The Treatment of Chronic Constipation: A Discussion at the Bristol Medico-Chirurgical Society, February 12th, 1913
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The contents of the small intestine are fluid in character, travel rapidly through the 22 feet of its length, and begin to issue through the ileo-csecal valve within four to five hours of a meal. They travel through the large intestine far more slowly, reaching the hepatic flexure in six and a half hours, the splenic flexure in nine hours, and the pelvic colon in about eighteen hours?in a semi-solid condition owing to the absorption of water. Here the faeces are stored, losing still more water, until defaecation takes place. This reflex act, started by the entry of fasces into the rectum, and aided by voluntary
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