. The alimentary tract : a radiographic study . Fig. 46. Fig- 47-. Fig. 48. Fig. Spasmodic hour-glass stomach. It did not relax withmassage. No lesion found to account for it, but there was a definitethickening of the duodenum. Fig. 47. Spasmodic hour-glass that appeared when the patientwas hung on the couch. P. Pylorus. N. Hour-glass Colon. Case of duodenal ulcer. Fig. 48. Upper sac of an hour-glass contraction. Patient hadnever had any gastric trouble till she swallowed a pin, a week pre-viously. The pin was localised in the stomach at the site of thecontraction, but on


. The alimentary tract : a radiographic study . Fig. 46. Fig- 47-. Fig. 48. Fig. Spasmodic hour-glass stomach. It did not relax withmassage. No lesion found to account for it, but there was a definitethickening of the duodenum. Fig. 47. Spasmodic hour-glass that appeared when the patientwas hung on the couch. P. Pylorus. N. Hour-glass Colon. Case of duodenal ulcer. Fig. 48. Upper sac of an hour-glass contraction. Patient hadnever had any gastric trouble till she swallowed a pin, a week pre-viously. The pin was localised in the stomach at the site of thecontraction, but on the following da}- it was located in the hour-glass condition persisted for the 3 weeks she was inhospital. Plate taken half-an-hour after food was given. Face page 78 Notes on cases 79 lesions. It was only when I discovered that gentle, or ifnecessary forcible, massage led to relaxation of spasm, thatmistaken diagnosis from this cause ceased to be of frequentoccurrence. Tincture of belladonna was also employed, but,although it relieved the spasm in


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