Abstract
In order to demonstrate the existence of vaso-motor nerves in the stomach, the following method was resorted to: Quantitative measurements of the vascularity of the stomach were made by means of a stromuhr; while at the same time attempts were made to vary the normal bloodflow through this organ by means of stimulation of the splanchnic nerves.
The stromuhr was inserted in the vena gastro-lienalis between the portal vein and the point of entrance of the vena gastrica dorsalis. The venous return from the spleen and pancreas was excluded from the stromuhr.
By stimulating the left splanchnic nerve, very marked reductions in the blood supply of the stomach were obtained. The curve recorded by the stromuhr under these conditions does not differ materially from the curves contained in earlier papers of the writer on the vaso-motor nerves of the spleen, intestine and kidney.
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