The diseases of infants and children . ^ for food to accumulate in the stomach. The empty-. FiG. 242.—Stenosis of the of l}^ months, in the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Illustration shows twoperistaltic waves. General condition very poor. Rammstedt operation, but deathoccurred 20 days later. ing of the organ in these cases may occur at much longer intervals andperhaps only once or twice daily, the whole of the food taken since thelast vomiting being ejected at one time. The loss of gastric motor poweris shown by the evidences of dilatation and by the fincUng with the stom-ac
The diseases of infants and children . ^ for food to accumulate in the stomach. The empty-. FiG. 242.—Stenosis of the of l}^ months, in the Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia. Illustration shows twoperistaltic waves. General condition very poor. Rammstedt operation, but deathoccurred 20 days later. ing of the organ in these cases may occur at much longer intervals andperhaps only once or twice daily, the whole of the food taken since thelast vomiting being ejected at one time. The loss of gastric motor poweris shown by the evidences of dilatation and by the fincUng with the stom-ach tube or by examination with the a;-ray of food still present in thestomach from 4 to 10 hours after it had been ingested. The food vomitedis more or less altered, depending upon the time it has remained in thestomach, and there is often an admixture of mucus and sometimes ofstreaks of blood. Bile is rarely regurgitated and there is no evidentnausea. There is sometimes an increase of hydrochloric acid in thevomited matter, in other cases not. Constipation is a very characteristic sym
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