epigastrium

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"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

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

A blister was applied to the epigastrium on the 15th of February, seven days after her admission.

From North American Medical and Surgical Journal, Vol. 2, No. 3, July, 1826 by Bache, Franklin

"If that new medicine doesn't relieve that terrible feelin' in my epigastrium, doctor—an' I don't believe it's a-goin' to—I'll let you know," she remarked acidly.

From And So They Were Married by Kingsley, Florence Morse

"How does it feel?" asked Charley with mock solicitude, "a dull ache in the epigastrium or a fluttering sensation in the pericardium; some lay stress on the characteristic feeling of heaviness behind the occiput."

From The Deaves Affair by Footner, Hulbert