The itinerary of a breakfast : a popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also of the obstacles which it sometimes meets . Diagram Showing Condition of the Colon when the BowelsMove once Daily, containing the Residues of Six,Meals. T. Diagram Showing Condition of the Colon in Chronic Consti-pation, containing the Residues of Nine or more Meals. CHRONIC CONSTIPATION 117 Abnormal Colon Conditions The diseased conditions which are mostcommonly involved in constipation are thefollowing: 1. Paralysis of th
The itinerary of a breakfast : a popular account of the travels of a breakfast through the food tube and of the ten gates and several stations through which it passes, also of the obstacles which it sometimes meets . Diagram Showing Condition of the Colon when the BowelsMove once Daily, containing the Residues of Six,Meals. T. Diagram Showing Condition of the Colon in Chronic Consti-pation, containing the Residues of Nine or more Meals. CHRONIC CONSTIPATION 117 Abnormal Colon Conditions The diseased conditions which are mostcommonly involved in constipation are thefollowing: 1. Paralysis of the rectum from resistingthe promptings of nature. The call hasbeen lost by neglect. Normally, the rectum is highly is empty except during bowel soon as a small amount of fecal matter en-ters the upper part of the rectum, a desire forevacuation is experienced. While this sensa-tion calls attention to the need for evacuationthe same nerve stimulation operates a reflexby which the colon is made to contract andempty itself if given an opportunity to doso. If, however, the call is resisted, thesensation -ceases, the rectum becomes filledwith fecal matters but gives no sign of theirpresence. The rectum becomes greatly dis-tended and is really paralyzed. This is rectal constipation and is by far themos
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