A swelling in the hypochondrium, that is hard and painful, is very bad, provided it occupy the whole hypochondrium; but if it be on either side, it is less dangerous when on the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book Of Prognostics] Reference

Characteristically, the liver patient experiences pain just below the ribs of the right side of the abdomen, an area commonly called the hypochondrium, and liver patients are often unwittingly labeled as chronic “hypochondriacs.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [THE NATURAL REMEDY BIBLE] Reference

That state of the hypochondrium is best when it is free from pain, soft, and of equal size on the right side and the left.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book Of Prognostics] Reference

Over-distention of any of those organs situated beneath the right hypochondrium, will obstruct neighbouring organs and vessels.    From Wordnik.com.  [Surgical Anatomy] Reference

At the commencement, and throughout, the respiration was slow and large; there was a constant throbbing in the hypochondrium; his age was about twenty.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

It is probable that the weakness produced by the fever, the phrenitis, and affection of the hypochondrium caused death on the hundred and twentieth day.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

On the fifth, acute fever; pain of the hypochondrium, quite incoherent; alvine evacuations bilious; towards night had a sweat, and was freed from the fever.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

On the third day, restless, thirst, nausea, much tossing about, bewilderment, delirium; extremities livid and cold; softish distention of the hypochondrium on both sides.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

Apply to the hypochondrium linseed by inunctions, taking care that he do not catch cold when the application is made; let it be in a tepid state, and boiled in water and oil.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference

On the fifth, in the morning, deafness; all the symptoms exacerbated; spleen swollen; distention of the hypochondrium; alvine discharges scanty, and black; he became delirious.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

Began to have pain about the hypochondrium on the first day; had nausea and incoherence, and for some hours afterwards had no sleep; respiration rare, large, and suddenly interrupted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Of The Epidemics] Reference

Swellings in the belly less frequently form abscesses than those in the hypochondrium; and seldomest of all, those below the navel are converted into suppuration; but you may rather expect a hemorrhage from the upper parts.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book Of Prognostics] Reference

And if there be also pulsation in the hypochondrium, it indicates perturbation or delirium; and the physician should examine the eyes of such persons; for if their pupils be in rapid motion, such persons may be expected to go mad.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Book Of Prognostics] Reference

But if slightly acrid it moistens the mouth and throat, promotes expectoration, and quenches thirst; agrees with the viscera seated in the hypochondrium, and obviates the bad effects of the honey; for the bilious quality of the honey is thereby corrected.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Regimen In Acute Diseases] Reference

The Ephemerides speaks of it in front of the hypochondrium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Massie cites an instance of gunshot wound of the right hypochondrium, with penetration and protrusion of the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

The Ephemerides records a case in which there was the sense of two objects from a single touch on the hypochondrium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Massie 12.275 cites an instance of gunshot wound of the right hypochondrium, with penetration and protrusion of the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

Clapping over the entire organ, firmly over the right hypochondriac region, more gently over the epigastrium and left hypochondrium.    From Wordnik.com.  [Massage and the Original Swedish Movements] Reference

The manipulations must be made during the pain, and not only upon the abdomen, but also upon the perineum, the groins, the hypochondrium, and over the diaphragm.    From Wordnik.com.  [Labor Among Primitive Peoples] Reference

Philipeaux, has the history of a taken with a great pain in the right hypochondrium, and from which issued subsequently fetal bones and a mass of macerated embryo.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anomalies and Curiosities of Medicine] Reference

It had during its continuance brought on breathlessness on exertion, and what she called spasms or "grippings at the heart," no doubt the basis of her uneasy feelings in left hypochondrium.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Abnormal Psychology] Reference

When questioned at such times as to her delusion, she would admit its absurdity, but refer to an uneasy sensation in the region of the left hypochondrium, which, as she put it, surely meant that there was something wrong there.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Journal of Abnormal Psychology] Reference

It is situated in the upper and right parts of the abdominal cavity, occupying almost the whole of the right hypochondrium, the greater part of the epigastrium, and not uncommonly extending into the left hypochondrium as far as the mammillary line.    From Wordnik.com.  [XI. Splanchnology. 2i. The Liver] Reference

The indications of distention of the liver, clearly perceived in some cases, have been pain, tenderness, and sense of distention, in the right hypochondrium, and, what is less equivocal than these, very considerable swelling and prominence of the liver.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cases of Organic Diseases of the Heart] Reference

"Yes, because, most likely, my flati, instead of influencing the hypochondrium, affects my spleen, which my physician asserts to be the organ of laughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Complete Memoirs of Jacques Casanova] Reference

“Yes, because, most likely, my flati, instead of influencing the hypochondrium, affects my spleen, which my physician asserts to be the organ of laughter.    From Wordnik.com.  [The memoirs of Jacques Casanova de Seingalt] Reference