GASTRIC ULCER

disease occurring more often in women than men, especially in anemic, under-fed, and overworked people, usually on the posterior surface of the stomach, due to the action of the digestive juices on a portion of the stomach wall, the nutrition of which is impaired, (e.g.) by a clot blocking the blood-ve el supplying the wall. The symptoms are often somewhat indefinite, resembling dyspepsia, and vary with the site of the ulcer; but there is usually severe pain, tenderne below the ribs, and vomiting soon after food is swal-|T lowed, which relieves the pain. Vomiting of blood is also common,