Japanese Journal of National Medical Services

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On the correlation between the vegetative nervous system and the absorptive functions of the intestines, there is little to be seen in the literature. The author has endeavoured to clarify what influence an excitation or paralysis of the sympathetic and parasympathetic nerves has on the absorption of vitarnine C (abbrev. V-C). Experiments on a total of 12 rabbits were performed. Atropin sulphate and pilocarpin hydrochloride, 0.5 and 1.0 mg. respectivelyper kilogram body weight, were injected subcutaneously, and 10 cc. of a 50 mg% solutionof V-C were injected into blind intestinal canals, and 1 hour later absorption of V-C wasanalysed as described before. On the other hand, on rabbits receiving bilateral subphrenical vagotomies or bilateral splanchnicotomies, the same procedures and examinations were performed.
In 2 rabbits out of 3 injected with atropin, a decrease in the absorption coefficient was observed, but in the 3 cases receiving pilocarpin no significant change was observed.
In the rabbits with vagotomy or splanchnicotomy absorption was far more remarkable in the latter, but when compared with controls, a slight decrease was seen, which may have been caused by the operative procedure itself.
From the foregoing experiment the author concludes that the paralysis of the parasympathetic nerve definitely diminishes the absorption of V-C, but whether excitation of the parasympathetic nerve exacerbates absorption, no experimental evidence could be obtained.

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Streptomycin administered by intratracheal instillation to 25 tuberculous patients was found to be as effective as it was given intramuscularly. In addition this method seems to affect the decrease in number of tubercle bacilli.

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The authors analysed pre-and postoperative basal metabolism of patients who had undergone the operation of extrapleural plombage with plastic balls. Through basal metabolism, which is said to have a definite relation with the destructive process of the lesions in pulmonary tuberculosis and the production of tuberculous toxin, the extent of the influence on the vital functions caused by this operation and its postoperative transition were investigated.
1) Basal metabolic rate was found to be almost normal in light cases but an increase was noted in severe ones in about 80% of the cases. As was stated by Kano and others this increase is caused by the activity and the destructive process of the pulmonary lesions.
2) The most marked influence of this operation on the basal metabolism is noted at the fourth day after the operation. After about 3 weeks this influence disappears.3) If high metabolic rate was maintained at 3 weeks after operation, complications such as spontaneous pneumolysis or activation of the pulmonary lesions should be considered. In the former complication, when the destructive factor is eliminated, an uneventful recovery would take place, but in the latter condition close attention should be paid.

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