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

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 Flaubert, Gustave

There is pain referred to the epigastrium or between the shoulder-blades, the patient suffers from hunger and thirst, and may present an extreme degree of emaciation.

From Manual of Surgery Volume Second: Extremities—Head—Neck. Sixth Edition. by Miles, Alexander

Hard, painful lump in epigastrium; better after eructations tasting of drug.

From New, Old, and Forgotten Remedies: Papers by Many Writers by Anshutz, Edward Pollock