Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 6.—Patient No. 6. One quart bismuth mixture injected in Sims inserted 5 inches. Skiagraphed dorsoventral after twenty minutes. mitted but a short distance, since many observers had thoughtthat this absorption took place alone in the rectum and , while it is believed that these latter have a considerablepower to absorb large quantities of water, it did not seem 20 H. WELLINGTON YATES. rational that they alone eonld take up so much. The mannerof absorption of foods into th
Transactions of the American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists for the year ... . Fig. 6.—Patient No. 6. One quart bismuth mixture injected in Sims inserted 5 inches. Skiagraphed dorsoventral after twenty minutes. mitted but a short distance, since many observers had thoughtthat this absorption took place alone in the rectum and , while it is believed that these latter have a considerablepower to absorb large quantities of water, it did not seem 20 H. WELLINGTON YATES. rational that they alone eonld take up so much. The mannerof absorption of foods into the body is not certainly known;many of the physical laws are necessary for this perfectly working. Fig. 7.—Patient 8. A. One quart of bismuth mixture injected by ordinaryrectal tube inserted 5 inches with patient in Fowlers position. Skiagraph inFowlers position after ten minutes. system, and yet physics alone will not satisfy for an explanationof this phenomenon(i3). Statements from those who are accepted as good authorityare not in accord. We haye those who maintain that water PRESENT STATUS OF THE COLON TUBE. 21 injected into the rectum will never be carried higher. Otherssay we have no such thing in the normal gut as reversed peristal-si> and. indeed, that absorption in the colon beyond the splenic
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