Word: gastrically
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...proud, slight (105 lb.) man, known professionally as Tom, is the owner of one of the strangest stomachs in existence. This stomach was the subject last week of a book (Human Gastric Function; Oxford University Press; $4.75), by Drs. Stewart Wolf and Harold G. Wolff of Manhattan's New York Hospital. Says famed Physiologist Walter B. Cannon in his foreword: "The functions of the stomach have never been investigated with the detailed care, the skill and ingenuity" that Drs. Wolf & Wolff display in their researches on Tom's stomach...
...Doenitz is still vigorous (despite gastric ulcers). By radio, his U-boat commanders can always get in touch with him. He is frequently on the move between his headquarters, the fleet's ports and production centers, but he knows exactly what actions are taking place. When a U-boat comes into port, Doenitz is frequently there to greet the commander. He carefully studies the logs of the cruises, notes every detail of combat, and applies their lessons in future orders...
...When William Beaumont made his famed observations on gastric juice through the window in Alexis St. Martin's stomach, he was a U.S. Army surgeon...
...have colds. Anyone who claims he has neither a cold nor athlete's foot is sent to the guardhouse for impersonating an officer. I am very popular at the infirmary. I told them I have both a cold and athlete's foot. What I really have is gastric ulcers, but I know when to keep my mouth shut...
...kicked up. For there are three easily detectable "pre-cancerous" states: 1) stomach ulcers, which sometimes become malignant; 2) polyps (small growths) in the lining of the stomach; 3) chronic gastritis (inflammation of the lining of the stomach, with symptoms of burning nausea, vomiting, etc.). Persons whose relatives have gastric cancer should be doubly vigilant, for susceptibility to the disease tends to run in families...