In some of the cases running an acute course, symptoms of toxemia are present; there is a lack of sensation of the skin, staggering gait, trembling, eyes fixed, neck at times bent to one side, and the eyes showing a wild expression.
"Special Report on Diseases of Cattle"
U.S. Department of Agriculture J.R. Mohler
Indeed, in recent years, the idea of intestinal auto-toxemia has lost more and more in popularity for it has come to be recognized that the symptoms attributed to this condition are due in a number of cases to serious organic disease in other parts of the body, and in a great many cases to functional nervous troubles and to the psycho-neuroses, especially the oversolicitude with regard to the intestines.
"Health Through Will Power"
James J. Walsh
Chapter Two The Nature and Cause of Disease From The Hygienic Dictionary toxemia.
"How and When to Be Your Own Doctor"
Dr. Isabelle A. Moser with Steve Solomon