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

"Goneness" in epigastrium, singing ceases; some fulness in head remains.

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

When the north pole of a small magnet was held towards him, he described a drawing sensation proceeding outwards from the epigastrium, and as if a current of air went from him.

From Curiosities of Medical Experience by Millingen, J. G. (John Gideon)

Mellish, whose epigastrium has been hurt, 'Tis said, by accident at Wiltstoken, Looked none the worse in the Australian's corner.

From The Admirable Bashville or, Constancy Unrewarded by Shaw, Bernard