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Alcohol as a stomachic

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The American Journal of Digestive Diseases

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In the unhabituated subject, dilute alcohol on absorption stimulates the gastric glands directly, evoking a copious flow of gastric juice of high acidity and low digestive power. On continued administration alcohol may become a conditioned stimulus for gastric secretion, and in these circumstances causes the secretion of a juice of high digestive power. The significance of this is discussed from the standpoint of the use of alcoholic drinks as stomachics.

The sincere thanks of the authors are due to Dr. B. P. Babkin for much valuable advice and criticism.

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  1. Montreal, Canada

    Luise Krueger M.D. & F. C. MacIntosh M.A.

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  1. Luise Krueger M.D.
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From the Department of Physiology, McGill University.

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Krueger, L., MacIntosh, F.C. Alcohol as a stomachic. American Journal of Digestive Diseases and Nutrition 4, 104–107 (1937). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03010338

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