“…Systemic as well as local effects have been suggested as a possible mode of action of the drug (Smith, 1966). A local effect of the drug has been demonstrated from studies of the application of aspirin particles to explanted gastric mucosa (Stephens, Milton, and Loewenthal, 1966) or directly through fistulae onto the gastric mucosa of experimental animals (Roth, Valdes-Dapena, Pieses, and Buchman, 1963;. Systemic action could also be invoked but this is debatable (see Smith, 1966).…”