Immediate feeding in gastric ulcer
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1911Author
MacDonald, William Marshall
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Abstract
Gastric Ulcer is one of the commonest diseases
and at the same time it is one of the most difficult
to treat satisfactorily. There are, it is true,
some cases that respond to slight treatment, to the
avoidance of coarse foods and to the administration
of bismuth and other drugs, while many pat.i(r is
learn to treat themselves by living for long periods
on liquid or semi -solid foods. But this is
unsatisfactory because such treatment at the best is
merely palliative and, not only are patients with
latent gastric ulcer disqualified from doing the best
work, but they are living in imminent danger of their
lives from a sudden haemorrhage or perforation.