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WITH PARTICULAR REFERENCE TO ITS PRACTICABILITY IN CHILDHOOD; A PRELIMINARY COMMUNICATION

WALTER J. SIEMSEN, M.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1932;44(5):1013-1025.

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While preparing for work on another problem it was decided to employ the histamine test of gastric secretory function as a part of the study. A search for data concerning the use of the test in children yielded only a few references and revealed the desirability of work on the subject. Literature on the histamine test in the adult is copious. According to Lee,¹ the test resulted as a development of work by Dale and Richards in 1918 and of Popielski in 1920. Bockus and Bank² accredit Carnot, Koskowski and Liebert with the first observation regarding the effect of histamine on the human stomach. Since its introduction as a test of gastric secretory function, the histamine test has enjoyed great vogue. The enthusiasm with which the test was heralded and accepted is, no doubt, an expression of a widespread recognition of inaccuracy and inadequacy of the gastric function . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Department of Pediatrics, the University of Chicago.

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