The philosopher who goes up into the clouds to talk, and prefers gruel to trout before going, makes an epigastric mistake.

On the other hand, jaundice and tenderness in the epigastric zone are more common than in typhoid fever.

The left hepatica magna receives also the umbilical vein, which persists on the visceral surface of the abdominal wall, often anastomosing with the epigastric veins.