The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine (1906) (14754542551)

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Title: The American journal of roentgenology, radium therapy and nuclear medicine

Year: 1906 (1900s)

Authors: American Radium Society American Roentgen Ray Society

Subjects: Radiotherapy X-rays

Publisher: Springfield, Ill. C.C. Thomas

Contributing Library: Gerstein - University of Toronto

Digitizing Sponsor: University of Toronto

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. Feces m contents /-^ .>. u o-i .■ . October 30, 1919. The patient was given a barium-buttermilk meal of sixteen ounces in Examination of Feces (Dr. Tiirck) the erect position and fluoroscoped. The stomach filled normally. Peristalsis was very ^ , r- ■ \ u-i-^ active. The antrum and first portion of the Color Grayish white , ■ u. r .uu Consistencv thin duodenum lay four inches to the right of the Reaction * faintlv acid median line and adherent to the under sur- Bilg verv faint trace f^ce of the liver. No defect in the lesser 0,ccult blood .... very faint trace curvature was noted. The duodenal cap Mucus o filled normally without defect and was fixed Undigested vegetable fibers . . . few by adhesions. 5i8 Gastrocolic Fistula On the posterior wall near the middle lineof the antrum and about one inch from theborder of the greater curvature there was istration. The rectum, sigmoid, descendingand transverse colon filled normally, but theascending colon and cecum ballooned out to

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Fig. 3. October 30, 1919. Lateral mowgastro-enterostomy. showing Fig. 4. October 30, 1919. Amerior-poslerior view,showing gastro-enterostomv. noted a large, patent gastro-enterostomyopening through which the meal was pass-ing rapidly. Just below the gut widened intoa large pouch-like dilatation holding ap-proximately four ounces. Anteriorly to thegastro-enterostomy opening (as noted in thelateral position) and extending along thegreater curvature for several inches the gas-tric wall assumed a moth-eaten appearance. Six-hour examination showed a slightresidue of about an ounce in the stomachand the remaining portion of the meal in theterminal ileum and ascending colon. Twen-ty-four-hour examination showed the stom-ach and small intestines empty. A slightamount of the meal had been evacuated andthe remainder filled the colon. The hepaticflexure lay in a normal position but wasfixed by adhesions. The transverse colonpassed, transversely, across the abdomenfrom just above the crest of the

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