Note 78 — SPINAL LESIONS AND THEIR RELATION TO DISEASES OF THE GASTRO-INTESTINAL TRACT (continued 2)

There are several possible suggestions. (1) Developmental (See Mayo, Relation of the Development of the Gastro-intestinal Tract to Abdominal Surgery. Jour. A. M. A. Feb. 7, 1920). (2) Owing to the appendix, cecum, ascending colon, duodenum, and biliary tract being frequently disordered. (3) Imbalance of muscular tension, owing to the muscles of the right side being often the better developed. Muscular lesions and lymphatic involvement of the cervical region seem to occur oftener on the right side than on the left.