Excerpt from The Hospital Bulletin of the University of Maryland, Vol. 11: April 15, 1915 Stasis, when due to mechanical obstruction, shows increase of the normal time for the passage of the opaque meal through the intestinal tract; retention at point of obstruction and at the vari ous sphincters from below upward; dilatation on the oral side of the obstruction; displacement of portions of the neighboring hollow viscus when the cause of the obstruction is adhesive bands. The conditions producing stasis not associated with mechanical obstruction are incompetent ileo caecal valve allowing a return influx of the caecal contents into the ileum; spasm of the ileo - caecal valve preventing contents of the ileum from pass ing into the caecum, and a sagging of the trans verse colon causing sharp angulation of the splenic flexure; dilatation of the colon either con genital or acquired; redundancy of the pelvic colon with lengthening and atony. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.