CHRONIC DISEASES OF THE STOMACH

Diseases of the Stomach

On page 55 the introduction of small calories is confusing to the reader. There is an excellent account of the anatomy and physiology of the stomach, and the two chapters on diet in health and disease will be found very useful. The author has devoted two chapters to the general symptoms of stomach diseases and their mode of production, which make for clearness, although they involve some little...

Diseases of the Stomach

The Diseases of the Stomach

to which he alludes in his introduction as exemplified in many text-books, of describing " as distinct diseases what are in reality only the functional signs of disease," and of "the mistaking of a condition for a disease.'' He also carries the differentiation of diseases of the stomach to an excessive degree, beyond, in fact, the limits of a practical differential diagnosis. Thus, to take for ...

Chronic giardiasis of the stomach.

Two cases of chronic giardiasis of the stomach diagnosed from gastric mucosal biopsy specimens are reported. The first case was associated with an acute-on-chronic gastritis and Helicobacter-like organisms, and the second with an adenocarcinoma of the stomach. In both cases the trophozoites had been missed in earlier biopsy specimens. As far as is known this is the first report of giardiasis of...

Food Insecurity and Chronic Diseases: The Editorial