Wilhelm Leube is remembered for his work with gastric and intestinal disorders that included pioneer research of " nervous dyspepsia ".
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He did everything possible to alleviate it, including making a trip to Europe in 1910, which was cut off after six months, as his symptoms were getting worse . " At times it had the symptoms and agonizing pain of angina pectoris; at others, it seemed to be an acute nervous dyspepsia; in the end it was shown to be an organic disease of the heart ."
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Symptoms of neuroasthenia, as described by nineteenth-century physicians, include " sick headache, noises in the ear, atonic voice, deficient mental control, bad dreams, insomnia, nervous dyspepsia ( disturbed digestion ), heaviness of the loin and limb, flushing and fidgetiness, palpitations, vague pains and flying neuralgia ( pain along a nerve ), spinal irritation, uterine irritability, impotence, hopelessness, claustrophobia, and dread of contamination . " Amanda America Dickson Toomer died on June 11, 1893, with " complications of diseases " being the cause of death listed on her death certificate.