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A REVIEW OF LITERATURE FROM JULY 1940 TO JULY 1941

CHESTER M. JONES, M.D.

Arch Intern Med. 1941;68(4):763-845.

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A steadily increasing interest in a more complete understanding of the physiology of the gastrointestinal tract is evident in any review of the literature of recent years. Such a search for exact information reveals more and more the intricate interrelations that are involved in the processes of digestion. Accordingly, investigative technic has tended to become more and more complicated. At the same time, there can be little doubt that the result is a clearer understanding of the many mechanisms responsible for the proper functioning of the gastrointestinal tract and of the many possible causes of disturbances productive of symptoms.

During the past year numerous carefully controlled studies have been made on gastrointestinal physiology and some important information has been added to the literature. These studies have been concerned with the secretory, motor, absorptive and circulatory aspects of digestion. Contributions on the clinical aspects of disease affecting this system of the . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
BOSTON

From the Departments of Medicine of the Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School.