766 Proc. roy. Soc. Med. Volume 63 August 1970 38 general agreement that collection of
secretions for a full two hours after the insulin injection is necessary. A positive response is …

Results Insulin responses: An insulin test to 0.2 units/kg soluble insulin intravenously was
carried out between the 10th and the 14th postoperative day. Interpretation was by …

METHODS Testing of gastric acid secretion was by the routine method used in our
laboratory. Briefly, after an overnight fast a 16 FG duodenal tube with a metal tip was passed …

The gastric acid response to insulin was studied in a group of patients who had had
incomplete truncal vagotomies and in 22 patients with complete vagotomies. A dose …

The results of the insulin‐infusion test carried out after vagotomy in 50 patients are
presented. In 25 cases a comparison was made between the insulin‐infusion test and the …

THE technique of measurement of gastric secretion has been of interest to physicians and
surgeons for many years. A major defect of most of the early methods, however, was the lack …

Methods Twenty-five patients undergoing vagotomy and anterior pylorectomy for chronic
duodenal ulcer were studied. In each case the insulin test was performed before and after …

The relation between dose of insulin and gastric secretion of acid and pepsin was studied in
5 healthy adult men. Doses of insulin ranged from 0.025 to 0.4 unit per kg intravenously. The …

A questionnaire was used to study the choice and use of gastric function tests by members
of the British Society of Gastroenterology. Pentagastrin has largely replaced older drugs as …

SIR,-I have read with great interest the paper on the" Long-term Results of Vagotomy and
Gastro-enterostomy in Chronic Duodenal Ulceration" by Mr. Harold Burge and Dr. EJ Pick …