An Introduction to Gastro-Enterology. The Mechanics of the Digestive Tract

Content: 
Inside Front Cover, Page ii
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
PREFACE TO THE FOURTH EDITION, Page v
PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION, Pages v-viii
PREFACE TO THE SECOND EDITION, Pages ix-x
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS, Pages xvii-xxii
CHAPTER I - THE MOTOR FUNCTIONS OF THE SMALL BOWEL, Pages 1-33
CHAPTER II - THE FACULTATIVE AUTONOMY OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, Pages 34-38
CHAPTER III - SOME THEORIES THAT HAVE BEEN ADVANCED TO EXPLAIN THE POLARITY OF THE SMALL BOWEL, Pages 39-58
CHAPTER IV - THE GRADIENT THEORY OF THE POLARIZATION OF THE BOWEL, Pages 59-79
CHAPTER V - A POSSIBLE BASIC METABOLIC GRADIENT, Pages 80-86
CHAPTER VI - OTHER RELATED GRADIENTS, Pages 87-99
CHAPTER VII - WAYS IN WHICH A GRADIENT MIGHT CONCEIVABLY BE ALTERED OR REVERSED, Pages 100-136
CHAPTER VIII - THE SYNDROME OF REVERSE PERISTALSIS, Pages 137-175
CHAPTER IX - THE SMOOTH MUSCLE OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT, Pages 176-182
CHAPTER X - THE MUSCULAR VERSUS THE NERVOUS ORIGIN OF THE RHYTHMIC CONTRACTIONS OF THE GUT, Pages 183-202
CHAPTER XI - THE STRUCTURE AND FUNCTIONS OF THE MYENTERIC PLEXUSES, Pages 203-245
CHAPTER XII - THE EXTRINSIC NERVES OF THE DIGESTIVE TRACT AND THEIR FUNCTIONS, Pages 246-293
CHAPTER XIII - CHEWING AND SWALLOWING, Pages 294-312
CHAPTER XIV - THE CARDIA, Pages 313-324
CHAPTER XV - THE MOVEMENTS OF THE STOMACH, Pages 325-363
CHAPTER XVI - GRADIENTS IN THE MUSCULAR WALL OF THE STOMACH, Pages 364-375
CHAPTER XVII - THE PYLORUS AND THE DUODENAL CAP, Pages 376-446
CHAPTER XVIII - HUNGER CONTRACTIONS AND THE PAIN OF ULCER, Pages 447-468
CHAPTER XIX - MOVEMENTS OF THE STOMACH THAT IS DISEASED OR HAS BEEN OPERATED ON, Pages 469-474
CHAPTER XX - VOMITING, Pages 475-497
CHAPTER XXI - THE MECHANICS OF THE GALLBLADDER, Pages 498-542
CHAPTER XXII - THE MUSCULARIS MUCOSAE, Pages 543-547
CHAPTER XXIII - THE ILEOCECAL SPHINCTER, Pages 548-563
CHAPTER XXIV - THE APPENDIX, Pages 564-568
CHAPTER XXV - THE MOVEMENTS OF THE COLON, Pages 569-606
CHAPTER XXVI - THE LENGTH AND COMPLEXITY OF THE BOWEL AS INFLUENCED BY DIET, Pages 607-616
CHAPTER XXVII - THE RATE OF PROGRESS OF FOOD RESIDUES THROUGH THE DIGESTIVE TRACT, Pages 617-633
CHAPTER XXVIII - CONSTIPATION, Pages 634-645
CHAPTER XXIX - GAS IN THE BOWEL, Pages 646-678
CHAPTER XXX - HUNGER, APPETITE AND THIRST, Pages 679-692
CHAPTER XXXI - THE MODUS OPERANDI OF A GASTRO-ENTEROSTOMY, Pages 693-702
CHAPTER XXXII - THE ELECTROGASTROGRAM AND ELECTRO-ENTEROGRAM, Pages 703-712
CHAPTER XXXIII - TECHNICAL METHODS AND APPARATUS, Pages 713-743
CHAPTER XXXIV - ON BOOKS AND READING, Pages 744-756
BIBLIOGRAPHY, Pages 757-892
INDEX, Pages 893-903