SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS PERTAINING TO PANCREATITIS
Authors: J B GROSS
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1958)

Article1 October 1958SOME RECENT DEVELOPMENTS PERTAINING TO PANCREATITISJOHN B. GROSS, M.D.JOHN B. GROSS, M.D.Author, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-49-4-796 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptSince the second century of the Christian era, when the pancreas was apparently considered by Galen to be a mechanical cushion for the stomach,1 knowledge regarding the structure and functions of this organ in both health and disease has advanced considerably. This knowledge has been derived from experimental as well as clinical and pathologic observations, and, although significant gaps remain, it is encouraging that new developments continue.It is intended to review here some of the recent developments pertaining to pancreatitis, first mentioning some observations regarding the natural history of the disease and then considering several interesting, if poorly understood,...Bibliography1. Coope R: The diagnosis of pancreatic disease, 1927, Oxford University Press, New York. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ComfortGambillBaggenstoss MWEEAH: Chronic relapsing pancreatitis: study of twenty-nine cases without associated disease of the biliary or gastro-intestinal tract, Gastroenterology 6: 239, 376, 1946. MedlineGoogle Scholar3. GambillComfortBaggenstoss EEMWAH: Chronic relapsing pancreatitis: an analysis of 27 cases associated with disease of the biliary tract, Gastroenterology 11: 1, 1948. MedlineGoogle Scholar4. Mayo JG: Pancreatic calculi, Proc. 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To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, Minnesota*Presented in abridged form at the Thirty-ninth Annual Session of The American College of Physicians, Atlantic City, New Jersey, May 1, 1958.From the Section of Medicine, Mayo Clinic and Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota.The Mayo Foundation, Rochester, Minnesota, is a part of the Graduate School of the University of Minnesota.Requests for reprints should be addressed to Section of Publications, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. 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