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M. E. STEINBERG, M.D.; J. C. BROUGHER, M.S.; I. J. VIDGOFF, M.D.

Arch Surg. 1927;15(5):749-761.

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Surgeons advocating radical operation (Lewisohn¹ and de Takata²) and even those advocating conservative methods (Portis and Portis³) in the treatment of gastric and duodenal ulcers agree that gastrectomy produces a lower acidity or an anacidity in the contents of the stomach. The mechanism concerned in bringing about this change, however, is a subject of controversy. Deaver and Reimann⁴ stated that the resection of the antrum does away with the area of the stomach mucosa that secretes acid. This is contrary to anatomic and physiologic facts. The antrum is lined by pyloric glands which contain no, or only a few, acid cells (Steinberg⁵). These glands secrete only an alkaline form of mucus (Babkin⁶). The relation of the mucosa of the antrum to the secretion of gastric juice was first called to our attention by Edkins.⁷ This investigator found that extracts of the mucosa of . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
PORTLAND, ORE.

From the Physiology Department of the University of Oregon Medical School.

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