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. r. 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
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. r. 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 themost
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