. Hospital Bulletin . struction is adhesive conditions producing stasis not associatedwith mechanical obstruction are incompetent ileo-caecal valve allowing a return influx of the caecalcontents into the ileum ; spasm of the ileo-caecalvalve preventing contents of the ileum from pass-ing into the caecum, and a sagging of the trans-verse colon causing sharp angulation of thesplenic flexure; dilatation of the colon either con-genital or acquired; redundancy of the pelviccolon with lengthening and atony. OIINIOX IN FAVOR OF AND OPPOSED TO THE STASISTHEORY AS A CAUSE OF AUTO-INTOXICATION
. Hospital Bulletin . struction is adhesive conditions producing stasis not associatedwith mechanical obstruction are incompetent ileo-caecal valve allowing a return influx of the caecalcontents into the ileum ; spasm of the ileo-caecalvalve preventing contents of the ileum from pass-ing into the caecum, and a sagging of the trans-verse colon causing sharp angulation of thesplenic flexure; dilatation of the colon either con-genital or acquired; redundancy of the pelviccolon with lengthening and atony. OIINIOX IN FAVOR OF AND OPPOSED TO THE STASISTHEORY AS A CAUSE OF AUTO-INTOXICATION. Lane stands foremost among those who attrib-ute. auto-intoxication to stasis, and who makesmost of his diagnoses by the Roentgen method,and who practices the most radical surgical pro-cedures to improve drainage. He has many fol-lowers. Jordon thinks that a sagging transversecolon by causing a sharp angulation of the splenicflexure causes stasis. It is frequent that in these cases which have 20 THE HOSPITAL BULLETIN. Pro. 1—10 hours Gastric retention and intestinal delay dueto ileal kink. toxic symptoms the progress of the meal is usu-ally normal up to the splenic flexure (Figure 5),and here it remains until moved on by some arti-ficial means. The most likely explanation isJordons idea as I have frequently noted in myown work. Einhorn gives credit to Glenard for the angula-tion theory of stasis and claims that Bouchardand Combe advanced the theory of stasis as acause for auto-intoxication. Einhorn thinks that
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