. The alimentary tract : a radiographic study . nks through the stomach contents, which cannot beseen, and hence only the lower border is outlined. The factof a full stomach is always suggested, however, before thebismuth food is given by the shape of the air space, boundedbelow by the upper margin of the fluid. Also, when thebismuth food enters, it passes down more rapidly than whencanalizing a passage between the collapsed walls, and in amanner that at once suggests a heavy substance fallingthrough a lighter. Moreover, when a considerable quantityhas been given, the shadow indicates that it
. The alimentary tract : a radiographic study . nks through the stomach contents, which cannot beseen, and hence only the lower border is outlined. The factof a full stomach is always suggested, however, before thebismuth food is given by the shape of the air space, boundedbelow by the upper margin of the fluid. Also, when thebismuth food enters, it passes down more rapidly than whencanalizing a passage between the collapsed walls, and in amanner that at once suggests a heavy substance fallingthrough a lighter. Moreover, when a considerable quantityhas been given, the shadow indicates that it is only the lowerpart of a column that we see, and further information on thispoint is easily obtained by pressing the stomach contentsupwards. The lowest border of the stomach is well below theumbilicus in atony, but this is no proof that the stomach isatonic, for the whole organ is displaced when the diaphragmis below its usual level. This condition—visceroptosis—ismost important, as it gives rise to severe gastric symptoms insome Figf. 26.
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