Displacements of the bowels

Case of Obstruction of the Bowels

greatly distending the rectum, I had at first to begin by removing seed by seed with the scoop of a director, which grated on the mass as if it had been Hint, and had to be used with considerable force to effect a separation of each seed. When a little room had been made, I injected sweet oil and thin paste,?the only materials at hand ; this at first was rejected with little effect, I had there...

Bowels for a Barium Enema

Half a century has elapsed since Rieder (1904) and Schiule (1904) first reported the use of opaque media for radiographic examination of the colon, during which time many other techniques have been improved. At the same time, whether due to medical prejudice or to the assertion of an exclusive nursing prerogative over the patient's bowels, methods of preparing the colon for the injection of bar...

Cancer: Exploring the bowels of DNA methylation

Recent studies of mice lacking methyltransferase, and of genes that modify cancer susceptibility, have shed light on the long-standing problem of how DNA methylation affects carcinogenesis.

Two Cases of Obstruction of the Bowels and Its Results

was a great opium-eater and gunja-smoker. On his return home he took about 5 grs. of opium on an empty stomach, and afterwards partook of a hearty meal of bread and dhal. The next day his bowels were constipated and with difficulty he evacuated a small hard lump of faeces. Since then he has had no action from the bowels, though he strained a good deal. He was always accustomed to have his bowel...

Conservative Management of Bowels in Pneumonia