As I pointed out in the'first lecture, gastric symptoms may be due to some lesion more or less remote from the stomach, so that in any case of dyspepsia it is necessary not only to pay attention to the stomach but also to treat effectively any associated disease. This principle has been again and again emphasised in the enunciation of the "septic focus" theory, but in my opinion the importance ...

diseases, and of the most recent methods in diagnosis and treatment. The book includes also " the gastro-intestinal clinic," in which all such diseases are separately considered. The contents are divided up into four sections, containing 82 chapters, and interspersed with 112 illustrations. Part I. is made up of three lectures giving the anatomic, physiologic, clinic, and diagnostic data. Part ...

0 T view surgica1 Iesions of the stomach and duodenum from the standpoint of etioIogy, symptoms and signs, pathoIogy, and operative correction is to miss much. AItered physioIogy and biochemistry are aIso important and the surgeon of today has broadened his fieId to understand and correct the deficiencies resuIting from nutritional disturbances. These deficiencies may be associated with the vit...

In 1899, only four years after Roentgen's discovery, Francis H. Williams, assisted by Walter B. Cannon, examined, by means of roentgen rays, the stomachs of two children who had been given bismuth meals. The observations, which were described in detail in Williams' book, pertained chiefly to variations in size, form, and position of the stomach during the process of digestion, but in his final ...

BACKGROUND International travellers are at a risk of infectious diseases not seen in their home country. Stomach upsets are common in travellers, including on cruise ships. This study compares the incidence of stomach upsets on land- and cruise-based holidays. METHODS A major British tour operator has administered a Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) to UK resident travellers aged 16 o...

Oral vaccination enables pain-free and self-administrable vaccine delivery for rapid mass during pandemic outbreaks. Furthermore, it elicits systemic mucosal immune responses. This protects against infection at surfaces, which may further enhance protection minimize the spread of disease. The gastrointestinal (GI) tract presents a number prospective inductive sites targeting, including oral cav...