Roentgen Study of Intestinal Motility as Influenced by Bran

Fantus, Bernard; Kopstein, Geza G.; Schmidt, H

doi:10.1001/jama.1940.02810050024007

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“…The investigation showed that the contrast medium reached the sigmoid colon in 12 hours and that its main bulk lay in the sigmoid colon and rectum at 24 hours. FANTUS, KOPSTEIN and SCHMIDT (1940) investigated the influence of bran on intestinal motility by giving this substance mixed with 60 to 70 g barium sulphate to 126 normal subjects aged between 20 and 30 years, 12 of whom were women. The result of the study, which was repeated in the same series, was not very clearly reported but was roughly as follows: of the 126 subjects, the colon emptied in 24 hours in one, in 48 hours in 38, in 72 hours in 62, in 96 hours in 20, and in 120 hours in 5 of them.…”

Section: Number Of Cases Emptying Time Daysmentioning

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Evacuation of the Normal Large Intestine

Koehler¹

1964

Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis

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Although the motor activity of the large bowel may usually be determined by means of a barium meal an assessment of pathologic conditions demands a detailed knowledge of normal colonie filling and evacuation. Little on this subject is found in the literature, a fact that prompted the present investiga tion of the normal variability of colonie function by means of a small con trast meal. It was considered that this special meal would produce the minimal interference with the normal physiology of the colon.Earlier investigations. Motor activity of the colon has attracted a good deal of interest. Information on this complex procedure is provided e.g. in the textbook of SCHINZ & coll. (1952). Evacuation of the intestinal contents, which is of special interest in the present work, is mostly effected by the mass movements of the colon, observed as early as 1909 by HOLZKNECHT. These movements occur at intervals of several hours and transpose the intestinal contents by stages over long stretches. KANTOR (1932) observed the emptying of the colon roentgenologically in 844 unspecified cases. The standard barium meal was employed; the quantity is not indicated, but may be assumed to have been considerable. A hard rectal impaction was encountered in over 18 per cent of cases and had to be removed by artificial means. The method was therefore highly unphysiologic,

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Section: Number Of Cases Emptying Time Daysmentioning

confidence: 99%

Evacuation of the Normal Large Intestine

Koehler¹

1964

Acta Radiologica. Diagnosis

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“…Or are noxious products evolved by the action of bacteria on the substrate provided by the poorly digested residue? A few answers to these questions are 21 but, by and large, concepts as to the effect of various foods on colonic function are purely speculative. Some of the meticulously rigid dietary regimens prescribed for the patient having spastic constipation illustrate the confusion that exists: some vegetables are stringently forbidden, whereas others of equal fiber content are recommended for daily consumplion.…”

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