. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . calconception. In view of the above facts, it has seemedjustifiable to us to place on record fivecases which have recenth^ come underour obser\ ation, together with completeenough case histories to be of value in de-termining the relative diagnostic value ofthe findings when sufficient cases are onrecord. Three other cases have been ob-ser\ed, but the material is not completeenough to report on them at the presenttime. Patient Xo. i. Female: age 26 years;married six years: housewife; one childfour and a half years o
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . calconception. In view of the above facts, it has seemedjustifiable to us to place on record fivecases which have recenth^ come underour obser\ ation, together with completeenough case histories to be of value in de-termining the relative diagnostic value ofthe findings when sufficient cases are onrecord. Three other cases have been ob-ser\ed, but the material is not completeenough to report on them at the presenttime. Patient Xo. i. Female: age 26 years;married six years: housewife; one childfour and a half years old; family historynegative: robust in childhood; has alwaysbe«i constipated; menstruation years ago c\^stic left ovary and ap-pendix removed. Never recovered strengthafter the operation. Present Complaints.—^Weakness, faint-ing, hot flushes. Constipation. heav\- dragging sensationin stomach. Backache and aching in legs. *Rea<i before Meeting of PorEilaiid City aad Owamiy Medical Sodetr. Fi^jroary 5. 1918. 335 33^ Barium Stasis in Bile arid Pancreatic Ducts. ^gggH Fig. I. Case I. Immediate and Twelve Hour Plate Plate shows marked ptosis of organs with bariumhanging in diverticuhim in the region of the secondportion of the duodenum General toxic symptoms included head-ache, stupid feeling, lack of ambition. Physical Examination.—The patient is anervous, hysterical woman of marked as-thenic type, with straight back and angel-winged scapulae; she has a long, narrowabdomen with the lower pole of the stom-ach in the pelvis, and the caecum is palpableon vaginal examination; the heart tonesare of quick, toxic type; the urine is nor-mal; the white blood corpuscles 14,000,with a normal differential count; haemo-globin 95%. An analysis of the stomachcontents showed total acidity of 79. Thesystolic blood pressure was 106. Roentgen-ray Examination.—September26, 1916, the points in the physical exami-nation were confirmed. Patient showed amarked midline ptosis of the st
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