“…There is said to be an increased quantity of gastric mucus in the gastric mucosa after treatment with carbenoxolone sodium (Goodier, Horwich, and Galloway, 1967). Associated with this increased mucus production, there is an alteration in the molecular constitution of the mucus (Gheorghiu, Frotz, and Klein, 1971). Carbenoxolone sodium also increases the life span "Present address: Nuffield Department of Surgery, Radcliffe Infirmary, Oxford.…”