Word: stomachful
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Louisville. The division of labor, he said, is clear. Any ulcers which do not heal with rest and special diets must be dealt with by surgeons. As for surgery, he went on, most experts believe it does little good merely to snip out the ulcer and patch up the stomach or intestine. For the incorrigible stomach keeps on brewing its corrosive acid. Most authorities hold that the best procedure is to cut out "three-fourths to four-fifths of the stomach." Since the stomach is primarily a churn and a reservoir for big meals, it is possible to get along...
Last week the American Journal of Digestive Diseases brought into the open a bitter dispute of long standing between physicians and surgeons. Ulcers of the stomach, most doctors believe, are caused by too much acid in the digestive juices. Too much acid corrodes the stomach lining at sensitive points, leaving a raw wound. But why some people have a constant gush of acid, instead of a gentle trickle at mealtime, is a mystery to doctors. Certain it is that tobacco and alcohol do a delicate stomach no good. Many authorities hold that ulcers are the fruits of temperament, for only...
...they have a high percentage of ulcers. Last week the American Journal of Digestive Diseases printed the full debate. Since physicians have no sure cure, and surgeons can only cut out pieces of flesh, the doctors had plenty to argue about. The patient as usual was left holding his stomach. Drift of the argument...
...jumped Physician Albert Frederick Ruger Andresen of Brooklyn. Since there is really no medical treatment for ulcers, said he with brilliant logic, there are no medical failures. Some ulcers heal of themselves. Both physicians and surgeons worry too much about stomach acids, he continued, instead of considering a patient's temperament and general condition. And operation on desperate cases which have not been doctored up "is little short of murder...
...Steiner procured over 20 pounds of livers from persons who had died from cancer of the stomach, lung, esophagus, pancreas, rectum. All the livers were perfectly normal. He ground them, extracted the fat, dried the residue to "a flaky brown material with a disagreeable odor...