Morton, Edward Reginald, 1867- · New York : E.B. Treat & Co. · leaf 212
the umbilicus in average individuals,and it is also below the pylorus. We may regard this asa very mild decree of gastroptosis, in an academical senseonly, and of no practical or clinical importance; in fact,the milder degrees of gastroptosis are not at all incom-patible with a functionally perfect… … Fig 61. Normal, contents against gravity. It is also this tonic state thatgives the stomach the form we see in life; it is theabsence of it that gave us such wrong ideas of its properform because they were based on observations made onthe operating table or post mortem. See Fig. 61. Peristalsis may…
