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First edition. By A. J. Sullivan, M.D., and T. E. McKell, M.D. Price, $3. Pp. 100, with 13 illustrations. Charles C Thomas, Publisher, 301-327 E. Lawrence Ave., Springfield, Ill., 1950.

AMA Arch Intern Med. 1951;87(1):180.

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This little book develops the part played by personality of a certain sort as background for peptic ulcer and also discusses situations which precipitate symptoms when the background is present. While this treatise deals with emotional factors in ulcer, the writer does not pretend that other influences, such as diet, may not play an important part.

The reviewer has looked over this book with great interest; he is still not convinced that there is a special type of personality prone to ulcer. However, a competent discussion of the problem such as this will be most useful to all physicians, even those not exclusively concerned with digestive disorders. . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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