Diseases of the stomach : their special pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, with sections on anatomy, physiology, chemical and microscopical examination of stomach contents, dietetics, surgery of the stomach, etc. ; in three parts / by John C. Hemmeter.

  • Hemmeter, John C. (John Conrad), 1863-1931.
Date:
1898
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Credit: Diseases of the stomach : their special pathology, diagnosis, and treatment, with sections on anatomy, physiology, chemical and microscopical examination of stomach contents, dietetics, surgery of the stomach, etc. ; in three parts / by John C. Hemmeter. Source: Wellcome Collection.

Provider: This material has been provided by the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University Libraries/Information Services, through the Medical Heritage Library. The original may be consulted at the the Augustus C. Long Health Sciences Library at Columbia University and Columbia University.

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    CHAPTER VIII. Page Methods for Testing the Gastric Peristalsis, .... 73-79 CHAPTER IX. Hemmeter's Method for Testing the Gastric Peris- talsis, 80-90 Theories Concerning the ^Movements of the Ingesta. CHAPTER X. Absorption from the Stomach, 91-96 Penzoldt's and Faber's, Herschel's, Julius Miller's, and Hemmeter's Tests for Gastric Resorption. CHAPTER XI. Methods for Determining the Location, Size, and Capacity of the Stomach, 97-104 Percussion and Palpation.—Gastrodiaphany of Einhorn. CHAPTER XII. The Stomach-tube and Technics of its Introduction, . 105-116 Examination of Stomach Contents.—Test-meals: Their Effects upon the Amount of Acid Secreted.—Literature. CHAPTER XIII. Methods for Qualitative and Quantitative Analysis of Stomach Contents, 117-128 Presence of Bits of Gastric Mucosa.—Examination of Stomach Con- tents for Mucus, Saliva, Bile, Duodenal Secretions, Blood, and Pus.— Tests for Blood in Stomach Contents.—Demonstration of the Presence of Iron in the Stomach Contents or Vomited Matter.—Spectroscopic E.\amination of Stomach Contents for Blood.—Examinations of Por- tions of Mucosa or Tissue Found in the Wash-water and Vomited Matter.—Literature. CHAPTER XIV. The Diagnostic Significance of Fragments of Gastric Mucosa, . 129-137 Deductions from 36 Cases. CHAPTER XV. Occurrence of Secretions in the Empty Stomach, . . . 138-146 Stimulations to Secretions of Gastric Juice.—Significance of Foam.— Preparation of Gastric Contents.—Quantitative Analysis.—Methods.— Standard or Normal Solutions.—Indicators.—Titration.—Apparatus. CHAPTER XVL Chemical Examination of Gastric Juice, 147-154 Tests for Presence of Free Acids.—Tests for Free Hydrochloric Acid.— The Dimethyl-Amido-Azo-Benzol Test.—The Resorcin Test.—Com- bined Hydrochloric Acid.—Lactic Acid : Formation, Significance, and Detection.