Civilian Dyspepsia

Pyloric Stenosis

“…Avery Jones and Pollak (1945) have calculated from the hospital statistics for 1943-4 that at least 500 cases of peptic ulceration per annum occur in the population served by that hospital. This figure is almost certainly too low for the period covered by the present series.…”

Investigation of Non-ulcer Dyspepsia by Gastric Biopsy

“…Edwards and Copeman (1943) failed to demonstrate a peptic ulcer in 5000 of 436 dyspeptic patients in the Army, while Avery Jones and Pollak (1945) classified 41 00 of a group of 1,522 patients with gastric symptoms into the category of " non-ulcer dyspepsia." Friedman (1948), reviewing "functional dyspepsia" in the American forces, reported a 10 to 60% incidence in various series of patients, the average incidence for a total of 13,000 patients being 520°,h.…”

Motility of the pelvic colon: Part IV Abdominal pain associated with colonic hypermotility after meals

“…It has been estimated that nearly a half of all patients attending a gastroenterological out-patient department remain undiagnosed even after the most intensive investigations (Avery Jones and Pollak, 1945). The majority of these patients suffer from attacks of abdominal pain which may be associated with a disturbance of bowel habit and aggravated by meals.…”