“…There still remains, however, considerable doubt concerning the effects of salicylates on gastric secretory function. Some workers have reported that aspirin increases gastric acidity (Schnedorf, Bradley, and Ivy, 1936;Davison, Smith, and Smith, 1962), whereas others have reported a reduced acid output (Winkelman and Summerskill, 1961) and that gastric bleeding occurred while the acidity was very low (Lynch, Shaw, and Milton, 1964).…”