In this paper I propose to discuss the various forms of dysfunction of the stomach dealing particularly with so-called Functional types of Dyspepsia, outlining the method I adopt in arriving at a diagnosis and the treatment I have found most suitable. As a student and later as a resident I rarely came across cases of functional dyspepsia largely because these were not of the type for hospital admission, and in ordinary text-books of Medicine little information was forthcoming. As Alvarez says, "More than half of the persons who go to a physician for advice in regard to chronic indigestion have symptoms which appear to be largely functional in nature. That the field is a neglected one in medical schools should be evident to anyone who has attended seminars, lectures, or clinics." This is an opinion with which I agree
