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MYOCARDIAL DISEASE AND ITS GASTRIC MASQUERADES

MYOCARDIAL DISEASE AND ITS GASTRIC MASQUERADES One of my earliest recollections in the practice of medicine is as follows: A medical friend of mine on withdrawing from practice to enter laboratory work asked me to look after his family, including an elderly gentleman, his grandfather. The latter was a retired builder who appeared to be in good health except for one complaint: on carrying home the market basket, a daily custom, he would experience a sense of oppression in the lower sternal region and in the epigastrium. He would rest for a moment to bring up a little gas and then, completely relieved, would walk home the remainder of the way in comfort. He had no pain, no feeling of anxiety, only, as he expressed it, "indigestion and gas." I was just out of the hospital and had the vast experience of three months' medical training to my credit. On examining the old gentleman I found http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png JAMA American Medical Association

MYOCARDIAL DISEASE AND ITS GASTRIC MASQUERADES

JAMA , Volume 91 (20) – Nov 17, 1928

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American Medical Association
Copyright
Copyright © 1928 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
ISSN
0098-7484
eISSN
1538-3598
DOI
10.1001/jama.1928.02700200019007
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Abstract

One of my earliest recollections in the practice of medicine is as follows: A medical friend of mine on withdrawing from practice to enter laboratory work asked me to look after his family, including an elderly gentleman, his grandfather. The latter was a retired builder who appeared to be in good health except for one complaint: on carrying home the market basket, a daily custom, he would experience a sense of oppression in the lower sternal region and in the epigastrium. He would rest for a moment to bring up a little gas and then, completely relieved, would walk home the remainder of the way in comfort. He had no pain, no feeling of anxiety, only, as he expressed it, "indigestion and gas." I was just out of the hospital and had the vast experience of three months' medical training to my credit. On examining the old gentleman I found

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JAMAAmerican Medical Association

Published: Nov 17, 1928

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