Show peptic ulcer benefited by calm outlook 0 by DR JAMES W BARTON FOR OR many years it was believed that ulcer of the stomach gastric and ulcer of the duodenum duodenal were due to infected teeth and tonsils ton sils most physicians still be HEALTH lieve that infection is a big fac COLUMN tor in causing I 1 I 1 stomach and intestinal peptic ulcer leer u in that infection affects the lining wall and it loses its power of warding off the ulcer however it is becoming more and more apparent that the personality of the individual and h his is physique 0 or r build are more important factors in causing peptic ulcers thus as s mentioned before there here is the answer of the sur surgeon eon to the patients patient question now you have operated era teci ill have no more trouble with stomach ulcer will dr barton I 1 the surgeons reply was you will not likely have any more trouble with that ulcer but you may continue to grow more ulcers if you do not learn leam to keep calm food habits should be studied As many physicians and surgeons have been stating that infection and other conditions are mostly responsible for peptic ulcers drs E J callahan and D W ingham saratoga springs N Y in american journal of digestive diseases state stat e ad despite the criticism against the nervous and emotional cause of peptic ulcer it is yet the most constant factor in causing the condition the food habits of a patient with ulcer must be carefully studied as a well arranged nonirritating low residue diet not much roughage or cellulose as found in bulky foods such as cabbage is the foundation on which treatment is built to help their patients to understand the cause of peptic ulcer these physicians show an equal sided triangle one side representing the heredity factor which of course the patient cant correct one side showing nervousness illness in the family financial or other worries as a cause and the third side sho showing W rough or unsuitable foods as another ulcer cause th thought then is that if peptic ulcer is present or there is a tendency to ulcer treatment means the removal of any infection present acquiring calmness of spirit and the eating of nonirritating foods |