Word: gastrically
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...General debility, weakened heart action, bronchial tuberculosis and . . . gastric ulcer...
...report said that he was suffering from "general debility, weakened heart action, bronchial tuberculosis and stomach trouble, probably a gastric ulcer." His cure was expected in from two to three months...
...experiment, following the investigations of von Bischoff and Heidenhain, Pavloff was able to produce a fistula, or tube, connecting the stomach of a dog with the surface, keeping the animal free from pain and under the most normal conditions possible. By this means he studied the flow of the gastric and pancreatic juices under varying conditions, proving that the secretions vary in quantity, rate and digestive power with the nature of the food...
...process of digestion the food-stuffs are acted upon firstly in the mouth, by the saliva, which not only serves as a lubricant but also to change such carbohydrates, as may be present, into dextrine and sugar. The food is next a +++ted upon in the stomach by the gastric juices, which render the proteids present more soluble and converting them finally into peptone...
...connection with this Dr. Pfeiffer spoke of the perplexing question why the gastric juices did not effect the stomach itself while acting upon all other such substances. Passing on the partly digested food leaves the stomach, having an acid reaction and called chyme. As it enters the intestine, this chyme is attacked by the bile, which serves to neutralize the acid reaction, and further to aid in digesting the fats and oils. Then the pancreatic juice renders the mass fit for the blood to assimilate, and finishes the digestion of the fats and oils...