THE HISTORY OF THE INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENAL TUBES
Authors: John R. Paine
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 December 1934THE HISTORY OF THE INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STOMACH AND DUODENAL TUBESJOHN R. PAINE, M.D.JOHN R. PAINE, M.D.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-6-752 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptPRECURSORS OF THE STOMACH TUBEUnlike many of our simpler medical and surgical instruments, mention of the stomach and duodenal tubes is not to be found in the classical writings of the ancient Greek and Arabian physicians. The history of the duodenal tube goes back only some 40 years while the somewhat uncertain origin of the stomach tube may be placed at about 144 years ago. Precursors of the stomach tube, however, were in common usage as early as the days of Imperial Rome.In the time of the Emperor Claudius, it was common practice at the end of a...Bibliography1. 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