TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe surgery of the stomach and duodenum
Y1  - 1949/07/23
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1949.02900470069038
JO  - Journal of the American Medical Association
SP  - 1065
EP  - 1065
VL  - 140
IS  - 12
N2  - This book was prompted by the situation of the author in an area where gastric and duodenal lesions are rife. He has worked for over two decades in a mission hospital in South India. He has also thoroughly combed the literature, and quotes liberally from many sources. Whenever the material is from his own clinics, the text is refreshing and interesting. Too often the author buries his observations in the midst of many opinions from other authorities. He does use the figures of others for comparison purposes. Thus, his observations on the incidence of duodenal ulcer in his geographic area are extremely interesting.Operative technics are more or less standard. Ligation of the vessels to the stomach is strongly advocated as a means of lowering gastric acidity. Such operations have previously been tried and abandoned in Italy and in this country. Nevertheless, 3,373 operations for duodenal ulcer in sixteen years
SN  - 0002-9955
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1949.02900470069038
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1949.02900470069038
ER  -