RT Journal
A1 WEINSTEIN JW
T1 THe macroscopic and microscopic appearances of stomach contents
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1909
FD November 20
VO LIII
IS 21
SP 1710
OP 1716
DO 10.1001/jama.1909.92550210001001c
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1909.92550210001001c
AB The subject of the macroscopic and microscopic appearances of stomach contents, especially the former, is one that has been neglected by gastrologists. The moment the examiner secures the contents he pours them immediately into the filter on the funnel for the chemical examination. I have to meet yet the man who carefully examines the stomach contents in gross and then makes notes of the macroscopic findings. Even the best text-books on the diseases of the stomach are almost silent on the subject. I myself can judge much better about the anatomic condition of the stomach from looking at the stomach contents than from the results of the chemical examination. I will illustrate by an example.Here is a specimen of stomach contents that shows on chemical examination the following: Free hydrochloric acid, 30; total acidity, 60; lactic acid, 0; starch digestion, erythrodextrin; pepsin and rennet ferments normal; biuret positive. What