Article1 September 1932Standards of Normal in Gastric SecretionWALTER C. ALVAREZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.WALTER C. ALVAREZ, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-6-3-314 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptAfter approximately fifty years of stomach pumping and busy filling of archives with countless papers on gastric analysis, it would seem as if everything worth doing must have been done over and over again. Actually years of search through the enormous literature led me finally to the conclusion that most of the work on standards of normal which should have been done at the beginning has never been done, or at least, has never been done with enough material or with the technic that would satisfy a modern biometrician.The value of one gastric analysis. For instance: What is the...References1 OSTERBERGVANZANTALVAREZ AEFRWC: The determination of pepsin in the gastric content and its clinical significance in duodenal ulcer and pseudo-ulcer, Proc. Staff Meetings of Mayo Clinic, 1932, vii, 268-272. Google Scholar2 VANZANTALVAREZ FRWC: What is the value of one gastric analysis? A study of the daily variations in the gastric acidity of two normal persons, Proc. Staff Meetings of Mayo Clinic, 1931, vi, 419-422. Google Scholar3 VANZANTALVAREZEUSTERMANDUNNBERKSON FRWCGBHLJ: The normal range of gastric acidity from youth to old age: an analysis of 3,746 records. Arch. Int. Med., 1932, xlix, 345-359. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4 VANZANT FR: Personal communication to the author. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Rochester, MinnesotaRead before the American College of Physicians, San Francisco, California, April 4, 1932. From the Division of Medicine, The Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byThe Three Main Components of the Human Gastric Mucin: Dissolved Mucoproteose, Dissolved Mucoprotein, and Mucoid of the Gastric Visible MucusThe acidity of the “ulcer-bearing area” of the duodenum in normal personsThe effect of gastric hypersecretion on the reaction and neutralizing ability of the contents of the first part of the duodenum in normal dogsObservations on gastric acidity before and after development of carcinoma of the stomachThe relation in man between gastric acidity and height and weight 1 September 1932Volume 6, Issue 3Page: 314-318KeywordsArchivesStomach Issue Published: 1 September 1932 PDF downloadLoading ...