epigastrium
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If you will refer to any recent authority on the subject you will find that the pain of appendicitis starts in the epigastrium, which is in the midline and above the navel.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Gnawing hunger pain in pains the of ulcer.'' epigastrium not Gurgling unlike in the the intestines "and sometimes a mild watery diarrhea.
From Time Magazine Archive
Hot epithems to the epigastrium are probably of some use, and besides this the temperature of the body should be carefully kept up by hot bottles to the feet, hot tins to the epigastrium, etc.
From Neuralgia and the Diseases that Resemble it by Francis E. Anstie
The application of scarified and dry cups to the epigastrium and head, when there existed pain in these regions, was often resorted to, and afforded much relief.
From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Franklin Bache
An unspeakable terror seizes hold of him, and he no longer has any sensation but that of a burning contraction in the epigastrium.
From The Temptation of St. Antony or A Revelation of the Soul by Gustave Flaubert
