Management of Colonic Diseases provides a bridge between basic and clinical research and the clinical care of individuals with colonic disorders. It is divided in four sub-sections: colo-rectal physiology, mechanisms of disease, clinical investigation of disease processes and management of colo-rectal disorders. It also examines mechanisms of disease involved in the development of colonic disorders and provides an overview of techniques used in clinical research involving patients with disorders of the colon. It should benefit readers by introducing new areas of potential treatment not...

The Scientification of Gastroenterology During the 20th Century * Science contributes to medicine in three ways: It provides a body of relatively secure knowl- edge. Some of that knowledge has been applied to develop technologies which have had a major impact upon the practice and effectiveness of medicine. Last, science offers to medicine a way of thinking. - 1. McCormick (1993) The Contribution of Science to Medicine. Perspect. Bioi. Med. 16,315.] Awareness of the digestive system began with the dawn of civilization, when man, observing the feeding habits of animals in the surrounding...