Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey . l investigation of the feces indiseases of the intestines. This field of investi-gation, like that of the sputum and urine, is animportant one which has aided, and gives prom-ise of furnishing still more valuable aid, in thediagnosis and treatment of diseases of the in-testines. We commend this volume as a valuable contri-bution to our knowledge of the organs of diges-tion and their diseases. E. Believing that the matter of the medicalexaminers fees affects the zvelfare of lifeinsurance policyholders, and the rightfulclaims of the medical professi
Journal of the Medical Society of New Jersey . l investigation of the feces indiseases of the intestines. This field of investi-gation, like that of the sputum and urine, is animportant one which has aided, and gives prom-ise of furnishing still more valuable aid, in thediagnosis and treatment of diseases of the in-testines. We commend this volume as a valuable contri-bution to our knowledge of the organs of diges-tion and their diseases. E. Believing that the matter of the medicalexaminers fees affects the zvelfare of lifeinsurance policyholders, and the rightfulclaims of the medical profession, it is sug-gested that the local and county medicalsocieties which hold meetings between this Dee. r. tqo6. THE ED/TOR date and January 25 pass a resolution re-questing the President of the Medical So-ciety of Nezv Jersey to appoint a committeeof five zvho shall prepare and issue a state-ment to the public on this question. AND PUBLICATION COMMITTEE. i6i Journal of The Medical Society of New Jersey Published onthe First Day of Every Under the Directionof the Committee on Publication. Vol. III.—No. 7. ORANGE, N. J., JANUARY, 1907. ^^coiilf^Jur THE OMENTUM AND ITS FUNC-TIONS.* By Gordon K. Dickinson, M. D.,Jersey City, N. J. The concept of the omentum in the mindsof most of our writers has been incompletelystated, the anatomist having the most tosay in his descriptions of its various recent years but few accurate observ-ers have endeavored to describe its struc-ture or numerous functions. A detailedstudy of this tissue brings to light manyresearches which give evidence of its greatimportance in the protection of the peritone-al cavity. It is impossible to discuss thisorgan apart from the conditions of the gen-eral peritoneal surface, nevertheless, owingto its histo-anatomy being somewhat dis-tinctive, its functions are, to a certain ex-tent, unique. Embryology. By the end of the firstmonth of foetal life the digestive tract isformed, consisting of but a s
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