[74] See special article, Prolapsed Organs, Part I.
[75] The student will receive many helpful suggestions by reading
Macleod, Physiology and Biochemistry in Modern Medicine; Cannon, The
Mechanical Factors of Digestion; Carlson, The Control of Hunger in
Health and Disease; Gaskell, The Involuntary Nervous System; Pottenger,
Symptoms of Nervous Disease.
[76] Von Noorden, Colitis, 1904.
[77] See Philosophy and Mechanical Principles of Osteopathy, p. 190.
[78] There are several possible suggestions. (1) Developmental (See
Mayo, Relation of the Development of the Gastro-intestinal Tract to
Abdominal Surgery. Jour. A. M. A. Feb. 7, 1920). (2) Owing to the
appendix, cecum, ascending colon, duodenum, and biliary tract being
frequently disordered. (3) Imbalance of muscular tension, owing to the
muscles of the right side being often the better developed. Muscular
lesions and lymphatic involvement of the cervical region seem to occur
oftener on the right side than on the left.
[79] Journal of Osteopathy, May, 1900.
[80] For points on enema, see treatment under Intestinal Obstruction.
[81] Diseases of the Intestines, Vol. I, p. 240.
[82] The Lancet, (London,) Oct., 1904.
[83] Philosophy of Osteopathy, p. 226.
[84] Medical Record.
[85] The Vermiform Appendix and Its Diseases, p. 711.
[86] Dr. Chauvel, 1902.
[87] Rose and Carless.
[88] Clinical Osteopathy.
[89] Journal of the American Osteopathic Association, Dec, 1902.
[90] Journal of American Osteopathic Association, March, 1905.
[91] Journal of American Osteopathic Association, March, 1905.