THE POPULARITY OF THE EWALD-BOAS TEST MEAL; REASONS FOR ITS SURVIVAL
Authors: Dino Sandroni, Zachary Sagal
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1940)

Article1 May 1940THE POPULARITY OF THE EWALD-BOAS TEST MEAL; REASONS FOR ITS SURVIVALDINO SANDRONI, M.D., ZACHARY SAGAL, M.D., F.A.C.P.DINO SANDRONI, M.D.Search for more papers by this author, ZACHARY SAGAL, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-13-11-2134 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn spite of all the criticisms directed against the orthodox method of gastric analysis involving the use of a carbohydrate test meal, it is still a favorite with the medical profession. Many clinicians are satisfied with only minor modifications. At the Mayo Clinic arrowroot biscuits and water are still used as the routine test meal. Objections directed against the single aspiration method and the Ewald-Boas test meal are, from a scientific point of view, well-founded, yet the advocates of this time-honored method of gastric analysis after administration of a meal of bread, crackers, biscuits or cereal, refuse to yield ground...References1. BOAS I: Vierzig Jahre Probefruehstueck, 1885-1925. Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1925, li, 976. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. SAGALMARKSKANTOR ZJAJL: The clinical significance of gastric acidity. A study of 6679 cases with digestive symptoms, ANN. INT. MED., 1933, vii, 76-88. LinkGoogle Scholar3. EUSTERMANBALFOUR GBDC: The stomach and duodenum, 1935, W. B. Saunders Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar4. ISAAK-KRIEGER K: Zur Frage der klinischen Brauchbarkeit der Sekretionspruefung des Magens mit der Verweilzonde, Arch. f. Verdauungskr., 1926 (Festschrift für Kuttner), xxxvii, 442. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. PETROWYCH A: Zur Frage ueber die einzeitige Ausheberung des Mageninhalts durch eine duenne Magenzonde, Arch. f. Verdauungskr., 1933, liv, 174. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. SIMNITSKI S: Ueber die neue Methode der functionellen Magenuntersuchungen und ihre Resultate, Zentralbl. f. inn. Med., 1924, xlv, 816. Google Scholar7. FLECKEL J: Beitrag zur Kenntnis der Typen der Magensecretion, Arch. f. Verdauungskr., 1932, li, 227-248. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. MAKAREWITSCHMELBARDSOLOMONOV OBSMAB: Secretorischer Reitz und Magenreaction, Arch. f. Verdauungskr., 1931, xlix, 355. CrossrefGoogle Scholar9. VANDORFY J(a) : Eine Belastungsprobe zur Functionspruefung des Magens, Klin. Wchnschr., 1922, i, 2231. (b) VANDORFY, J.: Belastungsprobe bei secretorischer Wunderleistung des Magens, Klin. Wchnschr., 1923, ii, 789. CrossrefGoogle Scholar10. ELMANMCLEOD RJW(a) : Studies on the neutralization of gastric acidity, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1935, ii, 21-26. (b) APPERLY, F. L.: The acidity reduction test versus the fractional test meal, Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1937, iv, 91-95. CrossrefGoogle Scholar11. REHFUSSHAWK MEPB(a) : Gastric analysis. Fundamental principles, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1921, lxxvi, 371. (b) VANDORFY, J.: Ueber den Wert der Bestimmung der Aciditaetskonzentration des Mageninhaltes nach einem Probefruehstueck, Arch. f. Verdauungskr., 1933, liii 289-295, 390. Google Scholar12. GORHAM FD(a) : Variations of acid concentration in different portions of the gastric chyme, and its relation to clinical methods of gastric analysis, Arch. Int. Med., 1921, xxvii, 434. (b) WHITE, F. W.: Simultaneous variations in acidity of different portions of gastric contents, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1922, lxxix, 1499. (c) EHRMANN, R.: Die Bedeutung des Probefruehstuecks in der Praxis, Deutsch. med. Wchnschr., 1929, lii, 431. (d) WHEELON, H.: Relation of the gastric content to the secretory and motor functions of the stomach, Arch. Int. Med., 1921, xxviii, 613. CrossrefGoogle Scholar13. WILHELMJ CM: Test meals and methods of gastric analysis (Editorial), Am. Jr. Digest. Dis. and Nutr., 1937, iv, 602. CrossrefGoogle Scholar14. CARLSON AJ: The secretion of gastric juice in health and disease, Physiol. Rev., 1923, iii, 1. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. See reference 12 (c). Google Scholar16. HURST AF: Precursors of carcinoma of the stomach, Lancet, 1929, ii, 1023. Google Scholar17. POLLANDBLOOMFIELD WSAL: Unexplained gastric anacidity, Arch. Int. Med., 1931, xlviii, 412-418. CrossrefGoogle Scholar18. KAHN JR: Absence of peptic ulcer in pernicious anemia, Am. Jr. Med. Sci., 1937 cxciv, 463-466. CrossrefGoogle Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: New York City*Received for publication September 14, 1938.From the Department of Medicine, New York Post-Graduate Medical School and Hospital, Columbia University. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byGastric acidity in pulmonary tuberculosis 1 May 1940Volume 13, Issue 11Page: 2134-2140KeywordsBreadCarbohydratesHospital medicine ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 May 1940 PDF downloadLoading ...