. The anatomy and physiology of the human body. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints; and the heart and arteries . osed by thecontraction below,) a- series of retrograde or anti-peristalticmotions are begun and propagated. The course of the actionbeing changed, the contraction of the gut is not followed by thedilatation of the portion below, but by that above. By thismeans the matter of the lower portion of the intestinal canalis carried into the upper part, and there acting as an unusualstimulus, it aggvavates and perpetuates the unnatural , from experiments it a


. The anatomy and physiology of the human body. Containing the anatomy of the bones, muscles, and joints; and the heart and arteries . osed by thecontraction below,) a- series of retrograde or anti-peristalticmotions are begun and propagated. The course of the actionbeing changed, the contraction of the gut is not followed by thedilatation of the portion below, but by that above. By thismeans the matter of the lower portion of the intestinal canalis carried into the upper part, and there acting as an unusualstimulus, it aggvavates and perpetuates the unnatural , from experiments it appears that a permanent Irritationwill cause an accelerated motion in both directions; that fromthe point stimulated there will proceed downward the regularseries of contractions and dilatations, while the motion is sentupwards and retrograde from the same point of the intestinetoward the stomach.* And this observation, the exhibition otmedicine and the diseases of the intestines confirm. Butfarther we may observe, that the food is not uniformly moveddownward; it is shifted and agitated by an occasional retro-grade motion thus :.


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