Civilization and peptic ulcer*

Commentary: civilization and peptic ulcer 40 years on.

We are happy to see the International Journal of Epidemiology reprint one of our papers1 some 40 years after publication. We are not among the deeply sceptical who would deny that understanding marches on with time. Sometimes, as with peptic ulcer, it is a slow march. Some of the mist and mystery surrounding the condition, as well as a degree of disbelief our conclusions provoked, have cleared....

Peptic Ulcer

Peptic Ulcer

The conventional biomedical model used for medical research and disease management is a linear model in which the cause-effect relationship is important. In contrast, the model used in psychosomatic medicine is a bio-psychosocial model in which much importance is attached to interactions and relationships among various factors, as well as to the individuality of the patients. When peptic ulcer ...

Vagotomy and peptic ulcer.

SIR,-A man aged 40 was admitted in July 1967 with a reducible right inguinal hernia and an undescended left testis. The right testis, normal in size and consistency, was present in the scrotum. Exploration of the right inguinal canal revealed a completely patent processus vaginalis with the testis inside the sac. On applying traction to the testis, an oval mass, apparently intra-abdominal, was ...

Peptic Ulcer