Gastric Manifestations in Constitutional Inadequacy
Authors: Arthur C. Clasen
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1930)

Article1 April 1930Gastric Manifestations in Constitutional InadequacyARTHUR C. CLASEN, M.D.ARTHUR C. CLASEN, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-3-10-995 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptHippocrates was one of the first, who noted that body build and temperament were greatly affected by climatic conditions. He also observed in women a relationship between adiposity, menstrual disturbances, and sterility. In 1840 Addison1and Hutchinson2wrote descriptions of the types of people, who seem to be susceptible to certain maladies. They thought habitus or physical form of the individual bears an important relationship to disease. DiGiovanni3in 1880 developed a plan for anthropometric study of patients. He at first thought that it was the morphology that determined the character of the disease. Bean4in 1912 correlated observations on...Bibliography(1) ADDISON T: On the Constitutional and Local Effects of Disease of the Suprarenal Capsules, London, 1855. Google Scholar(2) HUTCHINSON J: The Pedigree of Disease, London, 1884. Google Scholar(3) DIGIOVANNI A: Clinical Commentaries Deduced from the Morphology of the Human Body, English Edition, London, 1919. Google Scholar(4) BEAN RB; Morbidity and Morphology, Johns Hopkins Bulletin, Dec., 1912, No. 262, p. 363-370. Google Scholar(5) DRAPER G: Human Constitution, Philadelphia, W. B. Saunders Co., 1924, Opportunities for Clinician and Pathologist offered by the Study of Human Constitution; Archives of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Vol. 1, 1926, No. 5, May, pp. 756-766; Human Constitution, Am. Jr. Med. Sc., Vol. clxxi, June 26, 1926. Google Scholar(6) GOLDWAITHEBRYANT : Anatomic and Mechanistic Conception of Disease, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, 1915, Vol. 172, pp. 881-889. CrossrefGoogle Scholar(7) PENDE-NACCARATI : Constitutional Inadequacies, Lea and Febiger, Philadelphia, 1928. Google Scholar(8) BAUER J: Individual Constitution in Clinical Medicine Proceedings of the Staff Meeting of Mayo Clinic, 3:141, May 9>, 1928; Problems of Human Genetics, Bulletin Johns Hopkins Hospital, 44:52-69, January, 1929. Google Scholar(9) VIOLA G: Riforma Med, 1920, xxxvi, 901-907; Arch. d. pat. e. Clin. Med. Bologna, 1921, 22, 1; Riforma med. 1921, 37, 1044. Google Scholar(10) BICKLE A, Personal communication. Google Scholar(11) EPPINGERHESS Die Vagotonie, Berlin, 1910. Google Scholar(12) SMITHIES F Personal communication. Google Scholar(13) CHAUFFARD Ann. de Me. Tome 9, p. 149, March, 1921; Semaine Med. 1907, xxvii, 25-29. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: *Read before the Jackson County Medical Society, Kansas City, Missouri, October 20, 1929. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 April 1930Volume 3, Issue 10Page: 995-1007KeywordsInfertility ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 April 1930 PDF downloadLoading ...