. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ion of the blood, stools and stomach con-tents is negative. Urine examination showssome casts and epithelial cells and whiteblood cells. Patient No. 3. Female; age 42; widow;seamstress; family history is negative. Hermenstruation was profuse and irregularlast year; she has had typhoid fever andoccasional sore throats, and had a nervousbreakdown fourteen years ago. Present Complaints.—Constant dull painand soreness in the pit of the stomach forthe past year. Has had some belching re-cently. A constant backache for pa
. The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine . ion of the blood, stools and stomach con-tents is negative. Urine examination showssome casts and epithelial cells and whiteblood cells. Patient No. 3. Female; age 42; widow;seamstress; family history is negative. Hermenstruation was profuse and irregularlast year; she has had typhoid fever andoccasional sore throats, and had a nervousbreakdown fourteen years ago. Present Complaints.—Constant dull painand soreness in the pit of the stomach forthe past year. Has had some belching re-cently. A constant backache for past threemonths. Constipation with much gas in the bowel. There is pressure on the bladder and afrequent desire to urinate. She is run down and under weight;weight 85 lbs.; height 5 feet, 4 inches. Physical Examination.—The patient wasnervous and of asthenic t^pe. Skin showedconsiderable pigmentation; the middle lobeof the thyroid was somewhat heart borders were out slightly;there were aortic and mitral murmurs; 338 Barium Stasis in Bile and Pancreatic Ducts. Fig. 5. Case III. Six Hour Plate. No Stasis Pres-ent At a later screening when the organs had been re-turned to a more normal position by treatment therewas a six hour stasis in the sagging diverticulum there was tenderness in the epigastric region;the right ovary is hard and tender; therea small fibroid in the fundus of the uterus. Roentgen-ray Examination.—The chestshowed moderate hypertrophy of the leftventricle, and dilatation of the descendingaorta. The stomach was low, showing deepperistalsis. Bulbus of the duodenum wasdilated; the second portion showed laggingof barium. At a later screening, this laggingin the second portion was definitely con-nected with a diverticulum on the mesialaspect of the duodenum. There was no sag-ging of this diverticulum and the bariumemptied out quite rapidly. The caecum wasadherent to the colon, and the appendixwas partially patent. Indican was present in the urine. As
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