The symptoms, treatment and sequelae of non-malignant duodenal ulcer / par D'Arcy Power.

  • Power, D'Arcy, 1855-1941.
Date:
[1906]
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Credit: The symptoms, treatment and sequelae of non-malignant duodenal ulcer / par D'Arcy Power. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    ’ J The symptoms, treatment and sequelae of non-malignant duodenal ulcer Par M. D’Akcy Powj-^k, Londres. The symptoms, treatment and sequelae of non-malignant ul- cer of the duodenum have hardly received the attention they de- serve owing to their frequency and severity. Until about the year 1892 duodenal ulcers were of purely academic interest. They were recognised post mortem and their occurrence was occasionally suspected during life, hut no attempt was made to treat them sur- gically or to differentiate them from gastric ulcer. Increasing fa- miliarity with the surgery of the stomach led naturally to a bet-, ter a<‘quaintance with abnormal conditions in the duodenum. Sur- geons dealt first with duodenal ulcers which had perforated acu- tely: they were then led to interfere in cases where hiemorrhage was the chief symptom: more recently they have concerned them- selves with the results of duodenal constriction due to cicatrisa- tion of nlwrs in this part of the alimentary canal. My position as a hospital surgeon has given tne numerous op- portunities of seeing and treating various cases of duodenal ulcer ami I hav(^ thought this a fitting opportunity of communicating what I have learnt about them and the opinions at which I have arriverl. Frequenc//. Duodenal nicer occurs in a much smaller [)ropor-' tion ol persons than gastric nicer. Sir K. C. Derry and Dr. L. E. Shaw (') investigated the records of 1 <to2 i)ost mortem examina- ■ X:-y. ■'S, E'i -4 . ^ ' L * t'l Guy\ Mo-'pitti] IvopoiT*;, p. i7>-