The Modern Management of Gastric and Duodenal Ulcer

As stated in the prologue, this book gives the points of view of the various contributors on the modern management of gastric and duodenal ulcer, in an attempt to present to general practitioners and surgeons a balanced, educative account of the modern trends in diagnosis and treatment of these two extremely common diseases. The work is practical and based on clinical experience rather than on scientific argument for the reasoning and advice. Important phases of anatomy, physiology, pathology and pathogenesis are adequately discussed. Each section dealing with these fundamental phases of any study of organic disease, the methods of the sections on clinical and laboratory examinations, and the operative procedures are well written and contain the essential features which every doctor dealing with such patients should know thoroughly. The material presented is up to date, and, although much of the material presented is not unknown, it is sound and the