A Brown Dry Tongue indicates depressed vital power.
A Red Moist Tongue indicates feebleness, especially from ex-
haustive discharges.
A Red Dry Tongue indicates inflammatory fever or pyrexia.
A Red Glazed Tongue indicates debility and inability to di-
gest food and stimulants.
A Tremulous, Moist and Flabby Tongue indicates feebleness
and nervousness.
A Glazed Bluish Tongue, with loss of epithelium in patches,
and in severe cases, cracks and scars, indicates tertiary sypJiilis.