Atonia gastrica (abdominal relaxation) / by Achilles Rose, M.D. and Robert Coleman Kemp, M.D.

  • Achilles Rose
Date:
1905
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    stomach are permanently abnormal disturbance consequent upon motor insufficiency, with or without dilatation, continuous hypersecretion (as we have seen, there are cases in which defi- cient secretion and dilatation are eo ipso always present—R.), and pyloric tumors. Those out- side the stomach are traction by hernia, more especially peritoneal hernia. Chvostek, who as far back as 1876 described a case of floating (wandering) liver, as well as Meissner, is of opinion that the cause thereof is to be sought for in hereditary relation and lengthening of the suspensory ligament of the liver. That the liver plays an important r61e in the development of nephroptosia is also dwelt upon by Kuttner, altho he attributes the lowering of the kidney primarily to 'adipose-tissue waste. The respiratory excursions of the kidneys grad- ually increase, until finally the kidneys are no longer struck by the excursions of the dia- phragm. Now the liver transfers its respira- tory movements to the right kidney, pressing it down still farther. This is stated to be the [180]