Thermal irritation in gastric disease

Abstract

T HE theory that ingestion of hot substances may act as a primary etiological or secondary irritative factor in diseases of the stomach has now been extant for many years, without sufficient co-ordinated investigation to prove or disprove its validity. The purposes of the present article are (I ) to document the suggested mechanisms by which local heat may play a part in gastric disease, (2) to present further studies, and