Word: ulcers
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...From the purely physical standpoint the Pacific campaigns have been infinitely worse for the private soldier. There he's had to live in the heat and filth of the jungle, worrying about malaria and the fact that a scratch may develop into a tropical ulcer...
...About 97% of ulcer cases worry about losing the approval of their mothers or some mother substitute (such as wife, older brothers...
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...
...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...