. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . eritoneal bands or adhesions must also be considered. These may besuspected when during an examination any particular part of the organappears to be unduly fixed, or when the whole organ is relatively higher thannormal. These adhesions are a frequent accompaniment of healed gastriculcer, inflammatory conditions of the gall-bladder, etc. Ptosis.—The most obvious and frequent change noted in the stomachis that of ptosis. In true gastroptosis the bismuth meal is seen to fallthrough the stomach quickly, the lack of muscular tone allowing the f
. Radiography, X-ray therapeutics and radium therapy . eritoneal bands or adhesions must also be considered. These may besuspected when during an examination any particular part of the organappears to be unduly fixed, or when the whole organ is relatively higher thannormal. These adhesions are a frequent accompaniment of healed gastriculcer, inflammatory conditions of the gall-bladder, etc. Ptosis.—The most obvious and frequent change noted in the stomachis that of ptosis. In true gastroptosis the bismuth meal is seen to fallthrough the stomach quickly, the lack of muscular tone allowing the foodto pass rapidly through and collect in the sinus. The pylorus and oesophaguswith the fornix are firmly fixed by their ligaments, and the ptosed stomachtherefore increases in vertical length, the bismuth meal distending the lowerportion of the stomach, while in the median part of the body the walls areapproximated, the fornix being generally distended with gas. The peri-staltic waves are almost entirely absent in the erect position, and show then.
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