Epigastric Fullness

Fullness of life

Indeed if there is a criticism of the new edition with its expanded information base, it is that it is becoming more readable and is in some danger of turning into a textbook. It is clearly acknowledged in the introduction that many of the protocols described should not be considered unique or exclusive. This point is reiterated on occasions in the text where specific therapies are noted to be ...

In the Fullness of Time

Lister had been interested in wound infection, or “hospital gangrene” as it was known then, for many years. When operating on tuberculous changes in the wrist, he noted good results when the wound did not become infected. On the other hand, when infection set in, he encountered a high incidence of gangrene and blood poisoning.1 In Lister’s time, wound infection was generally thought to arise fr...

Clinical Manifestations of Aural Fullness

PURPOSE Even though aural fullness is ubiquitous among patients presenting to otolaryngology clinics, the association between aural fullness and disease development has not yet been clearly determined. MATERIALS AND METHODS Our study was performed on outpatients from June 2006 to February 2010 whose major complaint was "ear fullness", "aural fullness", or "ear pressure". We assessed their dem...

"Epigastric Hernia" in Sepoys

is the only authority who gives this form of ventral hernia a special name. viz. :?r*' Epigastric." All the text-hooks mention, of course, that a ventral hernia may occur in this region. It affects sepoys more frequently than any other community. Several other I. M. S. officers have also informed me that they have noted this condition when examining abdomens. I have operated on eleven cases and...

Epigastric Heteropagus Twin