Word: ulcerating
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Reading the Body. The doctors tell in detail how, given two patients with severe pain over the stomach, they may be able to tell which has a gastric ulcer and which has gall-bladder trouble. The patient with the ulcer is likely to be alert, dark-haired (but with an almost hairless chest), slim, long-jawed (but with delicate facial bones). He is likely to have oblong teeth, long hands, a sharp angle where ribs join the breastbone, "somewhat narrow lips, often down-curving at their angles." The patient with gall-bladder trouble is likely to be phlegmatic, blond...
...When the examination [of a young farmer] failed to reveal anything, I said to him, 'If I were to tell you that you have no ulcer or cancer, and that there is no reason to expect one in the future, and if I were to assure you that this ache is due only to a little arthritis around your spine which may bother you off & on for years without bringing you to any bad end, what would you do?' His answer delighted me. He said, 'I'd say, to hell with...
Heart and Arthritis. A pain above the stomach is sometimes diagnosed as a symptom of angina pectoris, peptic ulcer or gastritis, when the ailment actually is arthritis. If the pain does not come from fast walking, stair-climbing or anger, heart trouble can be ruled out; if there are no symptoms connected with eating, ulcers also are eliminated...
...Ulcer and Pseudo-Ulcer. Pseudo-ulcer is a fairly common condition. Many sup posed symptoms of stomach ulcer merely indicate an overly irritable digestive tract (which in many patients may be thrown out of kilter just by a drink of cold water...
...patient who vomits a little blood may simply have ruptured a small blood vessel after prolonged retching; if he really has a gastric hemorrhage from ulcer, he is likely to gush a pint of blood...