The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . Fig. 61.—A Diagrammatic Transverse Section of the Intestines in Mammalia, showingthe great increase in the lumen of the organ and the large amount of air it , liquid contents at the bottom and diffused around the sides ; 2, air-cushion ; 3,peritoneum, longitudinal muscles adjacent; 4, circular muscles ; 5, mucous mem-brane. compelling absorption and digestion to be in correspondencewith the physiological requirements ; otherwise , it affords a ready explanation of the special an
The laws and mechanics of circulation, with the principle involved in animal movement . Fig. 61.—A Diagrammatic Transverse Section of the Intestines in Mammalia, showingthe great increase in the lumen of the organ and the large amount of air it , liquid contents at the bottom and diffused around the sides ; 2, air-cushion ; 3,peritoneum, longitudinal muscles adjacent; 4, circular muscles ; 5, mucous mem-brane. compelling absorption and digestion to be in correspondencewith the physiological requirements ; otherwise , it affords a ready explanation of the special anatomyin the organs as means to ends, otherwise inexplicable ; nota-bly, the arrangements in the muscles and nerves for effectingthe changes of pressure in the contents in the gut, which we 188 OFFICE OF AIR IN THE INTESTINES. will come to further on. Finally, this would account for therapid evolution of gas in morbid conditions of the organs ; e. g.,dyspepsia, colic, hysteria, in the entire absence of food-changes,such as are involved in decomposition or fermentation, thefood acti
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