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Ulcers. There are two main types of ulcers in the digestive tract: 1) those of the duodenum (pronounced du-oh-dee'-num); 2) those of the stomach. For both, a mild, milky diet and a calm, easy life may bring relief. Ulcers of the duodenum may be removed by a surgeon, but usually they return in worse form. Only consolation: duodenal ulcers practically never turn into cancer.
Surgeons have been more successful with stomach ulcers. But in many cases, even if they are apparently cured without surgery and cause no pain, stomach ulcers secretly become cancerous. A man who has once suffered from a stomach ulcer should have himself examined frequently, no matter how well he feels.
The doctors are frankly pessimistic about both types of ulcer, for they arise from a nervous temperament. "Often the only really effective cure for an ulcer," they wrote, "would be an annuity." Great hope for ulcer victims lies in development of new chemicals which prevent the stomach from producing too much acid (TIME, April 28),
In the Southern Medical Journal Dr. Howard Bruce Shorbe of Oklahoma City warned automobile drivers to keep their elbows off the window ledge. Dr. Shorbe has treated 32 elbows that stuck out too far, were sideswiped by other cars, by trucks, a horse, a mule—and most were crippled for life.